1 00:00:00,585 --> 00:00:03,315 - It's once again time to get gutsy with Liz Hall 2 00:00:03,375 --> 00:00:06,355 and her expert guests on the Gutsy Babe Podcast. 3 00:00:07,945 --> 00:00:09,635 - Welcome to the Gutsy Babe Podcast. 4 00:00:10,175 --> 00:00:11,475 I'm your host, Liz Hall. 5 00:00:11,975 --> 00:00:13,075 On today's episode, 6 00:00:13,125 --> 00:00:15,595 we'll be talking about breakthroughs in natural medicine 7 00:00:15,595 --> 00:00:18,835 with my guest functional medicine author, lecturer, 8 00:00:19,015 --> 00:00:21,555 and all around expert Adam Banning. 9 00:00:22,025 --> 00:00:23,715 Adam, welcome to the Gutsy Bay Podcast. 10 00:00:24,055 --> 00:00:27,315 - Ooh, I am so happy to be here. Just pick my brains. 11 00:00:27,425 --> 00:00:28,425 Here we go. 12 00:00:29,355 --> 00:00:30,955 - I have so many questions for you, Uhhuh. 13 00:00:30,955 --> 00:00:32,075 So why don't we just get started. 14 00:00:32,535 --> 00:00:34,875 So, Adam, you had mentioned there is a direct connection 15 00:00:34,875 --> 00:00:36,955 between inflammation and depression. 16 00:00:37,335 --> 00:00:39,195 Can you discuss that for our listeners? 17 00:00:39,855 --> 00:00:43,875 - You know, it's really interesting, lots of clinicians, up 18 00:00:44,045 --> 00:00:48,515 until about, hmm, around 20 years ago right now, 19 00:00:49,135 --> 00:00:52,875 um, had a suspicion that when individuals were inflamed, 20 00:00:52,875 --> 00:00:55,115 especially in regards to chronic joint issues like 21 00:00:55,115 --> 00:00:57,875 rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis 22 00:00:57,895 --> 00:01:00,395 and things like that, they tended to be sadder. 23 00:01:00,665 --> 00:01:02,595 They tended to have more melancholy, 24 00:01:03,015 --> 00:01:07,555 but the actual connection between systemic inflammation 25 00:01:07,655 --> 00:01:09,515 of those types of disorders Mm-Hmm. , 26 00:01:09,655 --> 00:01:12,035 um, and now they're finding out with such simple things 27 00:01:12,035 --> 00:01:14,835 as the inflammation that you would have from bleeding gums, 28 00:01:14,835 --> 00:01:16,915 periodontal disease, something that half 29 00:01:16,935 --> 00:01:18,555 of America suffers from. 30 00:01:18,895 --> 00:01:20,955 Mm-Hmm. When you have that inflammation, 31 00:01:20,985 --> 00:01:23,435 what they found out is it stops the conversion 32 00:01:23,975 --> 00:01:27,315 of a amino acid, where we're used to bumping into it 33 00:01:27,315 --> 00:01:28,475 and hearing about it on Thanksgiving. 34 00:01:28,745 --> 00:01:30,955 That being tryptophan from the turkeys, okay. 35 00:01:31,775 --> 00:01:34,555 It stops the conversion, the natural conversion 36 00:01:34,555 --> 00:01:37,915 of tryptophan into something called serotonin, 37 00:01:37,915 --> 00:01:40,195 which we know is the happy neurotransmitter. 38 00:01:40,465 --> 00:01:43,355 Okay. You get serotonin, you're happier, you're calmer. 39 00:01:43,495 --> 00:01:45,075 So basically, they found out 40 00:01:45,075 --> 00:01:48,115 that even relatively small amounts of inflammation can, 41 00:01:48,135 --> 00:01:52,555 can inhibit the conversion from tryptophan to serotonin. 42 00:01:52,975 --> 00:01:54,275 And that is the connection. 43 00:01:54,275 --> 00:01:56,195 It's known within the research studies 44 00:01:56,415 --> 00:02:00,275 as the cytokine depression connection, cytokine stands 45 00:02:00,275 --> 00:02:01,835 for communicators of inflammation. 46 00:02:02,645 --> 00:02:03,925 - I feel that the older you get, 47 00:02:04,025 --> 00:02:06,885 the more your body gets inflamed . So that could be 48 00:02:06,885 --> 00:02:07,885 - Depressing. 49 00:02:07,885 --> 00:02:09,325 Isn't that interesting, ? Yeah. 50 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:11,645 Also, there was some interesting studies I looked at the 51 00:02:11,645 --> 00:02:15,125 other day in regards to allergies, how as people grow older, 52 00:02:16,005 --> 00:02:17,455 they develop more allergies, 53 00:02:17,705 --> 00:02:19,335 - Which is very true with me personally. 54 00:02:20,175 --> 00:02:21,815 - I isn't that interesting? Yes. 55 00:02:22,115 --> 00:02:24,815 So, so I I, I mean, it's interesting. 56 00:02:24,815 --> 00:02:27,375 I've been working on something right now in regards 57 00:02:27,375 --> 00:02:30,495 to building up my body's intracellular glutathione. 58 00:02:30,495 --> 00:02:31,415 Do you, do you want me to share this 59 00:02:31,415 --> 00:02:32,495 with, with the, with the people 60 00:02:32,755 --> 00:02:33,755 - Please. 61 00:02:33,955 --> 00:02:36,375 - So what I was doing, I was, I was saying, 62 00:02:36,475 --> 00:02:38,535 is there some way to make my cells younger? 63 00:02:39,095 --> 00:02:41,455 I mean, everybody asks that question from Ponsa Deion, 64 00:02:41,585 --> 00:02:43,535 who's searching for it in Florida to find the mountain 65 00:02:43,535 --> 00:02:45,615 of youth all the way to every scientist and, 66 00:02:45,615 --> 00:02:46,815 and now and every consumer. 67 00:02:48,035 --> 00:02:51,595 Um, one of the interesting things is that they're starting 68 00:02:51,655 --> 00:02:53,155 to accept, 69 00:02:53,155 --> 00:02:54,395 and there's almost a consensus 70 00:02:54,395 --> 00:02:58,195 amongst the medical research community that if you have 71 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:02,125 more, more glutathione in your cells, okay, 72 00:03:02,585 --> 00:03:05,725 the substance known as glutathione, it's known 73 00:03:05,725 --> 00:03:07,805 as intracellular glutathione. Okay. 74 00:03:07,945 --> 00:03:10,605 - How do you know, like, what kind of test is this? Like, 75 00:03:10,835 --> 00:03:12,165 - Well, those kind of tests, those kind 76 00:03:12,165 --> 00:03:13,605 of tests are still tests 77 00:03:13,605 --> 00:03:17,485 that are done at major universities as research. Okay. No, 78 00:03:17,485 --> 00:03:20,205 - Like how do you like, get a blood test with your doctor 79 00:03:20,265 --> 00:03:23,005 to ask how if your little od 80 00:03:23,005 --> 00:03:26,765 - Is, you can't, you can't, no, you can't. See, that's 81 00:03:26,765 --> 00:03:29,245 - What I, - It's still in the area of research. 82 00:03:29,795 --> 00:03:31,725 Okay. So you would literally have to be part 83 00:03:31,725 --> 00:03:33,485 of a research study that was looking for it. 84 00:03:34,225 --> 00:03:37,205 - Got it. - But I'm standing there going, well, 85 00:03:37,205 --> 00:03:38,245 they've documented. 86 00:03:38,365 --> 00:03:40,485 I mean, I, I, I would love anybody out there 87 00:03:40,905 --> 00:03:43,445 to look up glutathione and aging. 88 00:03:43,555 --> 00:03:45,085 Look it up on, on, on, on your, 89 00:03:45,085 --> 00:03:46,965 what you got on your little Google machine. Google 90 00:03:46,995 --> 00:03:49,365 - That - , and you'll see crazy, 91 00:03:49,545 --> 00:03:52,685 really well established bigger studies which show 92 00:03:52,685 --> 00:03:55,645 that when individuals have more glutathione 93 00:03:55,645 --> 00:03:56,965 inside their cells, they use an, 94 00:03:57,025 --> 00:04:01,285 an instance within the study of a 74-year-old man who had 95 00:04:01,845 --> 00:04:03,765 a chronological age of 74, 96 00:04:03,985 --> 00:04:06,525 but he had a biological age, which means the functioning 97 00:04:06,525 --> 00:04:08,205 of his body, and that includes skin 98 00:04:08,205 --> 00:04:10,205 and things like that of a 40-year-old. 99 00:04:10,635 --> 00:04:14,285 Okay. And they found out that the only thing 100 00:04:14,285 --> 00:04:17,525 that was different was a high intracellular glutathione. 101 00:04:18,235 --> 00:04:21,165 Then on the other end of it, like people like Kurt Cobain, 102 00:04:21,165 --> 00:04:23,285 you know, from the, from the nineties, the grunge era. 103 00:04:23,755 --> 00:04:25,685 Okay. Yeah. He literally took, and, 104 00:04:25,825 --> 00:04:30,245 and his body had very low intracellular glutathione in it. 105 00:04:30,955 --> 00:04:34,005 Even at 27, he probably had that of a, a 70 106 00:04:34,065 --> 00:04:35,925 or 80-year-old in that level. 107 00:04:36,625 --> 00:04:39,245 And, you know, it made it much more easily for such things 108 00:04:39,265 --> 00:04:41,885 as overdoses to affect you and kill you off. 109 00:04:42,185 --> 00:04:44,325 Mm-Hmm. . So the situation is, is I said to myself, 110 00:04:45,065 --> 00:04:47,405 how do I increase intracellular glutathione? 111 00:04:47,905 --> 00:04:49,965 Um, and, and, and, you know, 112 00:04:49,965 --> 00:04:51,605 how do I experience this whole thing? 113 00:04:52,645 --> 00:04:55,445 I decided to be able to start taking a supplement, 114 00:04:55,735 --> 00:04:58,045 which is alpha lipoic acid. 115 00:04:58,625 --> 00:05:00,005 Now, this is where it's interesting, 116 00:05:00,355 --> 00:05:01,605 many people out there are like, oh, 117 00:05:01,725 --> 00:05:02,965 I take alpha lipoic acid, 118 00:05:03,465 --> 00:05:07,165 but they take the L form of it, L as in Larry, as opposed 119 00:05:07,165 --> 00:05:09,125 to the R form, right? 120 00:05:09,545 --> 00:05:11,525 - Oh, - Yes. The L form, I mean, 121 00:05:11,705 --> 00:05:13,205 the therapeutic amounts I'm looking 122 00:05:13,205 --> 00:05:16,205 for are over a thousand milligrams a day, okay. 123 00:05:17,145 --> 00:05:18,525 Of alpha lippo acid in my body. 124 00:05:18,825 --> 00:05:21,525 All the research, by the way, was done on intravenous, 125 00:05:21,545 --> 00:05:22,605 not on taking it orally. 126 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:25,245 Okay? So people are out there trying 127 00:05:25,245 --> 00:05:26,925 to replicate this great research 128 00:05:27,865 --> 00:05:29,925 to get a thousand milligrams into their system, 129 00:05:30,785 --> 00:05:32,445 but guess how much you absorb 130 00:05:32,445 --> 00:05:34,605 what percentage you absorb from just regular 131 00:05:34,735 --> 00:05:35,765 alpha lipoic acid? 132 00:05:35,905 --> 00:05:38,765 The lfor, they, they don't use the word l it's just listed 133 00:05:38,865 --> 00:05:42,645 as alpha lipoic acid, one to 2% of it. One 134 00:05:42,645 --> 00:05:43,805 - To 2%. That's it. 135 00:05:43,835 --> 00:05:46,165 - Literally, you would have to make, make those numbers, 136 00:05:46,175 --> 00:05:48,725 you'd have to take between three and six bottles a day. 137 00:05:49,675 --> 00:05:52,485 It's crazy, not doable. The second 138 00:05:52,915 --> 00:05:57,245 - Component of, uh, oral, like liquid supplements, 139 00:05:57,465 --> 00:06:00,325 powder supplements, because it does absorb in your body a 140 00:06:00,325 --> 00:06:01,325 - Lot. 141 00:06:01,325 --> 00:06:02,525 Well, there's, there's a lot of different kinetics 142 00:06:02,525 --> 00:06:04,165 and a lot of different research in, in regards 143 00:06:04,165 --> 00:06:07,445 to different forms of the powders and the actual liquids, 144 00:06:07,465 --> 00:06:11,005 and also binding them to fats as well, which seems 145 00:06:11,005 --> 00:06:12,525 to do amazing things for absorption. 