How To Heal Your Gut

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All disease begins in the gut is a well known saying from the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates. For thousands of years we have known that gut health is at the core of whole body health and wellness. For Evan, gut health has been his main focus since he was a child. Having dealt with IBS along with a few other gastrointestinal issues as a kid, Evan was exposed to the importance of gut health at a young age.

In today's episode, Evan shares a bit of his GI health journey along with a roadmap of how he would heal recommend for someone to heal their own gut. With gastrointestinal issues becoming increasingly common from constipation, IBS, Crohn's, gastritis, and loose stool, this episode is sure to hit home for a majority of listeners. If you're currently dealing with painful GI symptoms, Evan highly recommends implementing these recommendations as they literally have helped to heal him, and allowed him to live a life free of painful and untimely stomach cramps.

Hopefully you find as much benefit in this episode as Evan has. As always do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.

DISCLAIMER:

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

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Welcome to the elemental.

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I've been show.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts.

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And on this show, I break down complex

health topics from a holistic perspective

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today's episode, we are going to jump

into some serious gut health talk.

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We're going to talk a bit about my

experience with my gastrointestinal

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issues, growing up as a child and kind

of how I fixed those and navigated.

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That whole experience.

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And I'm going to give you all the

information that I can possibly

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think of in this episode for how

to heal your gut in case you're

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dealing with a lot of these issues.

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Just to give you an idea.

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I dealt with.

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Irritable bowel syndrome.

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I was told I was lactose intolerant.

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I had a Paris parasite for awhile.

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Um, bunch of different things

dealing with my gut health.

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Ultimately it just led to a lot of

cramping and pain and needing to

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like run to the restroom and yeah,

just not a fun experience growing up.

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So I'm going to go ahead and dive in to

how I navigated that, what tools I use.

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And if I could tell someone right

now who's going through the same

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experiences that I was as a kid.

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I would tell them to do the steps that I'm

going to discuss in this episode today.

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So I'm going to give you kind

of all the knowledge that I have

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in terms of how to heal the gut.

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Now I'm sure there's going to be

some little key points here and

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there that I might miss out on.

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Um, and if I remember them,

I'll bring them back in a future

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Uh, roadmap and guide on how

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Uh, but nonetheless, there's a

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I think it's 48 or 72 hours of birth.

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So right when you're born, the first

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producing is going to be colostrum.

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The colostrum is going to be

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I have a lot of different, um, components

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I, um, I personally started taking it to

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And I was very surprised by the

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my gut health, I would say, um, I

don't have very many flare ups now

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due to IBS or anything like that.

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Um, just because I had

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But nonetheless, I'm always on the

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help my gut and, uh, You know, really

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I can't say that it was this massive

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you know, they were sick and I was

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whole time that I was around them.

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Ashley never got sick either.

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Uh, it was really wild.

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I have seen a huge benefit in

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Uh, when I'm taking it a really

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And in terms of gut health actually

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But aside from that, We're going

to jump in to basically my story

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with my gastrointestinal issues

and kind of my whole background

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and how I even got into health.

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So I'll keep this relatively short because

for some of you listeners, you've probably

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heard this many, many times, but for

those of you who have not heard my story.

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Basically when I was young, like five,

six years old, I started to develop

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an issue with my digestive system.

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Uh, had to, you know, it was like, If I

had to use the restroom, it was immediate.

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Like there was no possibility

of me holding and waiting

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to go use the restroom.

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Um, and this led to, you know, me not

being able to eat food if I was going

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to be in a car for like more than 30

minutes, because I was afraid that

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I wasn't going to be near a restroom

that I could easily access and use.

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So I basically had to like fast

any time I was going to be in a

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car for an extended period of time.

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Um, So, what ended up happening was I

went to the doctor's with my family,

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my mom and dad finally got to a point

that, you know, it was, you know, two.

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Too intense for everyone to not ignore,

like literally waking up in the middle

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of the night to use the restroom.

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My stomach in absolute cramps felt

like my intestines were twisted and you

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know, like a hot knife was in my bowels.

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Like it was terrible.

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So, uh, we went to the doctors and, you

know, they ran a few tests come to find

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out that they say I have a parasite.

