Health Uncomplicated: Thriving With Simple Practices

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In this episode of the Elemental Evan podcast, host Evan emphasizes the importance of not over-complicating health by returning to basic, daily practices rather than relying heavily on supplements or the latest health tech. He discusses how simple lifestyle changes in areas such as diet, sleep, movement, and relationships can make a significant impact on overall health.

Evan shares his personal experiences with reducing supplement intake in favor of whole food-based products like spirulina and chlorella, and the profound benefits he's noticed from focusing on improving sleep quality and incorporating regular movement into his routine.

The episode challenges the notion that achieving good health requires expensive products or supplements, advocating instead for foundational habits that support well-being.

00:21 The Trap of Over-Complicating Health

01:58 Back to Basics: The Core of Good Health

02:21 Personal Health Practices: Supplements and Sleep

04:55 The Power of Movement and the Importance of Diet

06:37 The Misconception of Health as High-Class

10:25 Core Principles and Lifestyle Practices for Health

11:51 Conclusion: Simplify Your Approach to Health

DISCLAIMER:

This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.

Yo what's going on, everybody.

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Welcome to the elemental Ivan podcast.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts on this

show, I break down health topics from

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a simplified and holistic perspective

so that you can walk away from each

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episode with some tools in your belt.

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That way you can actually apply

some of the knowledge from

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these episodes to your life.

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And on today's episode, we're going

to be talking about how to not.

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Over-complicate health because

it definitely seems like it's

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a really easy thing to do.

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We can see too many opposing views

on health and, you know, there's all

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this new health tech gear coming out

and, you know, the newest supplements

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and all these different things.

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When I think it's really important

for us to realize that health is.

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You know, pretty much just

going back to the basics is

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going to be the most beneficial.

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Um, and don't get me wrong.

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I get caught up in this all the time.

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Um, being that I'm pretty big into the

health field and, uh, I love to see

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all the new stuff that's coming out.

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It's easy for me to get really

sucked up in, you know, the newest

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supplement or tech gear for, you

know, fill in the blank basically.

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And, uh, yeah, it's super

easy to fall into that ended

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up spending a bunch of money.

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And of course it might

be great for you, but.

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Really at the end of the day, a lot of

the health practices that are going to

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have the biggest effect on your health.

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Are going to be the things that

you can do on a daily basis.

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And I think it's really important

for us to always remember

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that and to not get too.

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You know, Too absorbed in all of

the new stuff that's coming out.

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Now, of course there are certain

supplements that truly can make a pretty

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big difference for someone, especially

if they have a very targeted goal.

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We can think of things like brain

health and lion's mane mushroom, for

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example, like that's definitely going

to help, but at the end of the day,

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really, if we just focus on the basics,

that's going to be the biggest thing.

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So what are the basics?

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The basics are things like good food.

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Good.

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Sleep good movement.

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Good relationships.

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These are going to be some of the

biggest things that we can do, right?

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Our lifestyle practices are going to

have the biggest effect on our health.

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Uh, because we do them every single day.

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Right?

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, you have habits that you build and

those habits are going to be far

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more effective than anything else.

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In my opinion.

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And typically with my supplements.

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Um, a while ago, I tried to

decrease the amount of supplements

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that I was actually taking.

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I tried to narrow them down to primarily

like food-based supplements was my goal.

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Um, there's a couple of things that

maybe aren't exactly food-based

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supplements, but, you know, I take

things like spirulina and chlorella.

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It's like one of the biggest things

that I take on a, on a common

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basis and that's just micro algae.

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Um, Organifi, I take some of

their green juices as well.

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Lion's mane, it's literally a mushroom.

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So these are like typically

whole food based products.

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Um, with probably the one that I

feel like I enjoy the most and I

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take the most is the spirulina

and chlorella from energy bits.

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That's typically one of my favorites

just because it's like in a

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way, almost like a multivitamin.

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So.

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It's usually one of the ones that I

really usually stick with, um, by the

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way, check them out during the show

notes or the description and you get

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20% discount, um, love energy bits, but

typically that's the main one that I take.

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And aside from that, I try to just

really focus on being as intentional

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with my habits as possible.

