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On today’s episode Evan will be answering some questions pulled from instagram. These questions will be covering topics such as cannabis and if it has any benefits for sleep, eating late at night and why it’s bad, what’s the difference between prebiotics, probiotics, and digestive enzymes, my favorite bone broth recipe, who my favorite podcaster is, and much more! As always the goal of this podcast is to break down health topics from a holistic and simplified approach to make health knowledge accessible for all. Evan wants you to walk away from today's episode with knowledge and actionable steps to apply to your life.

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going on, everyone.

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Welcome to elemental.

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Other podcast on today's

episode, I'll be answering some

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questions pulled from Instagram.

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Covering topics such as cannabis.

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And if it has any benefits for sleep

eating late at night and why it's bad.

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What's the difference between prebiotics

probiotics and digestive enzymes.

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My favorite bone broth recipe,

who my favorite podcast is

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and much more as always.

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I'm your host, Evan Roberts.

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And on this show, I break down

health topics from a holistic and

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simplified perspective to make health

information accessible for all.

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And as mentioned earlier, I

am going to be answering some

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questions pulled from Instagram.

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If you, uh, have any questions

yourself, because these are also

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questions from our listeners.

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So if you, as a listener, have any

questions that you want to hear.

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Here answered on this show or, um,

maybe just a quick direct message

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response, then please go ahead

and reach out to me on Instagram.

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That's mainly where I do a lot of.

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You know, my social media

posting as well as, uh, you

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know, asking questions like this.

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So.

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Feel free to follow me on there.

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I'm I'm at elemental, Evan,

pretty much elemental.

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I've been across the board.

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Uh, YouTube, Instagram are pretty

much the two main ones that I use.

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So those would be the

best places to reach out.

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Um, and aside from that, I'm super excited

to answer some of these questions because.

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Uh, I haven't really done

too many episodes like this,

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and it's always fun for me.

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And it's fun for me to connect

with a lot of the people who

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listened to this show frequently.

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So first off, I just want

to say a huge thank you to.

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A couple of people who, uh, specifically

had some really cool questions that

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they put into, uh, the question box and.

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The first person and I'll just be

using their Instagram handles here,

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but it's a crashing to go crash.

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Appreciate you, man.

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Um, love Maria.

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Rian Moonlight and also humble Hasher.

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Uh, thank you both very

much for your input.

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I really appreciate it.

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And honestly, just thank you all for

tuning in and for putting in some of your.

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Uh, questions and for interacting

with me here on the show.

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So really appreciate that.

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And, uh, let's go ahead

and jump into the topics.

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I'm super excited for them, by the way.

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I really didn't like

rehearse for any of these.

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So.

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If I'm not able to answer them.

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I'm sorry.

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And I will go ahead and reach

out to you personally and, uh,

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send you maybe like a more.

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Direct and, uh, like scientifically backed

response, I would say I'm really just

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going to kind of be going off the top

of my head for a lot of these questions.

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Uh, I have seen them already, so I

do have that in my head, but, um, I

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haven't done any additional research.

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So, uh, once again, if I kind

of come short on a couple

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of these answers, I'm sorry.

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I apologize, but I'll reach out to you

and get those answers specifically.

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But the first question and we're getting

straight into it is going to be, they say

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smoking weed might negatively affect my.

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Sleeping patterns, but I actually find

it easier to stay asleep after smoking.

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So what's the truth.

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That's an excellent question.

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And I think it's a question that a lot

of people have because for people who

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have any experience with cannabis, they

probably have recognized the fact that it

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does have a very sedate of effect on you.

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Um, probably depending on the strain

and the setting and all of that stuff,

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uh, that can probably play a pretty

big role as well, but when it comes

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to using cannabis for sleep, um, I'm

going to first just kind of give you

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a direct answer and then I'm going

to really expand on it because I

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think there's multiple parts to this.

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But the very first, like

answer I would give to this is.

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I think that cannabis is very

effective, short term for people who

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have things like insomnia, but it is a

not effective or a bad idea to use it.

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Long-term.

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In trying to get better sleep.

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So that's going to be the short

hand answer to this question.

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Um, now I'm going to really dive into it.

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So first off, when it comes to insomnia,

for example, or people who just have a

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really difficult time getting to sleep,

it does seem that cannabis does help

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a lot of people with getting to sleep.

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However, staying asleep is a

whole different topic and, um,

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people seem to have different.

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Uh, kind of opinions on that.

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So, There's a lot of variance

there also when it comes to.

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A lot of, at least I've only seen

a couple studies, but the couple

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of studies that I have seen with

cannabis and sleeping, um, they're not.

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I don't feel like they're

really conclusive.