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So they gave me some pills

for a parasite as well.

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They said I was lactose intolerant.

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So could not tolerate.

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Milk basically, or any dairy products.

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And on top of that, I had

irritable bowel syndrome.

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So that's pretty much the

diagnosis I was given.

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And they essentially told me, take

these pills for your parasite.

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Don't drink milk and good luck with IBS.

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So.

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Really there was like no actual.

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You know, roadmap given to me, right.

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It was just kind of like, you're

going to deal with this for the

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rest of your life and just try to

not eat dairy, basically, which.

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Yeah, obviously did not work.

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Um, so hence I just kind of lived my life

in this way where, you know, I knew that.

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If I was eating.

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Typically bad food.

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And even at that time, I knew if I was

eating like frozen pizzas and stuff, that

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likely I was going to not feel so good.

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However, when I kept my diet a little

bit lighter, I noticed that, you know,

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my stomach was a little bit better,

but when you're a kid, you kind of

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don't really think about this too much.

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So I just ate terribly and

dealt with the consequences.

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But when I was in, it was ninth grade

is when I met my Spanish teacher, Mr.

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Maya, but it's in 10th grade that we

really started diving into health and

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he was leading me down this journey

of lifestyle, change, diet, you know,

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different diets that are going to help

decrease inflammation, rebuild the guy.

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Um, you know, he was giving

me these books and, and.

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And films to watch.

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So I have a lot to owe to Mr.

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Maya.

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I have seen him since, and

I've thanked him many times.

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Uh, but nonetheless, if you're

listening, thank you so much, Mr.

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Maya really appreciate it.

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Um, This is all cause you, so

I appreciate that big time.

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And nonetheless, I was able

to really alter my diet.

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So what I did is I read a book

that actually kind of scared me.

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It was called, I think the hundred

year lie is what it was called.

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Um, not like saying you need to go

out and read this book, but I'll just

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tell you why this is significant.

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So the very first chapter talks about a

ton of different chemicals, like flame

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retardants that are in our couches and

the pesticides that are used on our plants

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and just all these different things.

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So I really like freaked out and decided

that I shouldn't eat anything unless

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it's like organic and plant-based

pretty much for the most part.

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So what I did is I essentially

was doing intermittent fasting.

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And I was only eating salads.

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That was like all I had access to.

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Obviously I was still in high school.

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I wasn't able to go purchase my own food.

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Luckily I had lettuce and

usually it was organic lettuce.

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I had all EDS.

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I had, um, organic olive oil and,

uh, sometimes I would also throw

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in a chicken breast in there.

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So.

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Went ahead and would eat salads for two

weeks with intermittent fasting as well.

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And come to find out.

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After two weeks of doing that, I

did not have one flare up at all.

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It was insane.

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It was eyeopening.

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And it's really what led me down

the journey that I'm on now.

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So.

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Fast forward.

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To now, um, I've done a ton of

research, you know, I've read a lot of

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books and I've tried a lot of things.

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That's really where the benefit

for me is, is actually trying these

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things out, being disciplined and,

and being in touch with my body.

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Right.

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Listening to my body, listening to when

it's talking, listening to, you know,

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when I have an upset stomach and then

thinking, okay, what was it that I ate or

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how, you know, how was I living my life?

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Was I stressed at this time?

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Like, there's so many factors

that go into it and we're

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going to jump into those today.

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So.

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I love to provide you with

actionable steps, you know?

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Things that you can actually

implement into your life today.

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So that is my goal.

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With this episode today, I'm going to

give you a real breakdown of each like

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kind of topic with steps and all that.

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And at the end of this episode,

I'll probably go over those just one

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more time to really hammer them in.

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But the first thing that

I can really recommend.

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Is, you have to stop putting bad things

in, so you really have to give your gut.

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Like arrest, you have to

let it get this reset.

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Um, if it's been under constant

attack than it really hasn't had a

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chance to rest and repair, right?

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If we're constantly eating fried foods

and sugary foods and things that are

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just breaking down our, um, you know,

the, the lining in our guts and causing

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leaky gut and all these different

kinds of issues, lots of inflammation.

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Then our gut has really not had

a chance to re repair itself.