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So, you know, one of the biggest or.

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There's actually a, sorry, there's

a lot of big things that we can do,

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but one of the biggest ones that

I've noticed recently, I should, I

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should say is I've really focused

on my sleep lately and it has been.

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Such an absolute game changer.

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So I get up at five o'clock every day,

typically, um, with the exception of

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a few days out throughout the week.

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And so, you know, it's a relatively early

wake up time, which means that I do have

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to get to bed at a decent time as well.

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Right.

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Like I typically try to shoot for

being in bed somewhere between

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nine and nine 30, if I can.

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Um, but I'm not going to lie

that doesn't always happen.

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Uh there's times where it's 10

30 or 11 o'clock before I'm in

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bed, which is just honestly not

enough time for me personally,

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to get in a really solid sleep.

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So I've focused here recently

on getting to bed earlier.

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I'm also, I've also been really.

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Really religious with my mouth taping,

which has been super beneficial.

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Um, I've also included a little bit

of magnesium to help with my sleep.

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. And the sleep has been incredible.

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And I wake up feeling.

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So rested and ready to take on the day.

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And it helps with everything.

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It helps with my energy levels.

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It helps with my cognition.

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So I'm.

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Honestly, I just feel sharp as attack,

like much more on top of things.

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And, uh, yeah, sleep has

been incredible lately.

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Um, for some, for me to focus on.

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And then aside from that,

you know, movement has been

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really beneficial as well.

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I've been including, uh, more of

a movement practice throughout my

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week, three to four times a week.

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And that has been really beneficial as

well, , in my mood, in my productivity.

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And honestly, just my

overall way that I feel.

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So those have been really huge

food has always been something

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that I've been pretty focused on.

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So I wouldn't say there's been a

massive change in that for me, but.

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Nonetheless, these are the basics.

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These are the fundamentals.

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And then also having good relationships.

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I don't want to exclude that one.

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That one is very important.

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, at least for longevity.

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And honestly, I think quality

of life , relationships play

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a big role in that as well.

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So those are the core things

that really we need to focus on.

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And honestly, these are the things

that I tell myself when I see

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myself like adding things to a cart.

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And it's, you know, starting to

add up a couple hundred dollars.

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Like, oh my God.

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Like, am I really gonna drop

all this money right now?

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And sometimes I'll just think to myself.

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Okay, look.

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What am I trying to fix here?

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And how can I, you know, adjust the

lifestyle and habits that I already

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have to try to support that better.

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And I'll usually go that method first.

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And, uh, there's so much benefit.

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Every time I focus on any of these

categories, whether it be sleep

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food movement, or relationships.

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Something in my life gets

better, like for sure.

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Um, And it helps out in

so many different ways.

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I would definitely say

though, sleep and movement.

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Those have been the two things I've

been focusing on lately and they've

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been absolutely game changer.

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I feel really, really good.

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Having focused on both of those.

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But there's so much that we can

do without spending any money.

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And it can really benefit us greatly.

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So I don't like it when people think

that like, food is, or sorry, not food,

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but like health and being healthy is

kind of this, like, I don't know, , hi

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class only reserved type thing.

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Like I'm not high class.

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At least not when it comes to

like money or anything like that.

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So.

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Uh, no, honestly, I'm not high

class on, I'm like straight

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up Neanderthal over here.

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But honestly, um, I think it's ridiculous

when, when we look at it that way, and I

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think people have that idea because when

you see organic food being more expensive

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and you see all these supplements and

you know, the different gadgets that

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you can buy for your health, like, it

definitely feels like it can be very

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exclusive, but it shouldn't be that way.

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Good health is available to everybody.

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It just requires a little bit of

know-how and some knowledge on, you

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know, things that we can do to become

more healthy in our day-to-day life.

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And so.

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Just wanting to re highlight

that to everybody that you

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don't need a supplement.

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You don't have to take a supplement.

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Um, you can obtain so much through your

daily practices and I think supplements

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should really actually come second.

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Like after you have updated your habits

and your lifestyle, then you can look into

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supplements and allow them to kind of.

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Working cohesion with.