146 00:06:12,825 --> 00:06:15,485 So that's, that was the, that was the L form 147 00:06:15,745 --> 00:06:17,685 and all the research was done on the R form. 148 00:06:18,185 --> 00:06:20,485 If you get the R form, it costs three times as much. 149 00:06:21,145 --> 00:06:23,005 And I'm like, why does it cost three times as much? 150 00:06:23,005 --> 00:06:27,365 Looked at the research, it's absorbed 10 to 15% of it, 151 00:06:27,365 --> 00:06:28,925 as opposed to one to 2% of it. 152 00:06:29,395 --> 00:06:31,065 Okay, then, 153 00:06:31,205 --> 00:06:32,865 but you still need to take a bottle 154 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:34,145 a day to hit those numbers. 155 00:06:34,805 --> 00:06:36,425 Oh my god. Okay. Crazy. 156 00:06:36,845 --> 00:06:39,305 So I found this form, it's called lipo spheric. 157 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:40,985 You can find that online. Just look it up. 158 00:06:41,285 --> 00:06:44,675 Lip aspheric, r alpha lipoic acid. Okay. 159 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:47,435 It's absorbed not one or 2%, not 10 160 00:06:47,435 --> 00:06:49,715 or 15%, 60% absorbed. 161 00:06:50,305 --> 00:06:53,195 Okay. So instead of me, 162 00:06:53,335 --> 00:06:54,635 that's, that's pretty impressive, right? 163 00:06:55,645 --> 00:06:58,025 That's what I take. I take the equivalent 164 00:06:58,045 --> 00:06:59,905 of 60% of the amount. 165 00:07:00,025 --> 00:07:03,225 I take approximately 1500 milligrams of it, okay? 166 00:07:03,325 --> 00:07:06,185 On a day in this lipo spheric form, it comes in packets. 167 00:07:06,845 --> 00:07:10,705 Um, and uh, I woke up after about nine days of this, 168 00:07:11,365 --> 00:07:12,505 and I looked in the mirror 169 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:14,625 and I'm like, where are the ridges on 170 00:07:14,625 --> 00:07:16,225 the bags underneath my eyes? 'cause I had to, 171 00:07:16,385 --> 00:07:17,465 - I have to say, you do look good, . 172 00:07:18,075 --> 00:07:19,305 - Thank you, thank you so much. 173 00:07:20,365 --> 00:07:21,865 And I was, I looked looking in the mirror, 174 00:07:21,985 --> 00:07:23,945 I was like, am I still dreaming? 175 00:07:24,385 --> 00:07:25,545 I really thought that. I was like, 176 00:07:26,005 --> 00:07:28,945 and then I just looked, I'm going, no, the ridges are gone 177 00:07:28,965 --> 00:07:31,625 and the wrinkles on your forehead are like down by, 178 00:07:31,645 --> 00:07:34,385 you know, 50, 75% and then around your eyes. 179 00:07:35,005 --> 00:07:37,865 So I was like, wow. I also started noticing my digestive 180 00:07:37,865 --> 00:07:39,025 track started getting younger. 181 00:07:39,775 --> 00:07:44,505 Okay. My poops are just amazing these days, you know? Now. 182 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:48,185 Yes, I do use what you called, I do use a, a, your product 183 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:50,345 name the product again, come on here. 184 00:07:50,645 --> 00:07:53,505 - Travel - Travele. And where do you get that? 185 00:07:53,805 --> 00:07:57,865 Oh, hold on a second. Ee z natural health.com. 186 00:07:58,665 --> 00:08:01,465 I mean, that stuff's the bomb. I, I, i, I just gotta say 187 00:08:01,795 --> 00:08:02,795 - Thank you for the plug, . 188 00:08:03,285 --> 00:08:05,505 - Little, little plug stuff works well, come on. 189 00:08:05,505 --> 00:08:08,385 We're talking about stuff that works here. Okay. great. 190 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:11,225 Marvelous. But boy, my pooping 191 00:08:11,225 --> 00:08:13,225 with this has just been just absolutely amazing. 192 00:08:13,725 --> 00:08:16,025 So this, this stuff called, um, 193 00:08:16,115 --> 00:08:19,585 alpha Lipoic Acid is really amazing at building this 194 00:08:19,585 --> 00:08:22,465 intracellular glutathione, and I'm feeling it in my days. 195 00:08:22,525 --> 00:08:24,945 So I highly recommend that specific form, 196 00:08:24,945 --> 00:08:26,825 that lipo spheric form of it. 197 00:08:27,005 --> 00:08:28,865 Try to get about 1500 milligrams in a day. 198 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:31,265 - Alright, that sounds like it's the Fountain 199 00:08:31,265 --> 00:08:32,665 of Youth. Is this the 200 00:08:32,665 --> 00:08:33,665 secret - ? 201 00:08:33,665 --> 00:08:35,225 I, I, i, I, I don't know. 202 00:08:35,345 --> 00:08:37,145 I think, I think our friend nce, you know, 203 00:08:37,385 --> 00:08:40,625 remember Nce Pon Deon, um, I think Pons would be very happy 204 00:08:40,625 --> 00:08:41,705 with us right now, so, 205 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:43,465 - Well, that's exciting. 206 00:08:43,605 --> 00:08:45,745 You, you heard it here, ladies 207 00:08:45,805 --> 00:08:47,825 and gentlemen on the Gutsy Babe podcast. 208 00:08:48,015 --> 00:08:51,065 That this, it could be the secret to the Fountain of Youth. 209 00:08:51,645 --> 00:08:53,465 - Oh my goodness gracious. 210 00:08:53,465 --> 00:08:55,525 Listen in, make sure you write stuff down 211 00:08:55,625 --> 00:08:58,445 and make sure you subscribe and like, thank you. 212 00:09:00,135 --> 00:09:01,995 He goes, we gonna, we gonna take your wrinkles away? 213 00:09:02,055 --> 00:09:03,055 No, there we go. . 214 00:09:04,145 --> 00:09:06,435 - Well, speaking, going back to the inflammation, 215 00:09:06,435 --> 00:09:08,355 and it's made a huge, clearly, 216 00:09:08,385 --> 00:09:10,235 it's made a huge difference in, in your life currently. 217 00:09:10,465 --> 00:09:14,395 Yeah. I've been, uh, drinking mushroom coffee 218 00:09:14,765 --> 00:09:15,435 - Uhhuh. Okay. 219 00:09:15,455 --> 00:09:18,315 - And I've noticed a difference in my own body 220 00:09:18,315 --> 00:09:20,795 with the aches and pains that it has taken it away. 221 00:09:21,025 --> 00:09:24,875 Yeah. So I've stopped taking my regular caffeinated coffee 222 00:09:24,935 --> 00:09:27,355 and I've switched it to mushroom coffee lately, 223 00:09:27,815 --> 00:09:29,595 and I've noticed a huge difference 224 00:09:29,595 --> 00:09:31,275 with the inflammation in my body. 225 00:09:31,935 --> 00:09:34,075 - You know, there's the, the mechanism behind 226 00:09:34,075 --> 00:09:35,875 that is very, very interesting. 227 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:38,955 Mm-Hmm, . What these mushrooms do is they modulate 228 00:09:39,055 --> 00:09:40,195 immune response. 229 00:09:40,415 --> 00:09:42,115 Mm-Hmm. , when you have to deal with drugs, 230 00:09:42,225 --> 00:09:44,315 they either boost something or they inhibit something. 231 00:09:44,545 --> 00:09:47,555 Okay? Yeah. So if it's too low, take this, it'll boost it. 232 00:09:47,815 --> 00:09:49,715 So on and so forth. When you start working 233 00:09:49,785 --> 00:09:52,435 with these adaptogenic mushrooms Mm-Hmm. 234 00:09:52,695 --> 00:09:55,235 it normalizes things, okay? Mm-Hmm. 235 00:09:55,315 --> 00:09:56,955 doesn't boost your immune system doesn't lower it, 236 00:09:56,955 --> 00:09:57,955 it normalizes it. 237 00:09:58,575 --> 00:10:00,595 So when you have a normalized immune system, 238 00:10:00,985 --> 00:10:02,195 when you feel aches 239 00:10:02,195 --> 00:10:04,235 and pains in your body, generalized aches 240 00:10:04,235 --> 00:10:07,875 and pains, to a very, very large extent, it's due to, 241 00:10:07,975 --> 00:10:10,955 and this is according to naturopathic medicine, it's due 242 00:10:10,955 --> 00:10:14,475 to an imbalance of immune responses in the gut. 243 00:10:15,185 --> 00:10:19,315 Okay? And if we balance that out, you're gonna end up 244 00:10:19,315 --> 00:10:21,315 with those sym with those loss of symptoms 245 00:10:21,315 --> 00:10:23,195 that you're having there, which is dynamite. Good on you. 246 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:26,955 - Yeah. Well that's the whole premise of the gutsy babe 247 00:10:27,465 --> 00:10:29,315 listening to your gut. And 248 00:10:29,315 --> 00:10:30,315 - That's right. 249 00:10:30,745 --> 00:10:33,925 - The gut is your core, right? 250 00:10:33,955 --> 00:10:35,565 They call that your second brain. 251 00:10:35,945 --> 00:10:40,645 - Yep. - So really focusing on fixing your gut 252 00:10:40,785 --> 00:10:44,005 to being extremely healthy could change your 253 00:10:44,005 --> 00:10:45,085 whole dynamic on the way. 254 00:10:45,155 --> 00:10:47,525 - Most definitely. And if you trust your gut as it's 255 00:10:47,545 --> 00:10:49,685 as I know you do , you'll go far as 256 00:10:49,685 --> 00:10:51,565 well, - . Exactly. 257 00:10:51,915 --> 00:10:53,005 - Marvelous. Marvelous. 258 00:10:54,035 --> 00:10:55,325 - Alright. So 259 00:10:56,145 --> 00:10:58,965 how does getting covid play a role in depression 260 00:10:59,065 --> 00:11:00,285 and in insomnia? 261 00:11:00,665 --> 00:11:02,525 - Oh, this is really, really interesting. 262 00:11:03,345 --> 00:11:07,295 Let's take a look at what covid shows up as. Okay. Mm-Hmm. 263 00:11:07,385 --> 00:11:10,415 covid is very interesting, you know, yes it is a virus, 264 00:11:11,235 --> 00:11:13,655 but it acts more like an inflammatory disorder. 265 00:11:14,405 --> 00:11:17,455 Okay? Mm-Hmm. , one of the examples of this is, is um, 266 00:11:17,525 --> 00:11:21,015 what they started noticing in individuals who got covid is 267 00:11:21,365 --> 00:11:23,575 that they found out those individuals, 268 00:11:23,875 --> 00:11:26,575 if they had themselves like a knee injury earlier on in 269 00:11:26,575 --> 00:11:29,485 life, their knee would flare up if they had themselves 270 00:11:29,485 --> 00:11:31,005 weaknesses within their lung, maybe 271 00:11:31,005 --> 00:11:33,685 that asthma earlier on in life, they don't even have it now. 272 00:11:33,905 --> 00:11:35,605 It would come back again. Okay. 273 00:11:35,605 --> 00:11:37,325 - Which I do have, I have asthma. 