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It's just been like

fighting this losing battle.

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So the first thing that we really have

to do is we have to stop putting bad

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things in and the best way to do this.

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And.

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I know there is some controversy around

this, but honestly, it's doing a fast, so.

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Yes, absolutely.

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I'm going to caveat this with, you need

to be very intuitive with your body

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when doing a fast, um, if you are a

woman, then please be mindful of the

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time in which you're doing the fast.

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You don't typically want to

do this around your period or

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even right before your period.

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You want to do this in a phase where,

um, your body is more able to properly

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handle, not having food for three days.

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Um, and since your body.

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Uh, is literally, you know,

Can carry a human life.

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Uh, one of the main things that

focuses on is if you have a

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constant food supply, right?

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Like if in your, if you're in a

correct circumstance to raise a child.

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So therefore if you are going without

food, your body might kind of get a

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little bit out of whack if you do it at

the wrong time, or if you do it too much.

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So that's my little caveat there.

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And also, if you do have any issues with.

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Um, you know, food eating disorders, then

also just be very mindful about that.

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Maybe, maybe this isn't the route for

you, and there are other ways of doing so.

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But for the average person here.

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Doing a three-day fast

is incredibly beneficial.

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It is actually one of the few things that

if you're just, honestly, if you have

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a really messed up gut, It is probably

the best thing you could do for it.

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It's going to be a reset.

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You're going to come out of that.

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Three-day fast with incredible

gastrointestinal feelings.

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Like you're going to feel so good.

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It's insane.

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Um, When I did my first three-day fast.

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I couldn't believe how good my digestive

system felt and how well it was working.

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So that is really the first step

I would say to do is to just stop

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what you're doing completely.

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So go on a fast.

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Now I'm not going to get too into

the fasting here, but if you're

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doing a fast, you can drink water.

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You can even drink tea or coffee.

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Although coffee can be a little bit

disruptive on the stomach lining.

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So maybe you just stick with

water or a very gentle tea.

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Uh, obviously nothing added in there.

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No, honey.

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Nothing along those lines.

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We want to just keep it to either tea or

water and you want a high quality salt.

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So if you have like a pink

Himalayan, sea salt or Celtic,

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sea salt, or Redmond's, uh, Salt.

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You know, from the.

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I forget where it is, but it's like an

ancient lake or something like that.

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Um, any of those are going to be

really good salt because they're going

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to have a lot of minerals in them

and our body is going to need that.

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So.

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You can do salt.

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You can do water and possibly even

tea, but if you want to just be

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a traditionalist here, keep it

to just the salt in the water.

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So that's going to be the first part.

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We want to stop putting the bat in.

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We want to do a three day fast to

really rest and repair the gut here.

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Now.

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Once we have re uh, rested our gut.

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We now need to build

our gut back up, right?

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Because after doing a three-day

fast, you don't want to have your

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first meal be a hamburger and

French fries from McDonald's, right?

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Like that's going to be

very counter productive.

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It's, uh, you know, your body hasn't

had anything in it for three days now.

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Um, it's really gonna want something

that is easy to digest and very.

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Nutrient dense, right?

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We're going to want something.

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That's going to feed our, uh,

lining of our, of our stomachs and,

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uh, really just benefit the body.

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Right.

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It's going to nourish us.

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So the best way, in my opinion, or

the way that I enjoy breaking a fast

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personally is actually with a bone broth.

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So I know, um, if you are like

a vegan, then, uh, maybe this

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isn't like the best route for you

obviously, or, well, it's just not

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an option for you if, uh, if you're.

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Not able to consume animal products.

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There are other kinds of, you

know, air quotes, like bone broths.

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And I think they typically

use a mushroom for the base.

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You can find them.

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Uh, and so I would still

recommend doing one of those.

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If you can't do a traditional

bone broth, but if your dietary

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restrictions allow, then I highly,

highly recommend a bone broth.

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Bone broths are incredible for the gut.

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Um, they have a ton of minerals in them

and just all the really good things that

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are going to help to heal up our gut.

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Um, even not doing a fast, they're

going to be really beneficial, but right

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after a fast, if you're able to break

the three-day fast with bone broth.