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Like there's not really a great

answer out of any of them, at least

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out of the ones that I've read.

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And I've only read a couple, but it

was really like, They said that there

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was a lot of opinions coming from.

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Are there.

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Yeah.

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They're.

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There was a lot.

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The people conducting the test.

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Sorry.

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The people conducting the test were, um,

Unable to get really truthful answers

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from the participants, essentially.

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Like they couldn't tell if it was

just because they enjoyed smoking

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and they were a big advocate for it.

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And, you know, they really wanted to.

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Uh, promote cannabis for, you know,

sleep and all these different things,

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or if they were just totally against it

and they hated cannabis and, you know,

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they didn't want to see it like succeed.

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So they said there was a lot of

opinion bias kind of in there.

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Um, so once again, just really, like,

I think there needs to be a lot more

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studies done on this so that we can really

see, um, what it's actually doing, if

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it's beneficial, all that good stuff.

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So realistically, I think.

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In my opinion.

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If you're looking to have better

sleep, there are a lot of other things

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that you can do to improve your sleep

and actually have sustainable, good

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sleep for the rest of your life.

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Um, but for example, if you do deal with

like serious insomnia and things like

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that, and I don't know, you had two.

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Go have a meeting with some

massive clients the next day.

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Right.

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And you like absolutely

needed some good sleep.

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Okay.

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Maybe it's an okay time to use that.

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Um, but I would say for the longterm,

especially when it comes to, um,

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the issues with health and cannabis,

uh, especially depending on the

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way in which you're consuming

cannabis, um, yeah, probably not

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the best idea to use it for sleep.

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Now, if you were to use it for

things like alleviating pain or

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increasing your appetite, you know,

for especially people who are dealing

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with like chemotherapy or something

along those lines, Excellent tool.

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Um, I, at least I've seen people who

have had a lot of success with it,

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um, in those kinds of situations.

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And if you're using a record

recreationally, then of course, it's like,

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you know, um, I think dose is probably the

poison and, um, less is probably better

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for you if you're smoking all the time.

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Obviously not a good thing.

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Um, if you smoke maybe once a year or

very occasionally probably not a big

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issue, and if you don't smoke at all,

then that's probably the best thing.

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Um, but of course it's like with alcohol

and cannabis, Cannabis, um, people

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enjoy altering their minds and stuff.

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And so do you, but just be safe

and be careful and understand

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the health impacts of it.

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Um, but the last kind of point that I want

to put on this topic of cannabis and sleep

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is really, I would be super interested

to see someone with an aura ring.

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Um, Tracking themselves

over a period of time.

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And I don't have my ordering any longer.

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I'm trying to get another one soon.

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Um, but.

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I would love to see the sleep data

on someone who does like a month of

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no smoking and just seeing what their

sleep schedule is like trying to hold as

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many things as consistent as possible.

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And then obviously introducing

cannabis and then trying to see what.

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Uh, the kind of sleep is that they're

getting while smoking cannabis.

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So.

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Um, yeah, the short answer to that is no,

I don't think it's really the best thing

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to do for getting to sleep because I do

see people having issues down the road

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where, um, if they stop smoking, they

actually have a harder time going to bed.

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And I just don't think it's

a very sustainable route.

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I think that you could do things like

getting up early in the day, getting

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out, getting sunlight on your skin.

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Um, you know, going for a brisk

walk, this can really help to set

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the circadian rhythm, trying to keep

a consistent sleep schedule, right.

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Going to bed at the same time,

waking up at the same time.

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Um, really trying to avoid a lot of

blue light exposure at night time.

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Uh, you know, being on your

screen too much can really

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get your body up and going.

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And especially the blue light going into

the eyes, it can be hard to go to sleep.

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So using like blue, blue blocking

glasses or something along

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those lines could also help.

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Um, and then also just not eating too

close to bedtime that can also be really

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beneficial for, uh, getting good sleep.

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So once again, I think there's just a

lot of different things that we can do

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to get good sleep without having to, um,

rely on cannabis for getting good sleep.

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So yeah, once again, um, Yeah,

you probably find it really easy

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to fall asleep as most people do.

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But I would say that down the line.

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It's probably going to be one of those

things that it might start to lose its

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effect in helping you to get to sleep.

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And then as well, you're

probably not getting the best

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types of sleep when you're.

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Uh, when you're, uh, consuming cannabis.

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Sorry.

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I thought I was going to be done with

this question, but there's more to this.

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So, um, yeah, actually that would be

another thing too, is when you, I think.

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With drinking alcohol.

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There's a similar, uh, I think there's

might be a similar effect here, and I'm

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not a hundred percent sure on this, but I

know with when you're consuming alcohol,

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um, It makes it difficult for you to get

into certain types of sleep like REM and

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deep sleep, which is really beneficial

forms of sleep or types of sleep.