274 00:11:37,555 --> 00:11:40,445 - Yeah. So the situation is, is it will take 275 00:11:41,315 --> 00:11:42,845 with adding inflammation 276 00:11:43,105 --> 00:11:45,685 and it will take the areas of possible weakness in your body 277 00:11:45,685 --> 00:11:46,885 and make them come pop out. 278 00:11:47,195 --> 00:11:50,685 Okay? But the real point of this is it's probably more 279 00:11:50,685 --> 00:11:52,725 of an inflammatory disorder in the way it acts 280 00:11:53,435 --> 00:11:55,085 than a virus per se. 281 00:11:55,865 --> 00:11:57,405 So when we stand there 282 00:11:57,405 --> 00:12:00,605 and we go, oh my goodness gracious, if it's giving us 283 00:12:00,605 --> 00:12:03,525 that systemic inflammation, it's going back to 284 00:12:03,525 --> 00:12:06,685 that whole inflammation depression connection. 285 00:12:07,115 --> 00:12:10,005 Okay? So if we have ourselves this excess 286 00:12:10,005 --> 00:12:12,685 of inflammation in our body through having covid, 287 00:12:12,785 --> 00:12:15,245 and sometimes it lingers, that's that long covid thing 288 00:12:15,245 --> 00:12:18,165 that one outta 10 people get who get covid, okay? 289 00:12:18,795 --> 00:12:20,005 Then it's going to take 290 00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:22,365 and inhibit our ability to make serotonin. 291 00:12:22,865 --> 00:12:25,565 That's not good. It's not only not good in regards 292 00:12:25,565 --> 00:12:26,765 to staying happy and calm, 293 00:12:27,505 --> 00:12:30,485 but it's not good for something else, which is interesting. 294 00:12:31,035 --> 00:12:33,325 It's not good for sleep right? 295 00:12:33,325 --> 00:12:36,805 Now if we take a look at your sleep during the night, okay, 296 00:12:37,015 --> 00:12:38,565 we'll get at into that a little bit more. 297 00:12:38,625 --> 00:12:40,885 But if we take a look at your sleep during the night, 298 00:12:41,835 --> 00:12:46,095 we find out that serotonin is responsible for 60% 299 00:12:46,955 --> 00:12:49,045 of a healthy sleep cycle. 300 00:12:49,425 --> 00:12:51,165 If you don't have good amounts of serotonin, 301 00:12:51,265 --> 00:12:52,405 you're not getting good sleep. 302 00:12:53,065 --> 00:12:57,325 So depression and insomnia can be linked back 303 00:12:57,945 --> 00:12:59,245 to systemic inflammation. 304 00:12:59,785 --> 00:13:02,125 And covid acts more like an inflammatory 305 00:13:02,325 --> 00:13:03,765 disorder than it does a virus, 306 00:13:04,835 --> 00:13:06,705 - Which makes that all makes sense. 307 00:13:07,055 --> 00:13:10,065 Yeah. And sleeping is obviously very important. 308 00:13:10,085 --> 00:13:11,505 That's where your body heals. 309 00:13:11,565 --> 00:13:13,985 And if you're not sleeping, of course it's gonna 310 00:13:15,385 --> 00:13:17,185 exasperate all the inflammation in your body. 311 00:13:17,565 --> 00:13:18,945 Mm-Hmm. and cause depression. 312 00:13:19,285 --> 00:13:22,225 - So - To simplify it, for me, that makes sense. 313 00:13:24,685 --> 00:13:26,145 - I'm the science guy. 314 00:13:26,445 --> 00:13:28,385 We count on people like you to be able 315 00:13:28,385 --> 00:13:30,785 to take our complex con concepts 316 00:13:30,805 --> 00:13:32,425 and get them out to the world in a way 317 00:13:32,425 --> 00:13:34,545 that people go, oh, I get that. So thank 318 00:13:34,545 --> 00:13:35,545 you - . 319 00:13:37,005 --> 00:13:39,585 So when we're talking about insomnia, you had spoken 320 00:13:39,605 --> 00:13:41,065 of treating this health challenge 321 00:13:41,205 --> 00:13:44,145 and more of a patient centered fashion 322 00:13:44,405 --> 00:13:46,425 by identifying a person's sleep type. 323 00:13:46,965 --> 00:13:48,625 Can you tell us more about this approach 324 00:13:48,845 --> 00:13:51,065 and the specific treatments for each type? 325 00:13:51,655 --> 00:13:53,545 - Sure. I'll even bring your listeners through it 326 00:13:53,545 --> 00:13:54,545 so they can sort of figure out 327 00:13:54,545 --> 00:13:55,505 what they are. How's that sound? 328 00:13:56,005 --> 00:13:58,705 - That'd be great. I'd like to know what sleep type I'm . 329 00:13:59,845 --> 00:14:02,345 - So there's three different areas 330 00:14:03,085 --> 00:14:05,425 in which I'm gonna ask you a question about, 331 00:14:05,485 --> 00:14:08,625 and you are going to, and the audience is going to take 332 00:14:08,625 --> 00:14:11,305 and go, okay, which area bothers me the worst 333 00:14:11,355 --> 00:14:12,705 about my sleep disturbance? 334 00:14:13,095 --> 00:14:14,585 Okay, I'll give you three different things. 335 00:14:16,275 --> 00:14:17,915 A, I have problems getting to sleep. 336 00:14:18,795 --> 00:14:20,675 B, I have problems staying asleep. 337 00:14:20,745 --> 00:14:21,875 Like I wake up in the middle of the night, 338 00:14:21,875 --> 00:14:23,635 like at three in the morning or whatever, you know, 339 00:14:24,535 --> 00:14:26,075 or C, when I wake up in the morning, 340 00:14:26,785 --> 00:14:28,995 even though I may have had a full night's 341 00:14:28,995 --> 00:14:30,435 sleep, I still feel like crap. 342 00:14:31,065 --> 00:14:34,795 Okay. So I have problems getting to sleep, staying asleep, 343 00:14:34,855 --> 00:14:36,395 or waking up feeling refreshed. 344 00:14:36,665 --> 00:14:39,155 Alright? You figure out the one 345 00:14:39,155 --> 00:14:42,515 that is the most bothersome out of those three for you. 346 00:14:42,575 --> 00:14:43,675 So which would it be for you? 347 00:14:45,705 --> 00:14:47,925 - Um, it's between B and C. 348 00:14:48,315 --> 00:14:49,525 - Between B and C. 349 00:14:49,905 --> 00:14:51,565 So the situation is, is 350 00:14:51,565 --> 00:14:53,925 that you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, 351 00:14:54,505 --> 00:14:56,085 and when you wake up in the morning, 352 00:14:56,425 --> 00:14:58,165 you find yourself on a regular basis 353 00:14:58,745 --> 00:15:00,485 or only A, A, a, a what? 354 00:15:00,485 --> 00:15:03,165 Call only a sporadic basis, waking up feeling tired. 355 00:15:05,965 --> 00:15:08,465 - I wake up multiple times throughout the 356 00:15:08,465 --> 00:15:09,665 night, so we'll go with B. 357 00:15:09,965 --> 00:15:12,505 - Mm-Hmm, , let's go with B. That sounds great. Mm-Hmm, . 358 00:15:12,685 --> 00:15:16,545 So the situation is that we're dealing with B at this point. 359 00:15:16,945 --> 00:15:19,905 B is interesting because the folks at Jocelyn Diabetes 360 00:15:19,905 --> 00:15:22,505 Center, that's the, um, the diabetes arm 361 00:15:22,525 --> 00:15:24,185 of Harvard Medical, okay? 362 00:15:24,605 --> 00:15:28,185 Coined a term known as nocturnal hypoglycemia. Okay? 363 00:15:29,015 --> 00:15:33,145 Nocturnal hypoglycemia is when you have interruptions in 364 00:15:33,145 --> 00:15:34,865 your sleep during the night, during the night, 365 00:15:35,285 --> 00:15:36,345 or you fully wake up. 366 00:15:36,345 --> 00:15:38,945 And the worst case scenario of it is when you wake up 367 00:15:38,945 --> 00:15:42,225 and run for water, one run to urinate 368 00:15:42,605 --> 00:15:44,025 or run for a midnight snack. 369 00:15:44,315 --> 00:15:45,825 Those are the worst case scenarios of it. 370 00:15:46,405 --> 00:15:49,345 It means that your blood sugar took a drop 371 00:15:49,845 --> 00:15:51,705 and all of a sudden your dreams are like, Hey, 372 00:15:52,675 --> 00:15:54,755 I got no more sugar to be able to, you know, 373 00:15:55,145 --> 00:15:56,915 fuel my brain here during these dreams. 374 00:15:57,345 --> 00:15:58,965 Wake up. Okay? 375 00:15:59,955 --> 00:16:02,725 That can cause problems because waking up 376 00:16:03,065 --> 00:16:05,405 and breaking your healthy sleep cycles 377 00:16:05,935 --> 00:16:07,885 makes you feel like crud in the morning. 378 00:16:08,585 --> 00:16:11,205 Here's a simple way that you can deal with that 379 00:16:11,545 --> 00:16:14,325 and everybody in the audience can deal with that. 380 00:16:14,325 --> 00:16:15,725 Individual has problems. 381 00:16:16,345 --> 00:16:18,235 Staying asleep in the middle of the night 382 00:16:19,175 --> 00:16:21,195 is you wanna be able to make sure your blood sugar 383 00:16:21,265 --> 00:16:22,315 dips less in the middle of the night. 384 00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:25,395 So what I would recommend is, if you are not allergic 385 00:16:25,495 --> 00:16:27,435 to peanuts, if you are, don't do that. 386 00:16:27,735 --> 00:16:29,715 But if you're not allergic to peanuts, 387 00:16:29,945 --> 00:16:33,075 take yourself a tablespoon of peanut butter. 388 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:35,555 Make sure it has no sugar in it. 389 00:16:36,155 --> 00:16:37,995 'cause remember, if we take something very sugary 390 00:16:38,545 --> 00:16:39,955 late at night before you go to bed, 391 00:16:40,305 --> 00:16:41,955 it's gonna form a rebound effect 392 00:16:41,955 --> 00:16:43,395 and you'll end up crashing anyway. 393 00:16:43,455 --> 00:16:47,795 So no sugar, peanut butter or no sugar almond butter. Okay? 394 00:16:48,125 --> 00:16:49,475 Tablespoon before you go to bed, 395 00:16:49,825 --> 00:16:52,115 that will even out your blood sugar response 396 00:16:52,135 --> 00:16:53,435 and you won't have that dip. 397 00:16:54,015 --> 00:16:56,875 And chances are you will wake up less often, if at all 398 00:16:57,135 --> 00:16:58,315 during the middle of the night. 399 00:16:59,535 --> 00:17:01,105 - Okay? I'm gonna test this out 400 00:17:01,105 --> 00:17:04,985 because I wake up to go to the bathroom consistently, right? 401 00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:06,465 I always assumed that it was just 402 00:17:06,465 --> 00:17:07,865 because I have a small bladder 403 00:17:08,485 --> 00:17:11,905 or you know, I don't drink enough water during the day, 404 00:17:12,205 --> 00:17:13,305 and so I'll drink a glass 405 00:17:13,605 --> 00:17:15,265 before bed, which is the worst thing to do. 406 00:17:15,445 --> 00:17:19,865 I'm aware of that. And, um, that's a whole other subject 407 00:17:19,865 --> 00:17:21,825 of dehydration and hydration. 