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That's going to be incredible.

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That's going to be the

best way to start this off.

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And then right after that, You

can start easing in with different

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foods, nothing too flavorful.

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We want to keep it very

mellow in the beginning.

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Um, maybe even just starting off with

some fruit or some vegetables, eventually

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working our way up to some meat.

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Uh, if, like I said, once again,

if you are able to eat meat,

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then work your way up to that.

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Keeping everything at the

highest quality possible.

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Right.

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We want everything organic.

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Uh, grassfed beef, if you're having

a beef and really just making sure

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we're putting the best quality food

in, because this is truly the very

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first foods that we're putting in

after a very long time without food.

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So.

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Making sure we're putting really

high quality foods in, and then

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I'm going to highly, highly

recommend that you find a pre.

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A pro.

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And maybe even a post biotic to

take while, um, well basically

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for, you know, for the rest of your

life or however long it suits you.

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So for those of you who are unfamiliar

with probiotics or that whole field.

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Probiotics are good bacteria that

don't actually really populate the gut.

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They just kind of help it.

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Um, but they don't really

take root and populate.

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So a probiotic is something

you need to take frequently.

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It's not something you can just

take one time and then you're good.

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Uh, so unfortunately you do have to

take it over and over and over again.

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Uh, to really receive the benefits

and then a prebiotic is going to

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be food for the good bacteria.

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So the prebiotics are

going to feed the good gut.

424

Uh, Gut bacteria.

425

And then a post biotic is essentially

what is given off from the probiotics,

426

from the good gut bacteria.

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So things like butyrate

can be a post biotic.

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And those are also going to really

help the lining of the gastrointestinal

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system, the, uh, the stomach.

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So this is something that is

highly beneficial for gut health.

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Um, I really recommend doing

some research on a good probiotic

432

and also not only research, but

actually testing them on yourself.

433

Right.

434

It's very important.

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That we find one that works for us

because we're all going to be very

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unique and different from each other.

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So just because one probiotic works

really, really well for someone, it

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might not always work super well for you.

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So making sure you're trying them

out and finding the ones that work

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best for you is going to be key here.

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Just to throw a few names out

there, uh, of some probiotics that I

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personally do enjoy, um, the ritual.

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Probiotic.

444

It's actually a pro post and prebiotic

all-in-one is called symbiotic.

445

That is, uh, one of my favorite

probiotics, actually, it's not just

446

a probiotic, it's called a symbiotic.

447

Um, but just to keep it simple

here, uh, it's one of my

448

favorite probiotics to take.

449

And on top of that, I've also

taken the seed probiotic.

450

And I did enjoy that one as well.

451

Uh, it was pretty good.

452

Not as good as the ritual one.

453

I did like the word ritual

one quite a bit better.

454

And then there's, uh, two other

companies that I actually haven't

455

tried yet, but I'm about to actually

very soon try them probably on black

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Friday holiday person deals from them.

457

Um, and the two companies

are Omni Biotics.

458

I've heard some really

great things about them.

459

And then the other company

is going to be just thrive.

460

So both of those companies, I've heard

really high reviews and, um, just a lot

461

of people speaking very highly about them.

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So they're also probably very good brands.

463

And, uh, like I said, go

ahead and try them out.

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Give each one a couple months at the

minimum to really see the benefits.

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This isn't something that's

gonna happen overnight.

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So you do have to really pay

attention and also take them for.

467

You know, a little bit of time, like

we're looking at a minimum of like

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60 to 90 days here for each of these

to really see the benefits of them.

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So that's going to do it for

the, uh, pre pro and post biotic.

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And then I'd also, as I mentioned already,

I would also recommend adding in possibly

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some claustrum and truthfully claustrum,

uh, after taking it, like I'm serious,

472

I really enjoy the benefits of it.

473

And.

474

Even though I haven't seen a massive,

massive increase in my gut health per se.

475

I know it's helped my immune

system, which is tied to that.

476

And I've heard so many people

say that it is really helped them

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with their, uh, digestive system.

478

Therefore, I'm going

to include it in here.

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And there's also a lot of research

backing it, which is something that's

480

very important to have as well.