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And so.

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I'm not a hundred percent sure

on this, but it could be that

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cannabis is also keeping you from

getting into deep sleeps, right?

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It could, or REM sleep.

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It could be helping you to go unconscious.

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Quote unquote, right?

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Like you're laying down and you

look like you're asleep, but you

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might just be in a very light sleep.

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And, uh, you're not actually in these

deep and REM sleeps where you're

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receiving a ton of the benefit, like,

you know, muscle repair and, um, memory

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consolidation and things for your brain.

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So.

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Okay.

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I think that's going to do it.

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Um, hopefully that kind of answers that

I know I went all kinda over the place

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with that one, but, uh, yeah, I think.

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Smoking.

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Can be a tool to get to bed,

but it shouldn't be relied on.

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I think we should use other things that

can be much more sustainable and healthy

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as well, uh, for getting better sleep.

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Okay, let's move on to number two.

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We're also going to be

here like all day long.

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Number two is why is it bad

to eat right before bed?

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Also a really great question and,

uh, also deals with the sleep, which

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is a huge topic and a really an

important aspect of health as well.

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So, When it comes to eating.

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Once again.

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I think if you have like an aura ring,

by the way, sorry, if you don't know what

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an aura ring is, an aura ring is a sleep

tracker and a very accurate one at that.

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At least from when I was using it, I

feel that it was extremely accurate.

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Uh, and yeah, it's just

like, I don't know.

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I know people have Fitbits and those

do track your sleep as well, but

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they seem to not do a very good job.

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Whereas the aura ring is very,

very specific and gets it

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down to like, Like the minute.

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So, um, if you had an aura

ring, And you were too.

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Stop eating any food at all.

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And drinks, right?

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Like nothing with calories at all.

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Except maybe if you had like

a nighttime tea or water.

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Um, if you were to do that one

night and look at your sleep, as

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opposed to eating a meal, like.

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30 minutes before going to bed.

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You would really notice once again,

that your body would probably for one,

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have maybe an elevated heart rate, um,

it would be harder for you to get into

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the deeper cycles of sleep that you're

looking for, like REM and deep sleep.

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And, uh, why this is, is

probably just because you're

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activating your digestive system.

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And, um, I believe there could

be a spike in cortisol with that.

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Don't quote me on that one.

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Um, but basically you're activating

your digestive system and your

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body is now in a state of work.

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And when you go to sleep, it's just

going to make it a lot harder to

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get into the proper types of sleep

that you're really looking for.

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This is one of the things that I did

notice with my aura ring when I had it.

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Um, and that was really cool

to see is whenever I had meals.

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Even like an hour before bedtime.

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Uh, especially if they were like a

pretty heavy meal, it always affected

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my sleep every, every single time.

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And then the days where I stopped like

two or three or four hours before bedtime.

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It was like getting into the

deep and the REM sleep was

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effortless, pretty easy to do it.

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Um, almost never an issue.

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Um, unless I was doing other things

like being stupid and staying up late,

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watching TV or something like that.

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Um, that could always alter it, but

if I was just really, really good.

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And I didn't.

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You know, watch a ton

of TV right before bed.

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Um, I turn off the lights at a

good time, or at least dim them

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and wore some blue blocking glasses

and stopped eating before bed.

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I usually would get just rockstar

levels on my aura ring in my sleep.

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So, um, yeah.

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In terms of why eating is so

bad for you before bed, it

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would mainly be that, um, also.

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It's an easy way to put on weight.

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Um, when you eat late at night, like

if you kind of think about this, your

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body, especially if you're eating like

foods that are really high in sugars

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or carbs, like your body doesn't have

the time to now really process those.

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So you're going to sleep with all

this food in your stomach and yeah,

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it's just not a good recipe, right?

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Like it can really give

you stomach issues.

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Um, like I said, it's a really great

way to put on weight because when

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you eat a meal, likely let's say

you eat lunch, you have to go back.

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Back to work or you have

to go do something, right?

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So your body is active, you're physical,

you're, um, giving the energy that

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you just consumed in the form of food,

a place to go and a way to be used.

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Whereas when you do that right before

bedtime, Um, yeah, it's just sitting

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there and it's not getting put to use,

so, uh, it's really bad for you because

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it's gonna keep you from getting the

proper type of sleep that you want.

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It's probably going to make you gain

weight and, um, yeah, I can also give

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you some really bad stomach issues,

which we definitely don't want.

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So, um, eating super late at night.

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Not a good idea also.

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Sorry, I forgot this one.

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It can also cause, um, acid

reflux eating too late at night.