408 00:17:21,825 --> 00:17:23,745 - There we go. And we can get into that at another time. 409 00:17:23,815 --> 00:17:26,545 Yeah. , , there's so much to talk about. 410 00:17:26,845 --> 00:17:31,185 - Uh, but I do like to eat pistachios before bed. 411 00:17:31,365 --> 00:17:33,745 And I know that has melatonin in it. 412 00:17:34,605 --> 00:17:36,225 - It does have some melatonin in it, 413 00:17:36,225 --> 00:17:37,665 but you know, the interesting thing 414 00:17:37,665 --> 00:17:39,905 that I've started discovering from neurologists out there 415 00:17:39,905 --> 00:17:42,785 who do lots of sleep work is mm-Hmm, is 416 00:17:42,785 --> 00:17:43,985 that if there are ways 417 00:17:43,985 --> 00:17:47,265 of triggering your own melatonin, okay? 418 00:17:47,895 --> 00:17:49,725 It's better off than taking melatonin. 419 00:17:49,725 --> 00:17:51,405 Because more often than not, 420 00:17:51,405 --> 00:17:54,485 you're not hitting the sweet spot in regards to the best 421 00:17:55,405 --> 00:17:57,565 specific dosage for you, okay? 422 00:17:57,935 --> 00:18:01,285 Right? So, um, triggering melatonin is very, 423 00:18:01,285 --> 00:18:04,005 very interesting because when we stand there, we go, okay, 424 00:18:04,635 --> 00:18:06,365 when does melatonin come in? 425 00:18:06,995 --> 00:18:10,755 Melatonin actually comes in when the sun goes down, okay? 426 00:18:11,375 --> 00:18:13,915 It sends to the circadian rhythms in your brain. 427 00:18:14,255 --> 00:18:16,755 It says it's time to produce this stuff to allow you 428 00:18:16,755 --> 00:18:18,475 to go into rest and repair state. 429 00:18:18,495 --> 00:18:21,215 We call this sleep. So now we are going 430 00:18:21,215 --> 00:18:22,375 to make melatonin for you. 431 00:18:22,595 --> 00:18:24,735 It says it with that weird sort of announcer thing, , 432 00:18:25,795 --> 00:18:27,895 you know, it sounds like a Monty Python 433 00:18:27,985 --> 00:18:29,175 thing inside your head. 434 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:32,855 So the situation is, it's saying that, now guess 435 00:18:32,855 --> 00:18:34,695 what happens when the sun comes up in the morning 436 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:36,585 there, there's light. 437 00:18:36,765 --> 00:18:39,985 So it says, I am switching off Mel and his melatonins, 438 00:18:40,205 --> 00:18:43,145 and we are turning on s and her serotonins. , 439 00:18:43,945 --> 00:18:47,185 okay? And then all of a sudden Mel says, bye-bye. 440 00:18:47,485 --> 00:18:49,665 And Sarah says, Hey, good morning. 441 00:18:50,245 --> 00:18:52,385 Now, if you're not a morning person, that could be annoying, 442 00:18:52,405 --> 00:18:54,065 but hey, that's Sarah's personality. 443 00:18:54,415 --> 00:18:56,585 Alright? So as you're dealing 444 00:18:56,585 --> 00:18:57,785 with that, that's what happens. 445 00:18:57,885 --> 00:19:00,985 So the sunlight and the night gives us this normal thing, 446 00:19:01,365 --> 00:19:03,705 but when you have yourself a situation 447 00:19:04,325 --> 00:19:05,905 in which you are literally, 448 00:19:06,205 --> 00:19:08,745 and now the sunlight it sees, the thing 449 00:19:08,745 --> 00:19:11,985 that triggers the w the waking up is the blue tones in 450 00:19:11,985 --> 00:19:13,185 the sunlight, okay? 451 00:19:13,565 --> 00:19:15,865 The trigger of turning off the melatonin 452 00:19:15,865 --> 00:19:17,025 and turning on the serotonin. 453 00:19:17,025 --> 00:19:18,425 Now the blue tones. But 454 00:19:18,425 --> 00:19:20,945 what if you give artificial blue tones in the middle 455 00:19:20,945 --> 00:19:23,385 of the night when you should be producing melatonin? 456 00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:25,305 I mean, the lights are down. Your body's saying, 457 00:19:25,405 --> 00:19:27,105 I'm gonna produce a melatonin party. 458 00:19:27,685 --> 00:19:29,505 And you're saying, no, no, no. Hold on a second here. 459 00:19:29,505 --> 00:19:30,465 A little sobriety for you. 460 00:19:30,965 --> 00:19:32,185 I'm gonna give you some blue lights. 461 00:19:32,285 --> 00:19:34,265 Oh my goodness. Why are you doing that to me? 462 00:19:34,265 --> 00:19:37,825 It says, and the blue lights come from your computers. 463 00:19:37,935 --> 00:19:41,425 They come from your phones, they come from your TV sets. 464 00:19:42,095 --> 00:19:43,225 Okay? Mm-Hmm, 465 00:19:43,605 --> 00:19:47,725 and even forms of light as you sleep that go 466 00:19:47,725 --> 00:19:48,925 through your eyelids. 467 00:19:48,945 --> 00:19:50,405 So some people sleep with a nightlight. 468 00:19:50,405 --> 00:19:52,725 They found out the absolute worst thing for two things, 469 00:19:53,295 --> 00:19:56,405 being able to stay asleep and have proper melatonin levels. 470 00:19:56,665 --> 00:20:01,605 Mm-hmm. . And also for gaining weight, very interestingly, 471 00:20:02,385 --> 00:20:04,405 having either blackout curtains 472 00:20:04,405 --> 00:20:06,325 or wearing a mask is one 473 00:20:06,325 --> 00:20:08,085 of the most important parts they're starting 474 00:20:08,085 --> 00:20:10,085 to find out in regards to weight loss programs. 475 00:20:10,705 --> 00:20:12,885 But getting full night's sleep too. 476 00:20:13,855 --> 00:20:15,155 So if you're in a situation 477 00:20:15,155 --> 00:20:16,875 where you have those switcher code, 478 00:20:16,875 --> 00:20:17,995 where you have those screens on, 479 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:20,755 give yourself a break an hour or two before you go to bed. 480 00:20:21,285 --> 00:20:24,355 Worst comes to worst. And you must watch social media, which 481 00:20:25,035 --> 00:20:27,515 I question your I question that. 482 00:20:28,095 --> 00:20:30,835 Um, but in that worst case scenario, 483 00:20:30,945 --> 00:20:32,595 then wear some blue blocker glasses. 484 00:20:33,185 --> 00:20:35,875 Okay? So we can block those so you don't get affected. 485 00:20:36,685 --> 00:20:39,675 - Great advice. - There you go. It's all good stuff. 486 00:20:39,895 --> 00:20:42,635 So the different types of what you call it, uh, sleep types. 487 00:20:42,775 --> 00:20:44,435 Mm-Hmm. is an individual. 488 00:20:44,975 --> 00:20:46,155 If the person says, well, 489 00:20:46,295 --> 00:20:48,645 my primary problem is I just can't get to sleep. 490 00:20:49,235 --> 00:20:50,485 When I get to sleep, it's all good. 491 00:20:50,505 --> 00:20:52,085 But when I, I can't get to sleep. 492 00:20:52,655 --> 00:20:55,005 Those people are the people that, yeah, you may treat 493 00:20:55,005 --> 00:20:56,605 with some melatonin, that's fine. 494 00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:58,965 Those are the people you wanna work with their, 495 00:20:59,235 --> 00:21:00,285 with their sleep hygiene. 496 00:21:00,465 --> 00:21:02,685 So make sure the room is dark and make sure no screens 497 00:21:02,685 --> 00:21:04,405 after a certain point, okay? 498 00:21:05,735 --> 00:21:08,885 Those individuals also are individuals many times if 499 00:21:08,885 --> 00:21:10,245 they're stressed, okay? 500 00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:11,765 And they're going to bed 501 00:21:12,065 --> 00:21:13,605 and they're having problems sleeping 502 00:21:13,995 --> 00:21:16,885 because they are thinking a lot, okay? 503 00:21:17,305 --> 00:21:19,445 The overthinkers, it's stressed and overthinking. 504 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:22,485 They call it stressed and worried within sleep architecture, 505 00:21:22,935 --> 00:21:26,685 those individuals, there's a Chinese, um, approach, 506 00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:29,565 which is known as Jujube or Sisyphus. 507 00:21:29,675 --> 00:21:31,765 Same thing. And you can, 508 00:21:31,785 --> 00:21:33,565 you can simply get it at a Whole Foods 509 00:21:33,585 --> 00:21:35,405 or you can get it at a a health food store. 510 00:21:35,745 --> 00:21:39,445 Um, it's relatively innocuous, but strangely enough it takes 511 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:43,325 and calms down what they call your liver fire in Chinese 512 00:21:43,685 --> 00:21:45,725 medicine, which all these different thoughts 513 00:21:45,725 --> 00:21:47,005 come up from it, okay? 514 00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:49,205 It calms it down and people just 515 00:21:49,205 --> 00:21:50,285 get to bed and they think less. 516 00:21:51,075 --> 00:21:53,895 So juju B or YP can be helpful for those people, 517 00:21:54,315 --> 00:21:55,375 for an individual who has 518 00:21:55,375 --> 00:21:56,535 tight muscles and things like that. 519 00:21:56,835 --> 00:21:59,295 Taking something simple like, like, um, uh, 520 00:21:59,375 --> 00:22:01,335 a taking like calm with magnesium 521 00:22:01,355 --> 00:22:02,735 and calcium in it, one 522 00:22:02,735 --> 00:22:04,175 of those powders, you know what I mean? 523 00:22:04,305 --> 00:22:06,615 Which is a magnesium powder that can be helpful as well. 524 00:22:06,875 --> 00:22:09,055 But boy oh boy, if you don't handle your sleep hygiene 525 00:22:09,125 --> 00:22:11,695 with darkness and taking care of those blue screens, 526 00:22:12,155 --> 00:22:13,175 uh, all bets are off. 527 00:22:13,175 --> 00:22:14,975 So that's the first type. I can't get to sleep. 528 00:22:15,115 --> 00:22:18,095 Second type we discussed, which was the nocturnal hypo, 529 00:22:18,205 --> 00:22:19,935 hypo, uh, uh, hypoglycemics. 530 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,775 Okay? Um, uh, and, 531 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:25,055 and see if you can intercede in regards to the, uh, 532 00:22:25,055 --> 00:22:28,135 having the, uh, uh, the, the nut butter before going to bed. 533 00:22:28,835 --> 00:22:31,655 And then the last type is the sleep architecture type. 534 00:22:31,915 --> 00:22:33,735 That's where basically your cycles 535 00:22:33,735 --> 00:22:36,255 of sleep throughout the night got disturbed in 536 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:37,295 certain types of ways. 537 00:22:37,715 --> 00:22:41,495 So you wake up feeling like garbage in that situation. 