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Obviously we want to make sure that

this is backed by science and it is.

482

So those are going to be the things

that I would start adding in to really

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help to repair the, uh, the gut.

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Right.

485

So we're going to want to focus on, you

know, Having these, uh, clean foods,

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the bone broths, and also finding

a good pre pro post biotic, uh, as

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well as finding, uh, the tri armor.

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Claustrum.

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If you're able to add that in

there, I highly recommend it.

490

If not, that's okay.

491

Still stick with these and

just test the things out.

492

Right.

493

We've got to see what works best for us.

494

And then the last one is going to be

actually, sorry, this is not the last one.

495

Second to last one.

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Is going to be, to eat for gut health.

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So while taking supplements is great

and it can have a ton of benefit.

498

Really.

499

It's a supplement, right?

500

It's not the whole thing.

501

The main area of focus is really actually

what you're eating, um, that is going to

502

have, in my opinion, the most dramatic

shift, not just on our gut health,

503

but on the health of our entire body.

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Um, think about it like this, you eat

at least like three meals a day, right?

505

Supplements.

506

You only take them one

time and they're small.

507

You know what I mean?

508

It could be powerful of

course, and really potent, but.

509

Nonetheless, you're eating

all the time, right?

510

It's something you're going to do often.

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And the food that you eat should be

a form of medicine for you, right?

512

It should be a food that is high and dense

in minerals and vitamins and, you know,

513

giving us the literal building blocks

of life, you know, protein, these are

514

things that are very important for us.

515

And we want to make sure that the

food we're putting in is doing.

516

You know, Like no harm, hopefully, and

really adding more benefit than harm.

517

So.

518

I want you to continue

consuming your bone broths.

519

That's going to be one of the big things.

520

Bone broth is incredible for the gut.

521

Um, you don't have to drink

it every single day, although

522

if you can, that's amazing.

523

Um, If you're.

524

Basically if your monetary allowance

allows you to do so then definitely

525

continue taking some bone broth.

526

Uh, as much as possible.

527

And then we really just want

to focus on eating and I say

528

this like over and over again.

529

So I'm sorry if you see it.

530

It feels like I'm beating

a dead horse here.

531

But we need to eat whole foods.

532

Okay.

533

And we're not talking about the

store whole foods I'm talking about.

534

Literal whole foods.

535

And so a whole food is something

that is close to the source.

536

Right.

537

And when I say that it's like, uh,

apple can be found in nature, right.

538

It's close to the source.

539

Um, apple sauce.

540

Can't necessarily be

found in nature, right.

541

It's processed down.

542

And then eventually you have

this kind of like soupy.

543

Consistency.

544

Right.

545

Which still delicious, but, um, right.

546

That's not something that we

can necessarily find in nature.

547

And if we want to go even a few

steps further like potato chips,

548

you're never going to find potato

chips just lying around in nature.

549

You're also not going to find Oreos.

550

You're not going to find Gushers like

these things do not naturally just occur.

551

In the world, right?

552

Like we have to create those, but

a whole food is something that has

553

very little to no processing at all.

554

So that's going to be our fruits and

vegetables and our meats and nuts.

555

And, you know, literally anything

that you could basically go

556

out into the world and find so.

557

Those are the things that we're going

to really want to be focusing on.

558

And on that note as well, we

really, really want to focus on

559

keeping those things organic.

560

We want to stay away from all the

pesticides, herbicides, insecticides,

561

rodenticides all the sides we

want to stay away from those.

562

You know, we don't want any

glyphosate getting into our

563

systems or as little as possible.

564

Right.

565

Um, we want to make sure we're not

getting an overload of these toxins

566

that are now unfortunately all around us

and in our environment, you know, from.

567

Literally all the stuff that they spray

on our crops to the things that they

568

put in our bedding and our couches and

our furniture and, and, you know, in the

569

air and the gasoline that's burned and

just all the different things, right?

570

Like there's too many toxins out there.

571

Um, but we don't need to continue

adding more through our diet.

572

Right.

573

So we want to make sure

we're buying organic produce.

574

That's really the best way to

avoid a lot of those nasty toxins

575

from getting into our systems.

