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This podcast episode delves into the profound insights encapsulated within Chapter Three of Hal Elrod's seminal work, "The Miracle Morning," aptly titled "The 95% Reality Check." We assert that this chapter serves as an essential foundation for anyone embarking on a self-help journey, articulating the stark reality that a mere five percent of individuals achieve their fullest potential. The discussion further elucidates the significance of establishing a sense of purpose as a catalyst for personal growth, emphasizing that one's life purpose is not a discovery but rather an invention. Our dialogue reflects on various strategies outlined in the chapter, including the identification of obstacles that impede progress and the implementation of actionable solutions. As we navigate this exploration, we encourage our listeners to engage with the material actively and to consider how these practices can fundamentally transform their lives.

An exploration of the transformative principles delineated in Hal Elrod's book, The Miracle Morning, serves as the foundation for our discourse. We delve into the concept of the '95% Reality Check,' articulated in Chapter 3, which posits that a staggering majority of individuals fail to realize their full potential, primarily due to a lack of actionable strategies and self-discipline. This chapter meticulously outlines the psychological barriers that inhibit personal growth and provides seven pragmatic solutions to surmount these obstacles. The discussion emphasizes the imperative of cultivating a purposeful morning routine that incorporates meditation, affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading, and journaling—collectively termed the 'SAVERS.' We reflect upon the significance of these practices in fostering a holistic approach to self-improvement, underscoring that even the implementation of one or two components can yield substantial benefits in enhancing one's quality of life.

Further, we engage in a critical analysis of the chapter's assertion regarding mediocrity; Elrod's contention that only 5% of individuals achieve extraordinary results prompts a deeper inquiry into societal constructs surrounding success and fulfillment. We contemplate the ramifications of this reality on personal identity and motivation, suggesting that reframing our perceptions of mediocrity can be a catalyst for profound change. Our dialogue concludes with an affirmation of the book's role as a fundamental stepping stone in the journey of self-discovery and improvement, advocating for its inclusion in any personal development syllabus as essential reading for aspirants of excellence.

Takeaways:

• The podcast emphasizes the transformative potential of implementing the six practices from 'The Miracle Morning' for personal development.
• In Chapter Three, the concept of a '95% reality check' highlights the importance of acknowledging barriers to self-improvement.
• Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their life purpose to foster motivation and aligned daily actions.
• The hosts advocate for a flexible approach to the daily practices, suggesting even a small effort can lead to significant life changes.
• The episode discusses the significance of mindset, particularly the need to maintain a positive attitude during self-improvement journeys.
• Lastly, the podcast underscores the necessity of making conscious choices each day, as today's actions shape our future selves.

Links referenced in this episode:

• miraclemorning.com

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• Hal Elrod
• Dave Asprey

Hello.

Oh, hoi.

Hi.

Okay.

All right.

So this is the.

What is this called?

Masters of the Universe Club.

We actually, I think we need a.

We need to come up with an intro thingy for this, for this podcast.

All I've been saying, I guess the last couple times is just, we want to help you master your universe.

In here I'm pointing to my head, and in here I'm pointing to my heart.

I also happen to be wearing a T shirt that has a logo on it, so I'm pointing to the logo.

But we're not trying to help you master your power tools, at least not yet.

Right.

So we could put that on the to do list, I guess.

But.

We are reading this book.

It's called the Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.

And we are going chapter by chapter and discussing it.

And that's what we're doing.

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So, Dan, I reread chapter three today, this morning, and I have to say I am so.

This chapter three is called the 95% reality check.

And I am so I'm more sure now than I have been before that this is the best first book to read for anyone's self help journey.

Or like self, you know, care journey.

Every time, every chapter I read, I feel more and more convinced that this is the best first book to read.

How do you feel about that statement?

Well, so I have a different perspective since this might be one of the first ones I read in this genre.

Okay.

But the, the very concept alone of these six different, you know, steps in the morning in and of itself is like almost a sample platter of all these different, I mean, practices.

Exactly.

Even any, just, any just, just one of them could be your entire thing potentially.

But so, yeah, I would agree.

Okay.

Yeah, excellent.

I'm glad you agree with me.

It's a first time for everything.

So, you know, actually, so just to give.

We've already done chapters one and two, obviously just to give a brief overview of the book because it's probably a good idea.

What Dan is referring to is that this book, basically the Miracle Morning, is basically a prescription to do six self help things.

I say self help.

Maybe it's self improvement things.