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Um, I know a lot of people who eat massive

meals at nighttime and they end up having

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serious acid reflux and it can actually

wake them up while they're sleeping.

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Um, definitely something

you want to watch out for.

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And that's kind of a whole other

topic, so I won't go into it.

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Uh, but yeah, not a good idea to

eat before bedtime hundred percent.

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Try to give yourself at least like

two hours before bedtime, uh, where

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you're not consuming any food.

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Right.

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And so that's basically

just anything with calories.

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So if you're having like

water or a nighttime tea,

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obviously no caffeine in it.

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Um, but just something with like, Zero

or less than like five calories probably

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going to be okay for you to have.

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Um, but you definitely don't

want to be eating any food.

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So that's gonna be number two.

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Uh, number three, does tequila help to

break a fever when someone has a cold.

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Fun fact, um, And this is coming

from someone who is a health person.

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Tequila is actually one

of my favorite alcohols.

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Um, I'm not a big alcohol

drinker, but I'll be hard.

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Alcohol is I actually do like tequila.

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However tequila for breaking a fever.

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When someone has a cold.

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I have no idea, but I'm probably

going to say that's not true.

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Um, just any time I see.

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Uh, hard alcohol with.

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Some kind of a cure for

a sickness or whatever.

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I'm super skeptical of it.

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Um, to me, a lot of

times it feels very like.

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I dunno, like height kind of like a

wives tale or something like that, you

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know, where, um, it's just kind of like

a, I don't know, I I've seen it with a

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few different things, a few different

alcohols, um, you know, for sore throats.

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Uh, I've even seen one with tequila and

I can't even remember what the other.

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Protocol was with it, but actually

for fighting cancer, which I really

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just don't think is true at all.

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Um, and the reason I'm saying that

is because alcohol at the end of

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the day is truly a toxin, right?

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I mean, it's something our body

has to process and get out of us.

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And it just pretty much seems like

it doesn't have any benefit for us

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aside, from allowing us to kind of

let loose and have a crazy night.

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Uh, but aside from that, it doesn't seem

like it has any real health benefits.

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So in terms of breaking

a fever, I have no idea.

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Maybe it could, maybe

it could break a fever.

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Um, but it's probably going

to do more harm than good in

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terms of getting over that cold.

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Um, and actually when we look

at what a fever is, Uh, fever

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is just our body's response to a

typically a virus or some kind of a.

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Infection.

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Uh, pathogen, right.

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And it's our body's

response to that virus.

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Let's say, uh, by creating an environment

that is no longer hospitable for that

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virus to live in and reproduce it.

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So when your body has a fever, you're

heating up the temperature and it's

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basically cooking out the virus and making

it so that it can no longer live in that

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environment because it's too hot for it.

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Um, so that is really just a

response of your body and it's

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something that's supernatural.

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And I actually would argue that maybe we

shouldn't be breaking our fevers, uh, but

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rather allowing them to play their role.

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Now, of course, I need to caveat this.

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That I'm not a medical professional.

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And of course, if you have a super high

fever, um, there can be issues with that.

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And so, you know, like go with

what your medical doctor would say.

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Uh, but in general, just a normal

fever, um, that is running its course

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can actually do you a benefit, right?

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Like it's trying to get rid of this

virus that is infecting your body.

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Um, so typically when I have a fever.

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I will support it.

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I'll let it run its course.

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I won't try to break it.

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Sometimes I'll even hop in a, like a

hot bath with some Epsom salt and stuff,

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and really try to allow the fever to run

its course and do what it came to do.

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Um, because it's literally your body,

one of your body's first defenses, right?

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It's or maybe not the first offense,

but it's an innate defense of your body.

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Um, and it's a response to some infection.

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So if you have a cold or a fever or

something like that, I would, you know,

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and once again, this is just my opinion

and recommendation, but I would recommend

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maybe letting it run its course, as

long as it's not getting out of hand.

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Um, and probably don't use

tequila to break the fever.

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Um, Yeah, probably going to be

not the best way to break a fever.

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Um, but who knows, maybe, maybe tequila

is the answer and I'm just completely

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lost and we should be doing shots here.

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No, probably not.

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Um, anyways, I love that question

and I never been asked that

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before, so that's really cool.

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And, um, yeah, just in general, typically

when it comes to alcohol and, um, benefit

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for us in terms of health, Usually

it's not a benefit unless maybe it's an

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alcohol tincture of a functional mushroom.

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Because obviously those are of

benefit, but anyways, yeah, tequila.

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Great for parties, probably

not for breaking your fever.

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Okay, next question on the list is why

does alcohol affect my sleep quality?