576

And when it comes to meat, of

course, we need to focus on the

577

highest quality meat possible.

578

It really does matter here for one.

579

You really don't want industrialized meat.

580

Um, it's poor treatment for the animals.

581

And honestly, it's just not something

that we should be supporting.

582

You want to support, you know, these local

farmers that are really doing it right.

583

Their grass.

584

Uh, grass grazing their cows, you

know, grass fed grass finished.

585

Um, same with like lamb.

586

You can have grass fed grass finished

lamb when it comes to seafood.

587

That one's a little bit more difficult

because I understand, you know, there

588

are high levels of mercury out there and,

you know, things like salmon and tuna.

589

Uh, I, salmon is one that I really love.

590

And I heard recently that it

started to have higher levels

591

of mercury as well, or, or I.

592

It might've been either mercury or,

um, plastics in it, but nonetheless.

593

Basically, you know, our oceans are being

polluted and, um, it's very unfortunate.

594

So we have to be cautious with that.

595

And then there's this whole debate

between, you know, is it better

596

to have farmed fish or wild fish?

597

In my personal opinion, I do believe

that sustainably caught wild fish

598

is going to still be a better bet.

599

I think it's going to have.

600

Um, better.

601

Benefits as opposed to

it's a downsides, I guess.

602

Like, honestly, I, that, that's

just kinda my opinion on it.

603

Um, I think there's still a lot of

benefit from having, you know, wild caught

604

salmon, um, as opposed to not having it.

605

Um, that's a personal preference here, but

seafood does have a lot of benefit to it.

606

So trying to find wild caught sustainably

sourced seafood is going to be something

607

that I personally would recommend.

608

And, you know, with, uh, chicken as well.

609

We want to look for organic heirloom if

possible and, uh, you know, free range.

610

We want them roaming out and eat and bunch

of little critters and getting all the

611

sunlight on them, like want high quality

really, really want to focus on that.

612

And, um, just to kind of

share a quick story here.

613

One of my, uh, old bosses back in

the day he had Crohn's disease.

614

And one of the wild things was, uh, when

he would start getting some serious,

615

serious, serious, like flare ups.

616

Like literally, he

wouldn't even come to work.

617

It was so bad.

618

Uh, one of the things he would do is he

would do juicing for a little while, and

619

that would kind of like calm his stomach.

620

That with a mixture of actually

fasting, which as I recommended in the

621

beginning of the show is very potent.

622

So he would fast, he would do

a juice cleanse, but then he

623

would notice that if he ate beef,

that was conventionally farmed.

624

It would actually cause flare ups for him.

625

But if he ate grassfed beef, He wouldn't

get flare ups and that's really wild.

626

It's something that stuck

with me to this day.

627

And he swears by it.

628

He says every single time he has like a

hamburger from conventional raised, like

629

beef always causes an issue for him.

630

But if he has a grass fed burger

does not cause the same issues.

631

So.

632

Really truly the quality does matter here.

633

And then in terms of the food that

we want to avoid, I mean, this

634

goes with just in general, like

to have a healthy diet, right.

635

Is to avoid sugar.

636

Alcohol fried foods.

637

Ultra processed foods, right?

638

Like these are the things we really want

to stay away from sugar because sugar

639

can feed bad gut bacteria in our bodies,

along with a slew of other issues.

640

Right.

641

But mainly focusing on the gut here.

642

Um, it can, you know, cause like

candida and all these different

643

things that we really don't want.

644

And then in terms of alcohol, Well,

you've heard me talk about this many

645

times on here, but alcohol is just not.

646

It's unfortunate.

647

I would love to be like,

yeah, I drink alcohol.

648

Like why not?

649

But unfortunately alcohol is a poison

and it does not benefit the body.

650

And fortunately, I'm, I know

there's some people who say

651

having a glass of red wine is.

652

And, you know, beneficial, and maybe

there is some truth to, that could be,

653

um, I'm not here to tell you what to do.

654

And I do believe there is a balance

in life that we need to maintain.

655

So I'm not saying you need to

fully get it out of your system.

656

100%.

657

But I will tell you this alcohol

is not doing any benefit for your

658

gut when you consume alcohol.

659

It is.