The six self improvement things are meditation, affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading, journaling.

Those are the six things.

And basically Hal is saying that if you do all these things every single morning, you're going to change your life.

So Dan, you said you were going to start doing them.

How's that been going for you?

Oh, I would, if I had to grade myself, I would give myself an.

F.

Y because I ran out of time, didn't even finish the book.

And so I didn't.

You know, going back to some of his recommendations is like having an accountability partner and communicating with them is like an important step.

So that, that might be something to circle back to.

But I also decided to not be too hard on myself either because I don't need more guilt and shame and help.

So yeah, I had a, an anxiety, a school anxiety nightmare I think Sunday or Monday about like missing a test or something.

And I woke up and I realized, oh, that's because I blew off like my, I'm going to finish my book and start my thing morning.

Yep.

So anyway, I decided give myself a pass and try again with setting a date.

But I started doing research, started working on crafting my affirmations.

Yeah, I did a lot of that.

So I've started making progress to like get organized the way he does recommend in this book.

There's some work to do first.

Can't just like, oh, okay, I'm gonna set up morning and go and do these things like, well, gotta, gotta do a little more than that.

So that's where I am in that.

I, I actually there's some things, the one things that I love about this book, he does spend a lot of time talking about how you can do the miracle morning in six minutes.

So it doesn't have to be this big ordeal.

But I'm going to just double down on what you just said.

I think everybody's different and I think that if you just did one of these things, it probably would change your life.

And so my attitude and everybody, this is the thing that everybody's different.

So if you can do the miracle morning, not instead of every day but once a week, my guess is you'll still be ahead of 99% of most people anyway.

Or if you just have, if you get them in, when you get them in, but you're doing them all.

I just think there's a lot of different ways to approach doing these types of self improvement activities.

And I think that just like you said, giving yourself some grace and understanding and the most important thing is to always be moving.

I guess always be trying and never give up is probably more important.

The most important one that I for me has been the exercise.

But I Haven't.

I haven't exercised in several days since I did a quick sort of exercise Thursday morning and it's Sunday, but I had a migraine on Thursday.

Friday, Saturday was sort of like a recovery day.

So Sunday, here I am.

I'm probably gonna do an exercise later, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna even push myself that hard, frankly.

And you know, and so just all that is to say that it's okay if you don't get them every single morning.

You know, you have to just keep a positive attitude, probably more important and just keep trying, you know, so.

So yeah, go on.

Circling back to chapter three.

Yeah.

This is a chapter I'm gonna want to reread.

Yep.

Because I did read it recently, as in like probably within the last month.

Definitely within the last month.

But I really, I was much more interested in getting to the practice.

Yep.

Not that I felt any friction reading these, I just.

But I went through them.

I was like, oh yeah, this is cool.

No, I'm pumped.

I got it.

You know, like, and this, a lot of this is just like, why would you even want to do this kind of thing?

You know?

And I kind of agreed and.

And read the different.

The different parts of this.

But seeing it now is there's.

He laid out several different causes and solutions to them.

Like all different personality types, all different or combinations of that.

So it was a lot to take one.

Ready?

Oh yeah, I agree.

And just to clarify it's causes, he laid out seven different causes of why you might not follow through, I guess on your self improvement practice and then seven solutions to each one.

This chapter, this is why I said in the beginning that this chapter, this book is.

It keeps showing me that it's probably the best book to start with and it's probably a book you'll keep coming back to.

But it is sort of like an intro or crash course to self improvement in a way.

And this chapter by itself is also a self.

Is a crash course in self improvement that's separate.

Apart from the six practices that he describes, these are seven reasons why you might not follow through on the six practices.

So it's like a book within a book, this chapter by itself.

So I totally agree.

There's a lot here.

So I picked out a few things to read.

Just a couple of quick points, I guess.

One, there was one about mediocrity and how you should reframe mediocrity.

And basically the book says that only 5% of people actually achieve anything.

That's above.

Basically the Average of what people achieve.

So basically.

And it's hard to not put.

It's hard to not sound like you're putting a value judgment on it, but only 5% of people really achieve a great life, statistically speaking.

His belief is that it's possible for everyone to.

That's a whole other subject, frankly.

But he uses the term mediocrity to describe basically everybody but those top 5%.

It's like you're either mediocre or below.

It's like, let's just say for argument's sake that there's no value judgment in there and that, you know, people can't choose a life that doesn't.

You can choose a life that.

I think he does go into this.