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You know, your actual lifestyle

practices, but I don't think

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they should be the first go-to.

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So even for example, like I was

mentioning spirulina and chlorella.

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I love spirulina and chlorella.

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The energy bit stuff is amazing.

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Like it's one of my favorite

supplements that I ever.

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I literally take daily, but if, for

example, I was not eating a healthy diet.

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Like I can't just rely on the spirulina.

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With, you know, okay.

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Yeah.

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It has 40 vitamins and minerals in it,

but if I'm just relying on the spirulina,

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like that's not, not the way to go.

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Like I have to have a good diet.

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And then that spirulina is going to,

you know, combined with a good diet

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is going to make sure that I'm really

covering all of my bases and getting

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the nutrients that I actually need.

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I can't just rely on spirulina.

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Like I take spirulina one time in

the morning and as many vitamins and

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minerals as it may have, it's not

going to make up for a poor diet.

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So we really have to focus on these basics

first, even with sleep, for example.

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You know, I mentioned magnesium, magnesium

can help with sleep and it definitely

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seems to benefit my sleep, but I've also

had really, really good sleeps when I

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just made sure that I wasn't watching TV,

like right up to the minute that I went

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to bed and I didn't have a meal, you know?

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Uh, two hours before going to bed.

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And I took a nice hot shower and

did a nighttime routine to kind

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of get myself prepared for bed.

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And then, you know, I get into bed and,

uh, give myself enough time to sleep

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before I have to wake up and guess what?

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I have an incredible sleep and

I wake up feeling like a million

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dollars and I did it without any.

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Supplements or spending of money at all.

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Right.

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It was just good health practices.

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And I think that's like literally the

most important thing for us to focus on

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and it falls into all categories we can

think of even like movement, for example.

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When it comes to movement.

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Uh, people are so focused on taking

all these different supplements to.

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You know, gain muscle and this

and that, and blah, blah, blah.

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And sure.

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Of course like taking creatine and taking

essential aminos and protein, like all

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of that is going to help, but you know,

what is at the core of that is actually

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getting the movement in, like, you can't

just take the supplements and get buffed.

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Like you actually got to do the movement

and then the movement, even if you just

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paired movement with a good diet that

had high protein in it, That's going to

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be super beneficial right there and the

additional protein shakes or essential

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amino acids, they're going to be great.

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And they're going to also maybe

put you over the top and really

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get you to that next level.

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But at the core of it, it really

just starts with good habits.

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So.

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Anyways, that's what I

really wanted to focus on.

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I feel like everyone over-complicates

health myself included.

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I start falling into the trap of

like, there's something externally

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that I need to be taking to

help me be better at something.

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And really at the core of it, we have

pretty much everything we need internally.

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You know, we can do these practices and

habits and, um, you know, really just

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live a super healthy lifestyle without

having to spend a ton of money and looking

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for external things to make us better.

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Um, it all starts with ourselves and

just creating really good habits.

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So.

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Anyways, I just want to

highlight that point.

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It was something I saw myself

getting caught up in, uh, just

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about a week ago, actually.

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And then, um, I really had to

reevaluate and look at things

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and say, hold up, hold up.

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Like, what are the core

principles of health here?

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And, you know, it comes back to

these core habits and our lifestyle

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practices that we have that really

makes the biggest impact on our health.

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So anyways, I just wanted to mention

that everybody, and I hope that you

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guys all have some really great.

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Uh, health practices.

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Uh, you know, lifestyle practices

and, um, you know, Start there.

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That's always the place to start before

you take any supplement, start there.

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Check.

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How are you eating?

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How are you sleeping?

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Uh, are you moving enough?

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Do you have good relationships?

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Um, you know, are you getting sunlight?

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Are you staying hydrated?

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Like all these different things?

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They're going to make

the biggest impact first.

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And then we can go from there.

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So.

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Anyways, y'all I hope you guys enjoyed

this episode and found some benefit in it.

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Don't overcomplicate health.

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It's much more simple than we think.

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And, uh, yeah, so anyways, I hope you

all have a great rest of your week.

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I'll see you on next week's episode.

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And until then do everything with

good intentions, connect to the

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elements and much love y'all peace.