538 00:22:41,795 --> 00:22:44,935 And if it's that last one, I highly recommend people going 539 00:22:44,935 --> 00:22:46,655 for a sleep study, okay? 540 00:22:47,035 --> 00:22:48,935 To really get the full Monty when it comes 541 00:22:48,935 --> 00:22:50,335 to all the different types of hygiene. 542 00:22:50,475 --> 00:22:52,255 You can have ways of handling it. 543 00:22:52,615 --> 00:22:53,815 'cause that one's a deeper area. 544 00:22:54,075 --> 00:22:56,455 And I'd highly recommend that, especially for people 545 00:22:56,455 --> 00:22:59,015 who chose that is the number one thing that bothers them. 546 00:22:59,485 --> 00:23:01,735 That area can also be, interestingly enough, 547 00:23:01,895 --> 00:23:03,775 a low thyroid, okay? 548 00:23:04,235 --> 00:23:06,335 So you wanna be able to take a look at it, go 549 00:23:06,335 --> 00:23:09,215 to the experts, get a full sleep study, check in with your, 550 00:23:09,325 --> 00:23:12,295 with your, uh, primary care physician, um, as it relates 551 00:23:12,355 --> 00:23:14,415 to the findings of the sleep study, 552 00:23:14,675 --> 00:23:16,295 so you can get an overall look in 553 00:23:16,295 --> 00:23:17,415 regards to your bodily health, 554 00:23:18,385 --> 00:23:19,385 - Right? 555 00:23:19,385 --> 00:23:22,775 Yeah. Great. Now I know my sleep type. There 556 00:23:22,775 --> 00:23:25,575 - You go - This out with some, uh, 557 00:23:25,955 --> 00:23:28,775 no sugar almond butter. There 558 00:23:28,775 --> 00:23:29,775 - You go. 559 00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:31,415 I knew, I knew you'd be shooting for almond butter. 560 00:23:31,435 --> 00:23:32,435 You health girl. 561 00:23:33,835 --> 00:23:35,535 - So many p excuse me. 562 00:23:35,535 --> 00:23:37,135 So many people suffer from pain, 563 00:23:37,715 --> 00:23:40,215 but can't tolerate over the counter pain meds 564 00:23:40,215 --> 00:23:41,255 like ibuprofen. 565 00:23:41,275 --> 00:23:42,695 Mm-Hmm. Can you share some 566 00:23:42,695 --> 00:23:44,935 of the most effective therapies for pain? 567 00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,725 - Well, the first thing we wanna take a look at here is 568 00:23:48,825 --> 00:23:50,045 we take a look at aspirin. 569 00:23:50,045 --> 00:23:52,285 Aspirin's actually made out of white willow bark. 570 00:23:53,435 --> 00:23:55,475 I mean, literally aspirin, 571 00:23:55,575 --> 00:23:57,595 the stuff which is an original pain liver, 572 00:23:57,595 --> 00:23:59,075 and now they use it more for blood thinning. 573 00:23:59,455 --> 00:24:02,595 You know, aspirin was made from something in nature. 574 00:24:02,655 --> 00:24:06,635 So understand that most of these drugs had some sort 575 00:24:06,635 --> 00:24:08,475 of original roots in your backyard 576 00:24:09,055 --> 00:24:10,315 or on a mountaintop somewhere. 577 00:24:11,095 --> 00:24:13,155 So that's one thing to take into account here. 578 00:24:13,575 --> 00:24:16,315 If we take a look at the research in comparison, um, 579 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:19,955 for individuals with osteoarthritis pain, um, as it relates 580 00:24:19,975 --> 00:24:23,715 to comparing ibuprofen to turmeric, 581 00:24:24,335 --> 00:24:25,825 they found out that individuals 582 00:24:25,825 --> 00:24:27,825 who are taking turmeric along with black pepper, 583 00:24:27,835 --> 00:24:29,385 which activates the turmeric 584 00:24:29,385 --> 00:24:31,345 and makes it easier to absorb, okay? 585 00:24:31,345 --> 00:24:34,305 Mm-Hmm, actually had better results than the ibuprofen. 586 00:24:34,405 --> 00:24:36,985 Now, albeit they needed to take high amounts of it, 587 00:24:37,605 --> 00:24:40,065 but there's one simple way in which you can take high 588 00:24:40,065 --> 00:24:41,825 amounts of turmeric 589 00:24:42,255 --> 00:24:44,625 besides becoming an expert in Indian cooking. 590 00:24:45,255 --> 00:24:48,585 Okay? And that is with a good brand 591 00:24:48,645 --> 00:24:50,505 of golden milk powder. 592 00:24:50,765 --> 00:24:51,985 Mm-Hmm, okay. Mm-Hmm. 593 00:24:52,065 --> 00:24:54,785 , which has tons of turmeric in it with a couple 594 00:24:54,785 --> 00:24:56,465 of other spices in there, which also tend 595 00:24:56,465 --> 00:24:57,705 to be anti-inflammatory. 596 00:24:57,705 --> 00:24:59,745 Usually they put a little black pepper in there too. 597 00:24:59,885 --> 00:25:02,625 Mm-Hmm, , okay? It's known in the, in the biochemical world 598 00:25:02,625 --> 00:25:05,185 as bio parin, but it helps to absorb the turmeric. 599 00:25:05,565 --> 00:25:08,225 And by just having a simple one for breakfast 600 00:25:08,225 --> 00:25:10,825 and one in the evening, you can get those higher amounts. 601 00:25:10,825 --> 00:25:13,025 So you don't take the NSAIDs, 602 00:25:13,025 --> 00:25:15,745 non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, which the, um, uh, 603 00:25:15,745 --> 00:25:16,785 the ibuprofen is. 604 00:25:17,205 --> 00:25:19,585 So why do you wanna not take the ibuprofen? 605 00:25:19,585 --> 00:25:22,025 Well, ibuprofen can be real helpful. Mm-Hmm. 606 00:25:22,045 --> 00:25:24,665 Um, and it, and can be real fast at a relatively low 607 00:25:24,665 --> 00:25:25,785 dose, which is awesome. 608 00:25:26,445 --> 00:25:29,105 But one out of 10 individuals, according to recent studies, 609 00:25:29,135 --> 00:25:32,465 have shown that individuals will have gastric, uh, 610 00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:33,825 bleeding serious enough 611 00:25:33,825 --> 00:25:36,665 to give 'em the hospital if they take it for over 10 days, 612 00:25:36,845 --> 00:25:37,945 one out of 10 individuals. 613 00:25:38,645 --> 00:25:40,945 So most people take that stuff for chronic pain. 614 00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:42,385 Mm, pain you have a long term, 615 00:25:43,185 --> 00:25:44,385 probably not the the best thing. 616 00:25:44,965 --> 00:25:47,865 No, try something like the actual golden milk. 617 00:25:47,885 --> 00:25:49,785 That's one way of doing it. Okay? 618 00:25:49,935 --> 00:25:51,785 Another thing is something called buswell. 619 00:25:53,075 --> 00:25:54,375 Now this is really interesting. 620 00:25:54,605 --> 00:25:55,975 When it comes to inflammation, 621 00:25:55,975 --> 00:25:57,815 there's two different types of inflammation. 622 00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:00,535 One is cyclooxygenase. 623 00:26:00,535 --> 00:26:03,655 Sometimes people know them as Cox two inhibitors. Okay? 624 00:26:04,245 --> 00:26:07,175 That means it's, it's affecting, uh, uh, Cox 625 00:26:07,175 --> 00:26:08,255 or Cyclooxygenase. 626 00:26:08,515 --> 00:26:10,815 That's where they were using things like, um, uh, 627 00:26:10,815 --> 00:26:12,135 Celebrex and so on and so forth. 628 00:26:12,675 --> 00:26:16,855 Um, and, uh, and um, also things like, uh, uh, ibuprofen. 629 00:26:16,855 --> 00:26:18,295 These are all what you call, 630 00:26:18,295 --> 00:26:20,175 these are all non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, 631 00:26:20,175 --> 00:26:21,575 but they can form gastric bleeding. 632 00:26:22,315 --> 00:26:24,855 The second area is where the real bad pain comes in, 633 00:26:24,855 --> 00:26:26,775 where people use opiates, okay? 634 00:26:27,195 --> 00:26:29,935 And that's lip oxygenase or locks, LOX. 635 00:26:30,915 --> 00:26:34,975 Now, what can you use to be able to block that evil stuff? 636 00:26:34,975 --> 00:26:36,935 Because that's the bad pain, all right? 637 00:26:37,515 --> 00:26:39,175 And that's why people get addicted on this stuff. 638 00:26:39,175 --> 00:26:40,815 It's just like, oh, I'm finally outta relief, 639 00:26:40,835 --> 00:26:42,655 but now I have an addiction, okay? 640 00:26:43,315 --> 00:26:47,645 Yeah. Is something called boswellia, okay? Mm-Hmm. 641 00:26:47,835 --> 00:26:50,605 Boswellia Serrata, which is the genus and species of this. 642 00:26:50,625 --> 00:26:51,805 You can buy that in any whole, 643 00:26:51,805 --> 00:26:53,205 whole food store or something like that. 644 00:26:53,955 --> 00:26:55,245 Boswellia has been shown 645 00:26:55,345 --> 00:26:58,925 to block effectively Bach lip oxygenase, as well 646 00:26:59,105 --> 00:27:00,965 as Narcan, okay? 647 00:27:01,335 --> 00:27:04,685 Which is basically opium. Okay? 648 00:27:05,465 --> 00:27:07,085 So yes, once again, you have 649 00:27:07,085 --> 00:27:09,285 to use higher dosages like the turmeric, 650 00:27:09,625 --> 00:27:12,525 but boy oh boy, it can be helpful for blocking that as well. 651 00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:14,165 So there's a number of different choices. 652 00:27:14,165 --> 00:27:15,245 - Liquid, it's liquid form, right? 653 00:27:15,745 --> 00:27:19,045 - Um, it, it, it, um, uh, the VAs 654 00:27:19,545 --> 00:27:21,645 and the turmeric comes in powder form, 655 00:27:21,645 --> 00:27:22,925 liquid form, capsule form. 656 00:27:23,305 --> 00:27:26,605 Um, the absorption rates don't necessarily change on this. 657 00:27:26,905 --> 00:27:29,365 If you go with liquid form, it's the actual, 658 00:27:29,515 --> 00:27:31,685 what you have added to in turmeric, 659 00:27:31,705 --> 00:27:33,405 it should be bio parin or black pepper. 660 00:27:33,865 --> 00:27:35,165 And Boswellia seems 661 00:27:35,165 --> 00:27:36,325 to have the same absorption rates 662 00:27:36,425 --> 00:27:37,445 no matter how you handle it. 663 00:27:38,315 --> 00:27:40,015 So that, that's good. But some of 'em, yeah, 664 00:27:40,015 --> 00:27:41,255 it's better to do liquid most de 665 00:27:42,865 --> 00:27:45,565 - That's really, really fascinating and interesting 666 00:27:45,635 --> 00:27:49,525 because I actually am allergic to ibuprofen. My, I 667 00:27:49,525 --> 00:27:50,525 - Freak out. 668 00:27:50,525 --> 00:27:51,125 Oh my. Ouch. Yeah. 669 00:27:51,425 --> 00:27:53,725 - So I don't actually take any of that, 670 00:27:53,945 --> 00:27:56,165 so I always looking for an alternative. 