You can choose a life that doesn't mean, you know, that you're not a fight.

You're, like, not a billionaire or you're not a TV star or something like that.

You know, being a good parent simply, or just even just getting better every day, you know, is a goal.

And I think he would agree that only 5% of people really even try to do that.

Maybe.

I don't know.

But he says everybody that's not in that group is basically.

Could be described as mediocre.

But you want to reframe the term mediocre and basically say, well, mediocre versus my potential.

Right?

You're not.

It's not.

You're not.

It's.

It's, you know, whatever the comparison is.

The thief of joy, I think, is the.

The term.

Yes.

The phrase.

Yes.

Well, you don't want to think of it that way.

Right?

You don't.

You don't.

But it does say, you know, step one to this whole process of acknowledging the 95%.

It's not just financially.

So you've got your physically, your physical state, your mentally emotional and mental state, your relationships relationally.

And then, of course, it does include financially.

Right.

So your emphasis could be your financial goals.

Could be, I make enough to feed myself and be healthy.

You know, if that's all you need financially to then have great relationships, a great mental emotional state and be physically fit, then you are, you know, in the top 5% potentially.

And not becoming wealthy, because that might have nothing to do.

Wealth might make you unhappy for whatever.

Reason, more money, more problems.

Right.

As they say.

So, I mean, within reason, right?

No, of course.

You need resources.

You need resources.

I don't.

I actually don't believe that.

But I also believe that people have.

It's a more complex.

It's something that we don't need to go into too deeply today, but there is a lot to be said for being an emotionally healthy and happy person and how no amount of money is going to solve that.

And as a matter of fact, there are situations where more money will hurt.

And so it's not just one thing that's going to make you feel happy.

It's a holistic viewpoint.

Yes.

Were you gonna say something else?

No, I was.

Well, I was gonna say if you don't agree with something that I say, then that is gold.

That's.

Let's.

Let's dig in on that, because then we're having a debate or maybe realizing something new.

I agree.

So what.

What didn't you agree with there?

No, I didn't.

I.

It wasn't that I disagreed at all, actually.

I did agree.

So there's not.

Well, that's boring then.

Okay, so moving on.

Yeah, I know.

Oh.

So there was something that I thought would be interesting to just touch on, but for the sake of this channel and for the sake of this brand.

Yes.

Is that he writes, when researchers from Cornell University asked thousands of people on their deathbeds to name the biggest regret of their life, 76% of participants had the same answer.

Not fulfilling my ideal self.

And then so basically he goes on to say, three quarters of the population regretted their life in what I would view to be somewhat of a fundamental sense.

And he said that people on their deathbed went on thinking to themselves, I wish I'd had the courage to fulfill my potential and live the life I was capable of living.

I think that that says a lot about, number one, I think, what our mission.

First of all, I'm just going to go back to the fact that I still think this is probably the best starting book.

And what I'm envisioning eventually for this brand and for this project that we have is that it's not just a channel, but it's also a coaching program and.

Or an educational program with a syllabus.

And this could be the first book of the syllabus.

Right.

This could be semester one.

You know what I mean?

Yes.

And so that's something that.

And just the fact that 75% of the people are there based on.

Based on, you know, what I presume to be a legit study, or, you know, that means that there's a huge market for it and we want to do good in the world.

And I do think people can improve their lives.

And I do think that, you know, so that's part of the motivation for it.

All.

So I just wanted to call that out.

Do you have any feedback on that?

No, that's.

I'm right there with you.

Yeah.

There was another thing that I thought was interesting was that he called out.

So like you said before, there were seven causes and effects for people not following through on their self improvement journeys.

And there's this little thing here, this is just a blurb that he says.

On any given day the average person thinks between 50,000 and 60,000 thoughts.

The problem is that the majority of our thoughts are the same or very similar from one day to the next.

And this causes us to develop thought patterns.

We habitually think the same thoughts and generate the same feelings and moods day after day.

So that's so powerful.

Just when I read 50,000, 60,000 thoughts, I was like, holy crap, that's a lot of thoughts per day.

But I know it's true because I can reflect on my own life experience and how many thoughts.

I mean if the average person has 50 to 60,000 thoughts on certain days, I may have 100,000 thoughts personally because I'm a kind of like a.

My brain is just sort of like, you know, it just goes off and just, you know, it's sort of like realizing you have a problem is the first step in fixing the problem.

You know what I mean?

Yes.

And I do think that this is probably one of my big problems.