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Um, I kind of mentioned this in the

smoking cannabis, um, question, but once

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again, with consuming alcohol late at

night, the reason it's going to mess

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with your sleep quality is it's going

to make it hard for you to get into

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those really beneficial stages of sleep.

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Not to say that light sleep is

not beneficial, but we really do

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want our REM and our deep sleep.

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Because once again, that

is where you know that.

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Memory consolidation, um, the muscle

repair and the cleaning of the brain,

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all that good stuff is going to happen.

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Um, in the deeper stages of sleep.

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So we really want to make sure we're

getting into those stages of sleep.

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And if you're consuming alcohol late at

night, Uh, close to when you're going

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to bed, it's going to be difficult for

you to get into those stages of sleep.

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It's going to inhibit you from

getting into those stages of sleep.

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So, um, whereas let's say you have

eight hours of sleep during the night.

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Um, you might not be able to get into

those REM and deep sleep stages, uh,

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for two or three or four hours into,

um, being unconscious or being asleep.

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Right.

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So that's definitely going to be an issue.

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Um, I don't know.

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Specifically why it is that it does that.

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Um, I'm guessing that it has

something to do with our body.

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You know, when you're consuming alcohol

that late at night, like your body,

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your digestive system is working.

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Your liver obviously is working

very, very, very hard to process.

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The toxins from the alcohol.

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So that probably is going to keep you

awake and then I'm sure it's doing

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something to your brain as well.

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So, um, why you're getting bad sleep

quality with alcohol is definitely

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going to be because you're not getting

into the cracks stages of sleep.

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If you are going to consume alcohol,

I would recommend, um, trying to

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give yourself like once again, you

know, a two or three hour window.

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Uh, before going to bed.

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Uh, where you can maybe hydrate, take

some spirulina and actually chlorella.

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I would highly recommend,

um, chlorella and water.

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Uh, before bedtime or even before drinking

any alcohol at all, the reason I'm

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recommending chlorella here is because

it has a high level of chlorophyll, which

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is going to help detoxify your blood.

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So, um, every time I know that I'm

going to go have some alcohol, I will

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be consuming chlorella and of course,

trying to stay hydrated as well.

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Um, I also personally like chlorella

because as opposed to Cora fill,

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which typically comes in a tincture

form, um, CLO chlorella tablets.

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So I get like energy bit tablets

and chlorella has super, super high

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levels of, uh, chlorophyll in it as

well as a bunch of other stuff in it.

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And they're just super easy to take with

me if I need to take them somewhere.

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Um, because they're literally just a

dried algae, so they're very easy to

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like put in a container and just take

with me as opposed to a liquid, which

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is much more difficult to carry around.

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Um, so that's typically while

all, why I'll use core fill or

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sorry, chlorella, not chlorophyll.

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Um, and yeah, I use the, once again,

the energy bits, uh, chlorella,

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which is my absolute favorite.

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Um, I always link those in the description

of the episodes that I post because.

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Energy bits is like one of my

favorite companies and I love

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spirulina and chlorella, and they're

just like the highest quality.

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So, um, honestly like shameless

plug there, go check them out.

433

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You get 20% off as well for

being listener to the show.

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:

Uh, but back to the question.

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Um, yeah, I would definitely stay

hydrated, um, and drink chlorella.

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Give yourself a nice window where

you're no longer consuming alcohol

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before you're going to bed.

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Um, and that should

help improve your sleep.

439

:

Uh, but of course alcohol is going to have

some kind of effect on our sleep also.

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Um, very interesting, but alcohol.

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Much like cannabis can

also make you tired.

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Uh, When you, so like if you have just

like a glass of wine, a lot of times

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it can have a sedate of effect, which a

lot of people will use for going to bed.

444

:

Um, once again, I think this is

just kind of a bandaid approach.

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It's not going to create, you know, good

sleep or anything along those lines.

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Um, it's just going to help

you essentially go unconscious.

447

:

So, um, yeah, just a bandaid, not really,

uh, effective tool for getting good sleep.

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:

Okay, next question is.

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What do you like most about podcasting

and who is your favorite podcaster?

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Awesome.

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Awesome question.

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Thank you for asking me a little bit

of an out of the box question here.

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I love answering these as well.

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Um, what I like most about podcasting.

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I like a lot of things about podcasting.

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Like, I like the fact

that it is a longer form.

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Um, Form of content and media, right?

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I think.

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With all of social media being like

condensed and like a more condensed

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you have your videos and your formats,

like the more views you're going

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:

to get because people have just

such short attention spans, which.

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Don't get me wrong.

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It's super entertaining when you have

these videos that are just crazy, crazy,

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:

crazy, crazy, crazy for like 30 seconds.

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:

And then boom, onto the next one.

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:

Um, it's very captivating.