671 00:27:56,455 --> 00:27:59,285 - There we go. It's going, it is going on. 672 00:27:59,285 --> 00:28:01,245 A little bit of a golden milk excursion with you, 673 00:28:01,825 --> 00:28:03,205 and you'll check back in. 674 00:28:03,205 --> 00:28:04,205 - I have some of that at home. , 675 00:28:04,745 --> 00:28:06,525 - What'd - You say? I do have some of that. 676 00:28:07,035 --> 00:28:08,125 - Then start - Using it. 677 00:28:08,125 --> 00:28:10,845 Have golden milk, and I do have the boswalia here 678 00:28:11,545 --> 00:28:14,405 - At Golden Milk with Boswellia, the company that I used 679 00:28:14,405 --> 00:28:15,445 to work with, okay. 680 00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:17,925 Which was one of the leaders in the field of doing research 681 00:28:17,925 --> 00:28:20,525 that's published in peer review journals on its supplements 682 00:28:20,525 --> 00:28:21,685 where other people just don't. 683 00:28:22,345 --> 00:28:25,765 Um, they combined a, a turmeric with Boswell, 684 00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:27,845 and the formula was very, very helpful. 685 00:28:28,845 --> 00:28:30,345 So if you take some bo 686 00:28:30,535 --> 00:28:32,545 with your golden milk, let's see how you do. 687 00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:35,705 - I won't try that. There - We go. There we go. 688 00:28:36,815 --> 00:28:38,585 - When we're talking about intestinal health, 689 00:28:38,765 --> 00:28:41,305 you had mentioned there is a simple visual stool 690 00:28:41,985 --> 00:28:43,305 analysis anyone could do 691 00:28:43,305 --> 00:28:45,625 to understand what's going on in your intestines 692 00:28:46,085 --> 00:28:48,305 and provide a powerful natural solution 693 00:28:48,405 --> 00:28:50,225 for your digestive health challenges. 694 00:28:50,685 --> 00:28:51,785 Can you tell us more about that? 695 00:28:52,525 --> 00:28:55,385 - Ooh, I love that one because it really empowers people. 696 00:28:55,605 --> 00:28:57,625 Mm-Hmm, , it's a great screening, cool tool. 697 00:28:57,725 --> 00:28:59,985 Is it a total diagnostic? 698 00:29:00,125 --> 00:29:03,065 No, but boy, oh boy, it nails it about 80 to 90% 699 00:29:03,065 --> 00:29:04,945 of the time, and it was taught to me 700 00:29:04,965 --> 00:29:07,785 by a naturopathic doctor about 25 years ago. 701 00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:09,265 And ever since then, I've been like, 702 00:29:09,285 --> 00:29:10,305 wow, I'll tell everybody. 703 00:29:10,885 --> 00:29:12,065 So basically speaking, 704 00:29:12,065 --> 00:29:13,505 there's a couple of different parameters. 705 00:29:13,605 --> 00:29:15,425 The first thing is everybody, 706 00:29:15,645 --> 00:29:18,705 or most everybody looks down at, you know, their, their, 707 00:29:18,705 --> 00:29:20,705 their, their prize that they gave to the world 708 00:29:20,705 --> 00:29:23,625 after they're done in, in, uh, uh, fecal matter. 709 00:29:24,005 --> 00:29:25,505 And they look down there and you go, Hmm, 710 00:29:26,315 --> 00:29:27,815 but they don't know what they're looking at. 711 00:29:27,915 --> 00:29:29,495 So let's give you some insights on here. 712 00:29:30,275 --> 00:29:34,335 If the actual stool itself is anywhere 713 00:29:34,335 --> 00:29:38,455 between light brown all the way up to yellowish, okay, 714 00:29:39,265 --> 00:29:41,365 then that means you don't have enough good 715 00:29:41,645 --> 00:29:42,805 bacteria in your intestines. 716 00:29:42,945 --> 00:29:46,565 Why do I say that? Because if, uh, 717 00:29:46,565 --> 00:29:48,925 what happens is your bile that dumps 718 00:29:49,035 --> 00:29:52,365 through gallbladder into your digestive tract up 719 00:29:52,365 --> 00:29:54,045 by your small intestines, okay? 720 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:56,405 On the train towards making poop, all right? 721 00:29:57,075 --> 00:30:00,765 That bile is yellowish and it's also a little bit greenish. 722 00:30:00,915 --> 00:30:05,085 Alright? What, what makes a healthy poop not be yellowish? 723 00:30:05,085 --> 00:30:08,565 And greenish is the good bacteria that eats away at 724 00:30:08,565 --> 00:30:10,365 that bolus of food as it's going down. 725 00:30:10,545 --> 00:30:13,005 Mm-Hmm, . And that makes a medium brown to darker brown. 726 00:30:13,425 --> 00:30:16,085 All right? So if you have a situation 727 00:30:16,135 --> 00:30:18,605 where you don't have good bacteria, it's time 728 00:30:18,605 --> 00:30:19,925 to take a probiotic. 729 00:30:20,275 --> 00:30:23,525 Alright? So get yourself a probiotic with between six 730 00:30:23,525 --> 00:30:24,805 and eight different strains in it. 731 00:30:24,915 --> 00:30:27,565 Make sure it's refrigerated and take it and enjoy yourself. 732 00:30:27,665 --> 00:30:31,125 If that is your case, if it's coming out black as tar, 733 00:30:31,225 --> 00:30:32,325 get yourself a full physical, 734 00:30:32,625 --> 00:30:35,035 because there may be some things going on within the 735 00:30:35,035 --> 00:30:37,675 gastrointestinal tract, including bleeding 736 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:38,875 or other types of things 737 00:30:38,875 --> 00:30:41,075 that you wanna have looked into by your physician. 738 00:30:41,175 --> 00:30:43,155 But most cases it's either light brown 739 00:30:43,615 --> 00:30:45,035 or dark to medium brown. 740 00:30:45,455 --> 00:30:46,755 You want to go for dark to medium brown. 741 00:30:46,755 --> 00:30:48,275 If it's light brown, get a probiotic. 742 00:30:49,075 --> 00:30:50,895 The second thing you want to be able to take a look at is 743 00:30:51,275 --> 00:30:52,975 how many chunks does it come out in? 744 00:30:53,035 --> 00:30:55,175 Oh my goodness. We're getting at the chunks now. 745 00:30:55,315 --> 00:30:56,855 Oh, all right. 746 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:57,895 Well, if you hang around 747 00:30:57,895 --> 00:30:59,175 with enough functional medicine people, 748 00:30:59,175 --> 00:31:00,535 you're gonna end up talking about poop. 749 00:31:00,535 --> 00:31:03,175 Just get used to it. So the situation is 750 00:31:03,835 --> 00:31:06,415 and I'm on the Gutsy Bay Podcast show. So we exactly. 751 00:31:06,505 --> 00:31:07,895 - We're, we're all about the healthy 752 00:31:07,965 --> 00:31:08,965 poop - . 753 00:31:08,965 --> 00:31:11,735 There you go. Let's do something good today. Every morning. 754 00:31:12,275 --> 00:31:15,295 All right, so the situation is, is that 755 00:31:15,595 --> 00:31:17,015 how many chunks does it come outta? 756 00:31:17,435 --> 00:31:20,575 If it comes out in one or two chunks, that's fine. Okay? 757 00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:22,335 But it comes out in multiple chunks, 758 00:31:22,675 --> 00:31:24,775 or worse yet in just so many chunks. 759 00:31:24,845 --> 00:31:27,015 It's like more towards the loose side. 760 00:31:28,275 --> 00:31:31,285 That is a sign that you're not breaking down your food in 761 00:31:31,285 --> 00:31:32,965 your upper digestive tract, your stomach 762 00:31:32,985 --> 00:31:34,005 and small intestines. 763 00:31:34,065 --> 00:31:35,805 Mm-Hmm, . So you need more enzymes. 764 00:31:36,385 --> 00:31:38,925 So if you have more than two chunks, 765 00:31:39,195 --> 00:31:41,005 take yourself some digestive enzymes. 766 00:31:41,005 --> 00:31:42,125 Here's a little insight for you. 767 00:31:42,705 --> 00:31:45,125 You wanna take all digestive enzymes 768 00:31:45,145 --> 00:31:46,805 before you start the meal, right? 769 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:49,365 Beforehand. 'cause you want your gastrointestinal tract 770 00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:50,765 to be coated with the enzymes 771 00:31:50,985 --> 00:31:52,365 as the food's going down there. 772 00:31:52,635 --> 00:31:56,605 Alright? So take a look. You got more than two pieces there. 773 00:31:56,795 --> 00:31:58,645 It's time for zi enzymes. Mm-Hmm, . 774 00:31:58,825 --> 00:32:01,165 The next thing is, is talking about fiber. 775 00:32:01,325 --> 00:32:02,805 I mean, a lot of people really just don't have a good 776 00:32:02,805 --> 00:32:05,365 quality amount of fiber in their diet, even vegetables. 777 00:32:05,945 --> 00:32:08,125 And, and, and pooping is an issue in the United States 778 00:32:09,185 --> 00:32:10,285 as you know quite well. 779 00:32:10,755 --> 00:32:12,245 Exactly. There you go. 780 00:32:12,785 --> 00:32:14,085 So the situation is, 781 00:32:14,385 --> 00:32:16,605 is if an individual doesn't have enough fiber in their 782 00:32:16,605 --> 00:32:18,685 system, the bulking and a lot of people will take fiber 783 00:32:19,185 --> 00:32:20,845 for constipation, that can make it worse. 784 00:32:21,315 --> 00:32:24,525 Okay? But if they don't have enough fiber in their system, 785 00:32:24,555 --> 00:32:27,285 what they'll find out is that their, what you're called, 786 00:32:27,285 --> 00:32:28,805 that their poops, okay? 787 00:32:29,305 --> 00:32:30,845 The best are not thick enough. 788 00:32:30,865 --> 00:32:33,525 So the best way is to be able to take your middle finger, 789 00:32:33,525 --> 00:32:35,805 your forefinger, and the the finger that's 790 00:32:35,805 --> 00:32:38,165 between your forefinger and your pinky finger. 791 00:32:38,315 --> 00:32:39,925 Like, like take all three of them 792 00:32:40,345 --> 00:32:41,805 and you wanna 'em put 'em together like this. 793 00:32:42,425 --> 00:32:45,365 And you wanna put a ring around it like this, all the way up 794 00:32:45,365 --> 00:32:47,805 above the knuckle, then pull out the ring. 795 00:32:48,345 --> 00:32:51,455 And that's how wide your poof is healthy, okay? 796 00:32:52,925 --> 00:32:54,535 It's actually, it's actually a test 797 00:32:54,535 --> 00:32:56,375 for sphincter ter expansion, 798 00:32:56,955 --> 00:32:59,015 but it also gives you a healthy with a poop. 799 00:32:59,915 --> 00:33:01,695 If you find it's thinner than that, 800 00:33:02,405 --> 00:33:03,615 take some fiber, aren't it? 801 00:33:04,595 --> 00:33:06,175 If you find it's thicker than that, 802 00:33:06,635 --> 00:33:07,775 get to the bathroom, more open. 803 00:33:07,805 --> 00:33:09,655 Stop holding often. Stop holding it in . 804 00:33:10,355 --> 00:33:13,015 You know, we're the, we're the only creatures in the world 805 00:33:13,085 --> 00:33:14,135 that hold it in. 806 00:33:15,855 --> 00:33:17,265 Everybody else is standing there 807 00:33:17,265 --> 00:33:18,505 going, whoa, it's time to go. 808 00:33:18,695 --> 00:33:20,705 Bye-Bye. What do bears do in the wood? 809 00:33:20,705 --> 00:33:21,905 Yeah, that's what I'm doing. All 810 00:33:21,905 --> 00:33:22,905 right, - . 