And I wanted to say it out loud because I'm sure I'm not the only one.

And I think that it's probably important just to say, okay, well you can change your thoughts and therefore manifest different, just different emotions.

And that's going to be healthy.

Right?

You're going to have less cortisol, your emotions will be more balanced, you'll be more productive, you'll just be happier.

And just from a standard of life sort of position, why wouldn't you want to be happier?

And the fact that you can notice your thoughts and change them is very, very powerful.

And that was his step.

One was having this, what he refers to as rear view mirror syndrome.

Right.

So you want to chime in or should I keep going?

No, I'm, I'm.

I'm just thinking that I'm just going to reiterate.

I need to reread this chapter.

Dude, this chapter is a whole book.

That's the problem with this chapter.

And I'm realizing with this book and this is a sort of semi digression, but this is just more about a way approaching written printed word and whatnot.

I already have multiple bookmarks in here and.

And whatnot.

This is realizing the kind of book where you go back and forth and reread the chapter and you're kind of like.

You don't just go through it beginning to end.

It's like a reference book or a text where you will just keep going in and rereading the passages to reinforce what you need.

And I'm realizing chapter three as.

As I'm saying this chapter three, I need to put in a bookmark to reread.

Yeah, Chapter three is.

Chapter three is like, pretty deep.

And there's a lot.

There's a lot in there.

There was a lot more than I expected.

Yes.

The cause 2.

I'm not going to go through all the causes, but I just wanted to call to hit cause 2 because 2 is.

Cause 2 is lack of purpose and choosing what your life purpose is.

And he goes on and he talks a lot about it.

Your purpose can be any chosen way of being and.

Or serving others that inspires you to wake up every day and live in alignment, in alignment with the person you want to become.

There's a lot about.

So I've done a lot of, I guess, like, you know, for lack of a better word, like divine, masculine, you know, coaching, I guess.

Yeah.

It's not just for men, but just.

So it's the experience that I had where I was trying to, you know, everybody has their own experience, right?

So I've had.

I had an experience that was.

I had a life experience in childhood that was potentially emasculating.

And so I chose to pursue that.

And so in pursuit of the quote, unquote, divine, masculine, or whatever you want to call it, it doesn't matter.

I'm just calling it that for lack of better vocabulary to even talk about it.

Having a purpose is important for all people, potentially particularly important for men, but let's just forget about that.

But it's something that, as a result of my coaching and learning, I guess I have dug into it a bit and I do think that having a purpose and spending time and thinking about and being aligned with your purpose is really.

It's just really motivating and powerful in your life.

You know, when you find that right purpose, and I'm still defining mine and still trying to, you know, define and refine my purpose.

But I do think it's really critically important for people to have a purpose.

And it's not, you know, everything these days reminds me of the Viktor Frankl quote.

The purpose of life is to give.

The meaning of life is to give life Meaning.

And to me, this is analogous.

You know, it's basically like, what is your purpose?

Well, it's like your purpose and your meaning are basically the two sides of the same coin.

You know, it's like, what is your purpose for being here?

And that's the powerful thing of being a human being, is that it's not something for you to.

And he says it in this chapter.

It's not something for you to discover, it's for you, something for you to invent, you know, and then that's what we have.

Like, that's what we're here.

Not.

It's.

Who knows what we're here for?

But it doesn't matter what we're here for.

We can do it.

And if we can do it, I don't know if we should or we shouldn't, but I can tell you from my own personal experience that it's been a very motivating and empowering thing to try to define my own personal purpose in life.

Amen.

So that's his number two.

I would probably, if I was writing this book, I would have put that as number one.

But, you know, I don't know.

To each his or her own.

That's the beauty of this chapter, really.

It's written.

It's written for everyone, and people are so different.

So I think that's the whole purpose of the chapter.

As you read through this list.

And I can tell when he's running like you're meant.

You're meant to zero in on a couple of these.

Like, maybe you're reading like, oh, I can see my friend or loved one or whoever embodied by that statement, but this is the one that, that is connecting to me.

Or these are the few that are, like, closest to me here.

Yeah, exactly.

So because he says seven, he lists seven of them and he writes the chapter is, you know, there's.

There's pretty.

There's, you know, there's a.

There's a couple of paragraphs about each sort of hang up.

And there's a couple paragraphs at least about each solution.

But you might not be experiencing all seven of them.

You know, one of them might be your, you know, your major malfunction, you know, and the others might be moot for you, but that's why he goes through all seven.