467

:

It grabs your attention.

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:

I totally get it.

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But I think that you really

get a lot more out of these

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longer form medias or contents.

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Um, so that's why I really love.

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Podcasts, because, you know, I'm

able to sit here and really give

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:

you like a breakdown of what I'm

thinking or my take on it, my opinion.

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And I don't have to worry about fitting

all of this within a 32nd video.

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So I really liked that aspect of it.

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:

As well, I really like the fact that this

podcast has made me do a ton of research.

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:

Um, there's a lot of topics

that I'm super interested in.

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:

And this has literally made me

go out of my way to do additional

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:

research, which, you know, Prior

to this podcast, I was already.

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:

You know, Reading books and reading

articles on health, because it's

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:

something I'm just genuinely interested

in, but this is definitely like.

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:

You know, double down on that.

483

:

So I really have been doing a lot

more, um, research on different

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:

health topics, which has been awesome.

485

:

It's been able to increase my

knowledge on the topics and,

486

:

uh, yeah, while I do love that.

487

:

It's also a little bit of a curse as

well, because, um, sometimes I have

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:

episodes that I have to get out soon

and I'm having to do research and

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:

it feels I come back and college.

490

:

Um, but nonetheless, I do still enjoy it.

491

:

And, uh, it's overall a really

good experience, but in terms of my

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:

favorite podcaster, That's a toughie.

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:

Um, I have a lot of podcasters

that I really enjoy.

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:

Uh,

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:

in terms of health and wellness,

I would say I really like.

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The model health show

with Shawn Stevenson.

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I think that's an excellent,

excellent health show.

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:

Um, I definitely listened

to that frequently.

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Um, max Lugovoy.

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Severes is pretty good as well.

501

:

I like him.

502

:

And, um, In terms of

like mindset, mentality.

503

:

Uh, I've definitely been listening

to impact theory for a long

504

:

time with Tom bill, you and here

recently I've been listening to

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:

modern wisdom wisdom with Chris.

506

:

I forget his last name.

507

:

Um, but it's an excellent show as well.

508

:

And, uh, yeah, I mean, there's,

there's a bunch more out there.

509

:

Um, you know, excellent,

excellent people out there.

510

:

Um, Yeah, but those are probably the

ones that I listen to most frequently,

511

:

most frequently, I would say, um,

definitely on a weekly basis for sure.

512

:

And you could listen to any of those

and you would absolutely enjoy them,

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:

especially if you enjoy this podcast.

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:

I think so.

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:

Uh, thanks for that question.

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:

I really liked that.

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:

Uh, kinda mixes it up a little

bit, but yeah, that's definitely

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:

what I enjoy about podcasting and

who my favorite podcasters are.

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:

Okay.

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:

Uh, we got two more questions

here, so let's, uh, go ahead

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:

and dive into these last two.

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:

So this question is a really good

one and I like it because it's been

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:

mixed up a little bit here at the end.

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:

So.

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:

Uh, the question is prebiotics versus

probiotics versus digestive enzymes.

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And are they important?

527

:

This is an awesome question.

528

:

And usually, um, instead of digestive

enzymes, it's, postbiotics, that's

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:

a very common question that I'll get

because people get so confused by

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:

what a pre-pro and post biotic is.

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:

So I really like that this one is mixed

up and asks about digestive enzymes.

532

:

So, um, in terms of prebiotics

and probiotics, Absolutely

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:

important a hundred percent.

534

:

Um, I think that we would.

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:

Definitely do better as a society if

we got more pre and probiotics and not

536

:

just specifically from, um, like the

pill form, which is also a really great

537

:

method of getting them, obviously,

but actually from consuming foods

538

:

that have prebiotics and probiotics.

539

:

So specifically like fermented foods,

um, but prebiotics and probiotics,

540

:

the difference between the two is.

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Prebiotics can be thought of

as the food for the bacteria.

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:

Whereas probiotics are like the

actual bacteria, the things that

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:

are going to help out your gut.

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:

So.

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:

Prebiotics are going to feed the good

gut bacteria and they're going to

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:

help them to thrive, to have a better

population size and to essentially crowd

547

:

out some of the bad bacteria, which are

the ones that we don't want in there.

548

:

Um, so it's creating like a good.

549

:

It's basically feeding

the good gut bacteria.

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:

That's what the prebiotics are doing.

551

:

The probiotics are the

beneficial bacteria.

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:

That, from what my understanding is,

they don't actually colonize your gut.

553

:

They just help out for the time being.

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:

But I think within like 48 hours,

they pretty much pass through your

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:

system, which is why you have to

take probiotics on a regular basis.

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:

Um, Or eat probiotic

foods on a regular basis.