811 00:33:22,905 --> 00:33:26,305 - Alright. So, but we stand around going, I still have 812 00:33:26,305 --> 00:33:29,065 to finish this report, so I'm gonna damage my intestines. 813 00:33:29,065 --> 00:33:32,465 Here we go. We don't want that. No one wants that. 814 00:33:32,685 --> 00:33:34,705 So that's another area. 815 00:33:34,925 --> 00:33:39,825 So the last area is, does your poop sink or float? 816 00:33:41,055 --> 00:33:43,265 Okay? Mm-Hmm, , you want it to sink. 817 00:33:43,365 --> 00:33:46,025 You don't want it to float. Why? Mm-Hmm, . 818 00:33:46,135 --> 00:33:47,865 Well, a byproduct 819 00:33:48,005 --> 00:33:50,865 of bad bacteria in your intestines is the production 820 00:33:50,925 --> 00:33:53,785 of different types of petrifying gases. 821 00:33:54,525 --> 00:33:55,545 But if you take poop 822 00:33:55,605 --> 00:33:59,425 and you imbue it with all these gases, it tends to float. 823 00:34:00,495 --> 00:34:02,355 So what you wanna do is you wanna look at that 824 00:34:02,355 --> 00:34:03,835 and go, Hmm, maybe I need 825 00:34:03,835 --> 00:34:05,315 to kill off some bad things in there. 826 00:34:05,705 --> 00:34:07,955 Alright? And there's some great 827 00:34:08,195 --> 00:34:09,395 approaches that you can do that with. 828 00:34:09,815 --> 00:34:13,235 One of two of my favorites are berberine, which tends 829 00:34:13,235 --> 00:34:16,155 to feed good bacteria and inhibit bad bacteria. 830 00:34:16,815 --> 00:34:18,315 And then the second thing that ber 831 00:34:18,315 --> 00:34:19,835 and berberine does a lot of different things. 832 00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:23,395 Some people even call it today's oz, uh, natural ozempic. 833 00:34:23,455 --> 00:34:25,235 I'm like, well, that's a lot of plain, but whatever. 834 00:34:25,655 --> 00:34:28,715 Um, but, but either berberine sulfate 835 00:34:28,935 --> 00:34:30,475 or you wanna be able 836 00:34:30,475 --> 00:34:32,995 to possibly use something called red thyme oil. 837 00:34:33,745 --> 00:34:36,115 Okay? A lot of people have heard of oregano oil 838 00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:38,395 and oregano oil has an ability to be able 839 00:34:38,395 --> 00:34:40,235 to kill up parasites and yeast 840 00:34:40,235 --> 00:34:42,115 and things like that in the gastrointestinal tract. 841 00:34:42,345 --> 00:34:44,915 Yeah. Because it contains an active ingredient known 842 00:34:44,915 --> 00:34:46,035 as thymol in it. 843 00:34:46,655 --> 00:34:49,515 But if you wanna be able to get a thymol powerhouse, 844 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:53,395 you get red thyme oil with five to six times as much 845 00:34:54,195 --> 00:34:57,115 concentrated thymol in there as, as, uh, oreg oil. 846 00:34:57,655 --> 00:34:59,355 Oh my god. Works really well. 847 00:34:59,705 --> 00:35:01,435 Take some berberine along with some 848 00:35:01,435 --> 00:35:02,555 of the, uh, red thyme oil. 849 00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:05,115 And if you find yourself in that situation with a bunch 850 00:35:05,115 --> 00:35:07,315 of floaty poop, let's sink those 851 00:35:07,555 --> 00:35:08,555 battleships - . 852 00:35:10,025 --> 00:35:14,005 - Okay? So that's my answer to that system. 853 00:35:14,665 --> 00:35:16,725 And, uh, it, it's, it's, it's, 854 00:35:16,875 --> 00:35:18,445 it's got a good track record to it. So I'm, 855 00:35:18,705 --> 00:35:21,405 - That's a lot of valuable information. 856 00:35:21,945 --> 00:35:23,445 Gut health, that's what we're all about. 857 00:35:24,905 --> 00:35:27,725 If you could recommend just three lifestyle changes 858 00:35:28,075 --> 00:35:31,285 that would make the biggest impact on a person's overall 859 00:35:31,285 --> 00:35:32,885 health, what would that be? 860 00:35:34,255 --> 00:35:36,825 - Hydration number one. Yes. 861 00:35:37,195 --> 00:35:38,405 There's this, there's this book. 862 00:35:38,405 --> 00:35:40,365 There's this book, I forgot the darn name of it, 863 00:35:40,545 --> 00:35:42,165 but it was by this Iranian doctor. 864 00:35:42,225 --> 00:35:43,325 So he is a Persian doctor, 865 00:35:43,825 --> 00:35:46,365 and during the Iran Iraq wars, he, 866 00:35:46,385 --> 00:35:48,525 he didn't have any more medicine, so he treated people 867 00:35:48,525 --> 00:35:49,805 with different amounts of water. 868 00:35:50,885 --> 00:35:54,125 'cause hydration is so prevalent, um, throughout the world 869 00:35:54,625 --> 00:35:56,405 and many times you are dehydrated 870 00:35:56,405 --> 00:35:57,525 before you even get thirsty. 871 00:35:57,915 --> 00:35:59,725 Okay? Yeah. Um, uh, uh, 872 00:35:59,745 --> 00:36:02,765 but it was even horrible in those desert countries. 873 00:36:03,105 --> 00:36:04,245 You know what I mean? Mm-Hmm. . 874 00:36:04,385 --> 00:36:07,445 So hydration has a therapeutic effect to, its amazing. 875 00:36:07,845 --> 00:36:09,805 I highly recommend an individual looks at their weight. 876 00:36:09,805 --> 00:36:12,325 Let's say a person man weighs 200 pounds. Okay? 877 00:36:13,075 --> 00:36:15,285 Then you take that number 200 cut in 878 00:36:15,285 --> 00:36:16,405 half and then do it in ounces. 879 00:36:16,665 --> 00:36:19,165 So that person should be taking a hundred ounces a day. 880 00:36:19,705 --> 00:36:20,885 You do that for a week or two, 881 00:36:20,885 --> 00:36:22,485 your body starts feeling a bit different. 882 00:36:22,705 --> 00:36:24,045 Things start feeling a bit better. 883 00:36:24,575 --> 00:36:27,315 Things work better. Okay? So 884 00:36:27,535 --> 00:36:29,155 - Are you constantly having to pee? 885 00:36:30,215 --> 00:36:31,275 - Ah, this is interesting. 886 00:36:31,535 --> 00:36:34,155 Having to pee is very, very interesting 887 00:36:34,155 --> 00:36:35,675 because having 888 00:36:35,695 --> 00:36:37,475 to pee comes from a couple of different reasons. 889 00:36:37,815 --> 00:36:40,395 And in America today, it's not the reason that you think, 890 00:36:40,975 --> 00:36:42,155 the reason that we're thinking is 891 00:36:42,155 --> 00:36:43,235 because I took in a lot of water, 892 00:36:43,255 --> 00:36:44,515 I'm gonna have to pee a lot, right? 893 00:36:44,545 --> 00:36:46,555 Yeah. Yeah. The real reason 894 00:36:46,555 --> 00:36:48,675 that pops up a lot is blood sugar imbalance. 895 00:36:49,295 --> 00:36:52,275 That's why they say as one of the tests for individuals 896 00:36:52,275 --> 00:36:53,515 who either have pre-diabetes 897 00:36:53,535 --> 00:36:55,395 or diabetes, how often do you pee? 898 00:36:56,105 --> 00:37:00,195 Okay? And those individuals are peeing, uh, like 899 00:37:00,195 --> 00:37:01,995 between four and 10 times a day. 900 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:04,875 But people who have really good balanced blood sugar, 901 00:37:05,225 --> 00:37:09,435 even if they take in a lot of water itself, they're peeing 902 00:37:09,435 --> 00:37:10,755 between two and three times a day. 903 00:37:11,795 --> 00:37:14,845 Okay? So the body's trying to get rid 904 00:37:14,845 --> 00:37:18,405 of the extra sugar in the blood by peeing it out. 905 00:37:19,115 --> 00:37:23,785 Because before pee was pee, it was blood, okay? 906 00:37:24,005 --> 00:37:26,025 Pee is filtered blood, that's 907 00:37:26,025 --> 00:37:27,465 what your kidneys do. All right? 908 00:37:28,415 --> 00:37:30,625 - Alright. So it's the blood sugar 909 00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:31,625 - Levels. 910 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:33,905 And also, do you know what diabetes stands for in Latin 911 00:37:35,235 --> 00:37:36,305 sweet urine? 912 00:37:37,795 --> 00:37:39,375 - Wow. - Because the doctors, 913 00:37:39,515 --> 00:37:42,695 before we had our, had our fancy machines used to take 914 00:37:43,035 --> 00:37:44,495 and put the tester stick in there 915 00:37:44,495 --> 00:37:47,175 and put in their mouth to taste it strangely enough. 916 00:37:47,795 --> 00:37:51,175 And if it was sweet, then they had diabetes. 917 00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:53,655 So hydration would be number one. 918 00:37:53,795 --> 00:37:56,415 Number two on this would be getting enough sleep. 919 00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:58,375 Really follow some of 920 00:37:58,375 --> 00:38:00,175 that sleep hygiene I was talking about before. 921 00:38:00,325 --> 00:38:04,335 Yeah. Really, really, really, really huge. Okay. Yeah. 922 00:38:04,395 --> 00:38:07,895 And, and the last thing is, is watch out for the amount 923 00:38:07,895 --> 00:38:09,015 of carbs in your diet. 924 00:38:10,085 --> 00:38:11,185 Oh my goodness gracious. 925 00:38:11,185 --> 00:38:14,225 There's so many people out there who have so many carbs 926 00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:16,505 that they're taking in and their blood sugar. 927 00:38:16,565 --> 00:38:19,705 The reason why diabetes is growing by double digit numbers 928 00:38:20,255 --> 00:38:21,505 many years is 929 00:38:21,505 --> 00:38:25,025 because we as a society put sugar into everything. 930 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:30,105 Okay? Best way to control sugar, start cooking your own darn 931 00:38:30,105 --> 00:38:31,105 meals, - , 932 00:38:32,075 --> 00:38:33,075 - And you know what's in it. 933 00:38:33,805 --> 00:38:35,460 - It's - True. So those are my top three. 934 00:38:35,995 --> 00:38:37,165 I'll standing by 'em. 935 00:38:37,785 --> 00:38:39,655 - Those are great tips. There you go. 936 00:38:39,655 --> 00:38:41,255 Great, great tips. So thank you for that. 937 00:38:41,555 --> 00:38:44,335 - You're quite welcome. - So going back 938 00:38:44,335 --> 00:38:46,535 to the intestinal health real quick, Uhhuh, um, 939 00:38:47,065 --> 00:38:50,135 which you shared was very, very valuable, 940 00:38:50,325 --> 00:38:52,135 very valuable information. Oh, 941 00:38:52,235 --> 00:38:53,015 - So thank you. Input. 942 00:38:53,015 --> 00:38:56,655 - Mm-Hmm. Um, but when people have diarrhea, right? 943 00:38:56,765 --> 00:39:00,415 That I believe is a form of dehydration. Um, 944 00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:02,295 - It can be dehydrating. Yeah. It, 945 00:39:02,725 --> 00:39:03,855 - It's constipation regardless. 