And also just about.

So what you said before about this book being kind of like a text or like a reference book, I sort of do think if we go and we think about what we're doing here as sort of building a syllabus for self improvement, you could use this book as the intro.

This is your 101.

But then each subsequent course will drill down, you know, and we could read Dave Asprey's meditation book, or we could read a book about, like, functional movement or walking, you know, for the exercise portion.

And then.

Actually, there's nothing in here about nutrition.

Right, that's true.

That's.

No, that's not quite true.

Okay.

Quite true.

He does say the first, very first thing you do after you wake up.

Eyes open up, you gain consciousness.

Yeah.

Drink a glass of water.

So that would be nutrition doing that.

So technically, he's gotten just under the.

Just a little.

Just.

He squeezed it in there.

He did.

But it actually is something.

Actually, literally something I do now.

I wake up, I stumble over the coffee machine, which is usually coffee there.

Yeah.

And then I'm like, wait.

And I go back to the cupboard and I get a glass of water, pour it out, and I drink it down.

I'm like, oh, much better.

And then I have my cup of coffee.

Totally.

This book has already changed my life, Keith.

You know, minor and mundane way.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, you know, actually sometimes even a little thing like that can make a huge difference.

And I do think little things make a difference.

I do think there's also something.

This is from a date.

This is from Dave Asprey.

But the minimum effective dose is a concept that is so important to address because I do think that not only do people get so hung up on how badly they're doing that it causes undue stress, but I think it is also very powerful to reframe this whole idea of self improvement, to think, okay, focus on and make a priority out of what is the minimum effective dose?

Because you can outwork yourself, you can over meditate yourself, potentially.

You can do too much, or you can do so much that it becomes unproductive, or you can do so much that the first five minutes was very valuable to you, and then you wasted the next hour.

You know what I mean?

So people do tend.

Some people do tend to go overboard and become.

And it becomes, you know, counterproductive.

So we should be sort of focused on what is the minimum effective dose of all these things, you know?

Yes.

You really feel good.

This reminded me of my beloved wife.

Yeah, she overdoes it.

Make her watch this episode.

She'd be a good guest as a professional health practitioner and, you know, spiritual practitioner.

Okay.

So I. I basically only have one more quote to read from this chapter.

Okay.

And let's wrap it up.

Okay.

So number seven says, make every day the most important day of your life.

All right, so this is sort of like carpe diem, because you have to.

Because today is the only day we have, any of us, right?

There's no such thing as yesterday or tomorrow.

They don't exist.

Only thing that exists is right now.

But with that said, he says we must now embrace the perspective that today matters more than any other time in our lives.

Because it's what we choose to do each and every day that determines who we're becoming and what we're capable of doing tomorrow.

If we make good choices today, we'll be more capable of making good choices tomorrow.

I like the wording of good choices because, like we were just saying, a good choice could be on a particular date, could be a lot of things, right?

It could be to do your miracle morning, or it could be to do an abbreviated version because you're not feeling up to it, or it could be that you need rest today.

But even if you've decided to, you know, binge Netflix all day long, you can still make a decision to do one good thing that you know is going to be a positive influence on your life.

For instance, go for a walk.

Or instead of just sitting there on the couch, binge watching and eating ice cream all day, take a break between every episode and walk around the block.

You know?

Anyway, so I guess that's all I have to say about that.

What do you think?

I think that is an excellent quote, and I love it.

It's not like, at first it can come off like, well, how.

What is that supposed to mean?

Every day is like what?

Every day is like the crisis apex of life.

It's the most important day of your life.

Yeah.

Not what he's saying.

Yeah, well, yeah.

So that's exactly, I guess, what I was getting at, and I think maybe I didn't say it right, too, but I think if you don't mind, I'll just double back and double down on what you just said, because I did.

I don't know exactly what he was saying, but I do think it's important, as we read any book, to think for ourselves and not just take every single thing that everyone tells us as, like, you know, gospel.

And I do think that it can be the stress.

It can cause a person to become obsessed with literally anything.

If you're tapped into your own body and your own feeling and it's causing you stress, that's counterproductive.

That's causing you more harm than good.

So, you know, Just because I think our own personal stories are probably the most powerful thing.

I.

Last night I was home alone with my daughter.

She went out to a friend's house.

I had a few hours free.

I decided that I was going to watch a couple of episodes of Umbrella Academy because I like that show.

And I wasn't going to do anything productive because I have a million.