557

:

But yeah, so that's the

difference between the two.

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:

They are absolutely beneficial and

I would highly recommend trying

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:

different probiotics and prebiotics and

seeing which ones work best for you.

560

:

Um, me personally, I really

like the ritual CIN biotic.

561

:

It has a pre pro and post biotic in it.

562

:

Um, it's just one of the ones that

really worked the best for me.

563

:

And there was like, One other probiotic

that I felt a difference with, but

564

:

not as much as what the ritual.

565

:

And there are two other

probiotics that I do want to try.

566

:

Um, one from just thrive

as well as, uh, one from.

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:

I'm drawing a blank on it.

568

:

Uh, Omni, I think it's called

Omni, something like that, but

569

:

anyways, so, um, yeah, as of right

now, I'm taking the ritual at one.

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:

I really like it highly recommend finding

a good pre and probiotic for yourself.

571

:

Um, yeah, definitely a benefit.

572

:

And then in terms of digestive enzymes,

that's awesome that you asked about this.

573

:

I don't really talk on this very

often, so, um, thanks for bringing

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:

this up, but digestive enzymes.

575

:

Uh, from my understanding, they

are going to aid in your digestion.

576

:

So when you're eating food,

typically from what I've seen,

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:

digestive enzymes are taken like.

578

:

Before you consume a meal, um, and

they're meant to literally help you

579

:

digest whatever food you're consuming.

580

:

And, uh, specifically I believe like,

uh, helping to assimilate the food,

581

:

like actually to absorb it and, uh, to

use the food that you're eating, uh,

582

:

properly, because a lot of times people

might not have the best eye gestion.

583

:

Um, for example, maybe you don't

produce enough bile or, um, Uh,

584

:

HCL or something along those lines.

585

:

And so you're actually eating

food, but you're not getting

586

:

the most out of your food.

587

:

So if I'm not mistaken, Enzymes or

digestive enzymes help to actually

588

:

extract more out of the food and

help you to break down the food.

589

:

Um, so kind of just

helping your digestion.

590

:

Uh, I have taken a enzyme from,

by optimizers or bio optimizers,

591

:

whatever they're called.

592

:

Um, I think they call

it like mass enzymes.

593

:

I really like it.

594

:

It's.

595

:

A really great thing to take.

596

:

I'll take it every now and again.

597

:

I don't take it super often, but every

time I do take it, I do notice that it.

598

:

Makes my digestion a little bit slower.

599

:

Uh, which is very interesting.

600

:

I have a very active digestion.

601

:

Um, I go like, sorry.

602

:

This is way TMI, but like, I go

frequently throughout the day,

603

:

like, uh, like a couple times a day.

604

:

Um, and when I take mass enzymes from

BiOptimizers, I might only go once a day.

605

:

And, um, yeah, so it

definitely has an effect.

606

:

But, um, is it important?

607

:

Should you take, uh, enzyme.

608

:

Uh, digestive enzymes.

609

:

I think that depends on the person.

610

:

Like if you have really bad digestion

might be a good idea to take them so

611

:

that you're reaping more of the benefits

of the food that you're consuming.

612

:

Um, but.

613

:

I don't know.

614

:

I think it's going to be

specific to each person.

615

:

I don't take them all the time.

616

:

I actually take them pretty infrequently.

617

:

Um, just on special

occasions here or there.

618

:

Maybe I should try to take it more often

and just see like what happens, uh, see if

619

:

I notice a massive change in my digestion,

but, um, that's a great question.

620

:

And thank you for asking

about the digestive enzymes.

621

:

And I'll probably look into that

actually a little bit more and reach

622

:

out to you specifically and, um, yeah,

let you know, kind of like what my

623

:

findings are on it, and maybe I'll even,

like I said, maybe I'll try to take.

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:

For like a month and see what happened.

625

:

So.

626

:

Thank you.

627

:

Awesome question.

628

:

And, uh, yeah, overall, uh, I

would say they probably, all

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:

three of those are important.

630

:

Definitely pre and probiotics

though, are in my opinion.

631

:

Very, very important.

632

:

Um, and then the very last question is,

do I have a favorite bone broth recipe?

633

:

Um,

634

:

Not really.

635

:

I don't, but there is, uh, I

had someone on the show and

636

:

they have a bone broth recipe.

637

:

Um, where they include like

tumeric and ginger in it.

638

:

And I know Dr.

639

:

Axe as well has one.

640

:

If I can remember all put the

links in the show notes, but if

641

:

not, just go look up, doctor.

642

:

Dr.

643

:

Axe, a XC like a chopping

ax and a bone broth.

644

:

I'm sure you'll be able to find it.