946 00:39:03,995 --> 00:39:06,095 So I think when you are constipated, not going 947 00:39:06,095 --> 00:39:08,455 to the bathroom, and if you have the opposite effect, it's 948 00:39:09,095 --> 00:39:10,935 diarrhea, that is a form of constipation. 949 00:39:11,155 --> 00:39:15,375 Mm-Hmm. , can you explain the differences of someone 950 00:39:15,375 --> 00:39:17,415 with constipation versus someone with diarrhea? 951 00:39:18,185 --> 00:39:20,355 - Okay. So basically what it is, 952 00:39:20,355 --> 00:39:21,835 is it's usually the triggers. 953 00:39:22,345 --> 00:39:23,395 Okay? Mm-Hmm. 954 00:39:24,265 --> 00:39:27,315 , classically diarrhea is when something gets into your 955 00:39:27,315 --> 00:39:28,355 gastrointestinal tract. 956 00:39:28,575 --> 00:39:31,235 Mm-hmm. . And especially around the lower part 957 00:39:31,235 --> 00:39:32,915 of your small intestines, and then all the rest 958 00:39:32,915 --> 00:39:34,715 of your large intestines, your bowel. 959 00:39:34,975 --> 00:39:36,955 Mm-Hmm. . If it's irritating, 960 00:39:36,985 --> 00:39:39,435 what happens is your body responds with, oh, 961 00:39:39,445 --> 00:39:40,675 let's wash that out of there. 962 00:39:40,735 --> 00:39:42,755 So it adds lots of water from your body, 963 00:39:43,095 --> 00:39:45,155 mostly taking it from blood, okay? 964 00:39:45,735 --> 00:39:47,955 Um, and, and it's not like it stays as blood. 965 00:39:47,955 --> 00:39:51,755 It comes in as a water. Okay? And it flushes out that area. 966 00:39:51,855 --> 00:39:54,075 And that is the classic reasoning for diarrhea. 967 00:39:54,915 --> 00:39:56,715 Constipation is a bit different, 968 00:39:57,055 --> 00:39:58,555 and constipation has a number 969 00:39:58,555 --> 00:40:00,475 of d different possible factors to it. 970 00:40:00,605 --> 00:40:02,515 First of all, I mean, one of the biggest issues 971 00:40:02,515 --> 00:40:03,875 that I see out there with constipation, 972 00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:06,475 and this is why Squatty potties work, is when it comes 973 00:40:06,495 --> 00:40:10,115 to the actual core strength of the average American, 974 00:40:11,585 --> 00:40:13,105 I, I'm sorry, we're really bad . 975 00:40:13,975 --> 00:40:16,265 - Yeah, no, it's true. - Yeah, we have hot, it's true. 976 00:40:16,545 --> 00:40:18,385 I mean, how do you expect to push out a poop 977 00:40:18,725 --> 00:40:19,945 if you don't have muscles to push? 978 00:40:20,535 --> 00:40:23,825 - Yeah, I recall in my twenties, my gastrologist 979 00:40:24,575 --> 00:40:26,865 that I needed to work on my core. 980 00:40:27,335 --> 00:40:29,185 Yeah. I'll do situps. . 981 00:40:30,095 --> 00:40:34,145 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. We also take in a lot of processed foods 982 00:40:35,065 --> 00:40:36,685 and the gut doesn't know how to deal with those. 983 00:40:36,705 --> 00:40:38,045 So they just sort of sit there 984 00:40:38,045 --> 00:40:39,485 and they slow down the transit time. 985 00:40:40,635 --> 00:40:42,485 They, they had this one horrible, um, uh, 986 00:40:42,635 --> 00:40:46,325 setting net live skit where, um, there was a man 987 00:40:46,325 --> 00:40:50,285 who was playing a, a, a, a big poppy who is a, who's the 988 00:40:50,285 --> 00:40:52,085 what called, who's a, always been a star 989 00:40:52,145 --> 00:40:53,405 for the Boston Red Sox, 990 00:40:53,585 --> 00:40:55,005 but he's also a bit of an entrepreneur, 991 00:40:55,005 --> 00:40:56,925 and he is like, sort of, you know, wild 992 00:40:56,925 --> 00:40:57,965 and crazy kind of guy. 993 00:40:58,465 --> 00:41:00,605 And he, he said, he said, I've got a new way 994 00:41:00,605 --> 00:41:02,525 to make sure your dog doesn't poop all, all over the house. 995 00:41:03,265 --> 00:41:05,365 And he says, what is it? 996 00:41:05,365 --> 00:41:06,605 He says, and he shows the product 997 00:41:06,625 --> 00:41:07,765 and he says, what's it made of? 998 00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:09,645 He says, cheese, just give 'em lots of cheese. 999 00:41:10,065 --> 00:41:12,925 And they only poop once a month, but it's a real big one. 1000 00:41:13,705 --> 00:41:15,485 So when it comes down to it, 1001 00:41:15,875 --> 00:41:19,205 there's things like processed things that just slow down 1002 00:41:19,985 --> 00:41:21,485 you gastrointestinal tract. 1003 00:41:22,105 --> 00:41:23,205 If you stand there 1004 00:41:23,265 --> 00:41:25,685 and you get yourself more healthy natural foods, 1005 00:41:25,685 --> 00:41:26,845 and it's gonna make it easy. 1006 00:41:27,225 --> 00:41:28,285 And if you get caught 1007 00:41:28,305 --> 00:41:29,565 and stuck in a situation 1008 00:41:29,565 --> 00:41:31,965 where you're not pooping, you need to poop. 1009 00:41:32,595 --> 00:41:35,205 Okay? It forms byproducts, which are 1010 00:41:35,505 --> 00:41:37,765 to a certain degree poisonous to your body if you, 1011 00:41:37,785 --> 00:41:40,085 if you don't deal with them, if you don't poop 1012 00:41:40,085 --> 00:41:41,685 after a while, you can form mega colon, 1013 00:41:41,685 --> 00:41:43,765 which requires resectioning of the bowel. 1014 00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:46,005 Okay? All these horrible things. 1015 00:41:46,585 --> 00:41:50,165 Go to EEZ natural health.com 1016 00:41:50,225 --> 00:41:53,805 and buy some of this darn product I lit. 1017 00:41:53,805 --> 00:41:56,085 Literally, it's so funny, I, I, I took some of it. 1018 00:41:56,125 --> 00:41:57,365 I was like, oh, I want some of those. 1019 00:41:57,385 --> 00:41:59,045 So I bought like a few bags of it from you, 1020 00:41:59,545 --> 00:42:01,645 and you're like, okay, you know, you got a new shipment. 1021 00:42:01,645 --> 00:42:03,165 And she's like, look at these new packages. 1022 00:42:03,225 --> 00:42:04,725 I'm like, ah, that's great. I need to poop. 1023 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:08,805 So, so I kind of fum. I took one while I was in front of me. 1024 00:42:08,805 --> 00:42:10,525 I was like, it was really tasty. I was like, okay, 1025 00:42:10,525 --> 00:42:12,405 maybe I'll get addicted to this stuff, but whatever. 1026 00:42:12,825 --> 00:42:14,525 Um, it, it was like, what was, 1027 00:42:14,525 --> 00:42:16,125 what's the flavor raspberry? What is it? 1028 00:42:16,955 --> 00:42:19,485 - It's, the name is Bora Bora Berry. So yes, 1029 00:42:19,645 --> 00:42:20,725 - Raspberry Bora, bora Berry. 1030 00:42:20,745 --> 00:42:21,765 For me, that was delicious. 1031 00:42:21,765 --> 00:42:24,245 So I put it down, and then I just took the ride home, 1032 00:42:24,245 --> 00:42:25,765 which was about 20 minutes away, 1033 00:42:26,545 --> 00:42:29,885 and I literally said, you'd time to go to the bathroom. 1034 00:42:30,095 --> 00:42:32,725 We're going to present a beautiful number of two for you. 1035 00:42:33,505 --> 00:42:34,805 And I put one down. 1036 00:42:34,805 --> 00:42:37,045 That was all of the different characteristics 1037 00:42:37,045 --> 00:42:38,565 that I'd mentioned was a healthy poop. 1038 00:42:39,025 --> 00:42:42,805 It was all there in one package 20 minutes after I took it. 1039 00:42:42,985 --> 00:42:44,005 And it wasn't diarrhea. 1040 00:42:44,165 --> 00:42:46,525 I wasn't forming de dehydration to diarrhea. 1041 00:42:47,365 --> 00:42:50,765 - I recall that you sent me a text saying, this works. 1042 00:42:51,185 --> 00:42:53,045 And I have to say it worked pretty quick for you 1043 00:42:53,045 --> 00:42:55,925 because, uh, you know, every human body works differently 1044 00:42:56,025 --> 00:42:58,405 and it's gonna work at a different time for every person. 1045 00:42:59,025 --> 00:43:00,925 Uh, for me, I have to take it the night before . 1046 00:43:02,865 --> 00:43:05,405 - And, and that's probably more often the case, but, 1047 00:43:05,465 --> 00:43:07,765 but I was just like, instant magic. 1048 00:43:07,815 --> 00:43:11,005 Thank you very much. You can take it every day. 1049 00:43:11,445 --> 00:43:12,765 I was like, are you David Copperfield ? 1050 00:43:13,365 --> 00:43:15,365 She's David Copperfield of the Poop Group. 1051 00:43:16,995 --> 00:43:19,495 - Yes. It, it's all safe, natural ingredients 1052 00:43:19,495 --> 00:43:20,495 that could just help, 1053 00:43:20,685 --> 00:43:22,415 also helps your immune system, which is 1054 00:43:23,075 --> 00:43:24,895 - God bless, because 70% 1055 00:43:24,895 --> 00:43:27,495 of our immune system is in our gastrointestinal tract. 1056 00:43:27,755 --> 00:43:29,175 And if you keep things moving down 1057 00:43:29,175 --> 00:43:30,375 there, it keeps healthier. 1058 00:43:31,205 --> 00:43:34,015 - Exactly. Exactly. - Rock it rocket. 1059 00:43:35,195 --> 00:43:36,855 - Oh my goodness. Adam, you've been amazing. 1060 00:43:36,995 --> 00:43:39,135 You've shared a wealth of information with us today. 1061 00:43:39,615 --> 00:43:41,735 I just wanna say thank you for sharing your knowledge 1062 00:43:41,735 --> 00:43:45,255 with us, and I look forward to having you back sometime. 1063 00:43:45,805 --> 00:43:46,895 - That sounds marvelous. 1064 00:43:47,095 --> 00:43:49,895 I am here at your disposal, just waiting and 1065 00:43:49,895 --> 00:43:50,895 willing. - . 1066 00:43:52,245 --> 00:43:53,855 Well, thank you. Thank you, thank you. 1067 00:43:54,405 --> 00:43:56,935 Well, that's it for this episode of the Gutsy Babe Podcast. 1068 00:43:57,575 --> 00:44:00,215 I am Liz Hall wishing you a week of empowerment 1069 00:44:00,355 --> 00:44:03,015 and gutsy experiences with Lebanese. 1070 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:06,355 - Is it hard to go when you are on the go? 1071 00:44:06,665 --> 00:44:08,435 Well, you're not alone travelers. 1072 00:44:08,435 --> 00:44:10,195 Constipation affects millions daily. 1073 00:44:10,565 --> 00:44:12,835 Don't let irregularity ruin your next trip. 1074 00:44:13,215 --> 00:44:15,595 Try travel Ease, especially formulated 1075 00:44:15,595 --> 00:44:18,395 to keep you going on your next vacation or business trip. 1076 00:44:18,615 --> 00:44:21,515 Unlike common over the counter therapies for constipation, 1077 00:44:21,735 --> 00:44:23,155 travel ease is all natural, 1078 00:44:23,385 --> 00:44:25,755 doesn't produce cramping and won't dehydrate. 1079 00:44:25,935 --> 00:44:29,955 You wanna find out more? 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