I literally have hundreds of emails to send for my work, for my business.

And I've just been bogged down sending these emails out.

They're basically marketing emails, and I'm sending so many out.

And it's very overwhelming that I decided for myself to allow myself.

And I literally did watch a few episodes of Umbrella Academy and I ate a giant thing of ice cream and Indian food.

And I wasn't filling up to exercising, so I didn't yesterday, although I did get 10,000 steps because I went to the mall.

I got 10,000 steps at the mall.

Oh.

Actually, I did spend the afternoon watching some Dave Asprey YouTube shows in the midst of sending all these emails out.

And I did decide to walk on my treadmill while watching the show, too.

So I tried to.

I did something that I knew would relax me and that I'm interested in and that would give me positive feelings.

But I said, okay, well, if I'm going to sit here and watch emails and sit on the couch for an hour sending emails watching Dave Asprey or listening to him when he's on the background while I'm sending all these emails, if I'm going to watch two episodes, I bargain with myself.

I'm going to walk on the treadmill for the second episode and I'll fuck the emails.

They'll get done, you know, later on in the day.

I was too tired to keep sending emails.

I said, fuck it, I'm just gonna watch.

I'm just gonna watch, you know, a couple of episodes of Umbrella Academy and I am gonna eat a big old bowl of ice cream.

And I did.

But then I.

What kind of ice cream?

Haagen Dazs.

Okay, so here's my thing about Haagen Dazs, okay?

Haagen Dazs is a health food practically, if you get the right flavors.

Yes.

Chocolate, coffee, vanilla, strawberry, I think pistachio, These.

The ingredient list is milk, cream, egg, sugar, natural vanilla flavor, chocolate, cacao, matcha, I think also there is no seed oils, artificial flavors.

In certain Haagen Dazs flavors.

You have to read the label.

There's a lot of sugar, but there's also a lot of protein and fat is full fat.

Milk and cream.

So, you know, I mean, it's a high calorie thing, but I don't think that's that bad for you in the grand scheme of desserts.

So I ate chocolate Haagen Dazs.

It's not organic, so, you know, it's not perfect and it's probably too much sugar and I could do with a little bit less sugar, but it's okay.

It's not bad.

It's not terrible.

I'll say it's not terrible.

You know, one of my co workers used to be a professional bodybuilder and ice cream for breakfast was literally a thing.

Yeah, I don't.

The stuff that has like caramel and stuff, all that caramel is seed oils and high fructose corn syrup.

High fructose cane sugar, natural, real sugar is not as bad for you as high fructose corn syrup.

I learned this high fructose corn syrup is not just corn syrup that happens to be higher in fructose.

They do something to the fructose.

It's not the same molecule.

Our body doesn't know how to handle it.

So, you know, it is legitimately bad for you.

If anybody has any doubts at this.

Point, no one has anyone doubts about corn syrup or partially hydrogenated soybean oil.

Same, same thing, right?

Yes, it's.

It's all there in your body.

Chemical, weird, but you know, like industrial.

A little bit of caramel.

Look, the reason they use corn syrup and it doesn't, I don't even think it has to be high fructose corn syrup per se.

I'm sure that's what they use for mass produced food.

But caramel and in some candies, when you mix in, you have your real sugar, this majority of it, and you add in a little bit of corn syrup because the difference in molecule structure prevents crystallization, so you get a smoother texture and less grainy.

If you're talking about confections and candies, like these are things that are really supposed to be consumed sparingly.

Right.

And that's a proper, appropriate use of corn syrup, you know, in confections.

But the reason I. Yeah, the reason I don't trust beverage.

You never use corn syrup in a beverage.

You should use sugar, right?

Yeah, I agree.

I.

The reason I don't trust when they write just corn syrup is because I think all corn syrup is high fructose corn syrup.

No, you know, but, but either way.

Well, I don't trust it when I eat caramel.

Ice cream.

I feel sick.

Oh, you do?

Yeah.

It's so much sugar.

So many different.

I mean, you have the sugar, you have the corn syrup and just the sheer quantity of sugar.

Calories.

Yes.

It's just too much for me.

Right, right.

It's just too much.

Yeah, I, I get sick from sugar too sometimes if I eat too much.

Like, of especially like a baked good that has, it's high in sugar.

Like a, like and who knows what else is in there too.

Oh, no, that's like anything.

Like shelf stable cookies.

Just donuts.

Glazed donuts full of sugar.

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Let's leave it on.

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