645

:

Um, it looks like an interesting one

because, uh, tumeric and ginger are really

646

:

great things to add into a bone broth.

647

:

And they're super,

anti-inflammatory the aid digestion.

648

:

So just like good things to have in there.

649

:

Um, but typically Ashley

will whip up a bone broth.

650

:

So she's actually the bone

broth master of this household.

651

:

I'm not.

652

:

I'm simply the consumer of it.

653

:

Um, but when we make bone broth or rather

she makes bone broth, um, it is important

654

:

that you first want to cook your bones.

655

:

So we will usually bake them.

656

:

And then, um, we add some

seasoning on them as well.

657

:

And then we put them into a Crock-Pot.

658

:

We fill it up with water and

then we will go ahead and add a

659

:

little bit of apple cider vinegar.

660

:

And then we put maybe a little

bit of salt or something along

661

:

those lines for some seasoning,

and then we just let that bad boy.

662

:

Do its thing.

663

:

Like put it on low and let

it go for a super long time.

664

:

Um, hours, hours, hours, you know, and

then, uh, when you take it out yeah.

665

:

You straighten the bones out.

666

:

And then typically what happens

is there's like a layer of, I

667

:

guess, fat that kind of develops

on the top of the, uh, bone broth.

668

:

And a lot of people will

typically take that out.

669

:

They don't consume that.

670

:

They just consume like the

bulk of it, which is all the

671

:

gelatinous goodness beneath it.

672

:

Um, and on top of that, I really like

to use bones that sometimes have maybe

673

:

just like a little bit of meat and,

um, some bone marrow or some kind of

674

:

college in like gelatinous, uh, pieces

on it, because it just really makes for

675

:

a thicker bone broth and, um, as well,

if there is any meat on the bones, like

676

:

an ox tail bone or something like that.

677

:

Um, it's just super tasty to eat that.

678

:

So that's probably like, I

wouldn't, yeah, I guess that's my

679

:

favorite, uh, bone broth recipe.

680

:

It's really just the main one we do.

681

:

And I'm sure Ashley has put ginger or

tumeric in them every now and again.

682

:

Um, just kind of when we have it,

but I think it's a great idea to

683

:

add ginger and tumeric into them.

684

:

Like I said, I'll try to post a recipe

on here, a link in the description.

685

:

So you can check that out as well.

686

:

Um, but yeah, it's usually that,

or honestly, if I'm just like being

687

:

bougie or I don't feel, we don't

feel like making any bone broth.

688

:

Um, yeah, we we'll, we'll go to

Erewhon and spend a premium price

689

:

on some very delicious bone broth.

690

:

Uh, from Erewhon.

691

:

So, um, yeah, that's usually

how I do it with bone broth.

692

:

I try to make it or.

693

:

Ashley tries to make it at home

as much as possible, just because

694

:

it usually is a lower cost.

695

:

You can get a huge amount of it.

696

:

And, um, you know, what's going in there.

697

:

It's just, yeah, it's all around.

698

:

Good.

699

:

And it tastes delicious.

700

:

It's not that difficult to make.

701

:

I will say however, um, we do try

to get really like, you know, grass

702

:

fed grass, finished bones, and,

um, it seems like most places have

703

:

caught on to the bone broth trend.

704

:

So bones that used to be

like a couple dollars.

705

:

A pound are now like $10 a

pound, which is ridiculous.

706

:

And kind of annoys me.

707

:

Um, but anytime I come across some

really good grass fed grass, finished

708

:

bones that are not super expensive,

I will typically buy them up and then

709

:

we'll make some bone broth out of it

because bone broth is incredible for

710

:

your health and for your digestion.

711

:

Um, highly, highly recommend

trying some bone broth.

712

:

So.

713

:

Uh, yeah, I will try to post that.

714

:

And, um, once again, I'll try to

also reach out to you personally and

715

:

just shoot over the, uh, the recipe.

716

:

So, uh, anyways, that is I think,

yeah, well that's all of them.

717

:

Okay.

718

:

So.

719

:

I made a really long episode out.

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:

We have a few questions.

721

:

Um, sorry if it was a little too

long, but I hope you guys enjoyed it.

722

:

I definitely enjoyed answering these

and I will probably be doing more

723

:

of these episodes in the future

because I just, I don't know.

724

:

I enjoy it.

725

:

And I think that, you know, a lot of

people have questions and this kind

726

:

of just puts it into a simple format.

727

:

So hopefully you found some

benefit in this and, um, if you

728

:

like the show, feel free to reach

out and let me know on Instagram.

729

:

Um, Um, you guys know the deal, go ahead

and subscribe to whatever platform it

730

:

is that you're listening to this on.

731

:

I'll probably have this

one, uh, up on YouTube.

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