660

You know, kind of an antibiotic, um, it's

going to kill the bacteria of your gut.

661

Uh, because it is

antibacterial to a degree.

662

You can think of like back in

the olden days when they would

663

get cut and they would throw some

alcohol on there, like whiskey.

664

To try to disinfect it while you're

essentially kind of disinfecting

665

your microbiome as well, which

is not something that's ideal.

666

Uh, and then in terms

of fried foods, I mean.

667

Fried foods are really, really bad

for you, especially because they're

668

typically fried in like canola oil or

soybean oil, or, you know, some really

669

terrible oil that is just not good for

us to be consuming in the first place.

670

But then you put on top of that, that it's

being fried and fried and fried and use

671

over and over and over and over again.

672

And it's at this really super high heat.

673

So you're getting really rancid

oils typically, and it's just not

674

good for your digestive system.

675

So definitely want.

676

To avoid the fried foods and

then ultra processed foods.

677

These are like pretty much

anything that comes in a box.

678

Anything that's in a box

and it's frozen, right?

679

Like these are all ultra processed foods.

680

And unfortunately the standard American

diet for kids I believe is like at

681

least 60% ultra processed foods.

682

So.

683

We really, really need to

get that out of our diets.

684

Something, we just

should not be consuming.

685

Uh, and in terms of, if you're at a

grocery store, a really good way of

686

staying away from the processed foods, the

ultra processed foods is to stick to the

687

outside perimeter of the grocery store.

688

Right?

689

So on the outside of the

grocery store, think about it.

690

What is it that you usually come

across, come across fresh produce,

691

like fruits and vegetables.

692

You come across the meat department,

you come across dairy department.

693

Um, you'll probably come across even

some nuts, uh, most of the time.

694

So this is the area that we

want to stick to and we want to

695

avoid going through the Isles.

696

Where they have all the box goods is

stuff that's very shelf stable, right?

697

Like these are the

things we want to avoid.

698

So those are the first three, and

now we're at the last one, which

699

might not sound very important

to the average person, but is

700

actually very crucial to gut health.

701

And that is working on our

stress levels and our sleep.

702

So.

703

There is a connection between

our brains and our guts.

704

K it's gut brain axis.

705

And they're in constant communication.

706

And when we live in a state of

stress for a majority of our day,

707

That means that we're going to have

likely elevated cortisol levels

708

for an extended period of time.

709

That is not healthy.

710

And cortisol, if not pre processed

properly can even lead to issues

711

such as inflammation in the gut.

712

And this is coming from,

uh, I forget his name.

713

Exactly.

714

I think it's Kiran Krishnan.

715

I want to say, um, he's a

doctor and really studies.

716

The microbiome does.

717

A whole talk on like how

important, you know, our stress

718

levels are and how it increases.

719

Our cortisol, but basically the whole sum

of that is when you're super stressed.

720

You can have elevated levels of cortisol.

721

And then that can really affect our guts

by causing some inflammation in the gut.

722

So.

723

One way of helping to calm

our nervous system is through

724

meditation and deep breath.

725

It's very simple.

726

Like nothing, nothing crazy here.

727

You just literally need to

stimulate that Vegas nerve.

728

And put yourself in a rest

and digest state, which is

729

also good for our guts, right?

730

Because think about it, think about what

I just said, the rest and digest state,

731

if you're eating food and you're not

in a rest and digest state, if you're

732

in an elevated stress state, that means

you're in the fight or flight state.

733

So you're not, your body is not thinking

about how to properly digest food.

734

So when you digest food, you

want to be in a calm state.

735

You might want to take some really deep

belly breaths before you eat your food.

736

Meaning you inhale and you IX.

737

Expand your belly out.

738

And then on the exhale, you're

going to contract it in.

739

And that's going to help

stimulate that biggest nerve

740

and bring you into a calm state.

741

So that's a really great idea

in terms of before you eat.

742

But just overall, we really want

to help bring ourselves into a

743

calm state at the end of the day.

744

Right.

745

We don't need to be in this elevated

cortisol state all day long.

746

And I know it's because we have

a lot of things to worry about.

747

Um, bills.

748

Our kids, our family members.

749

Uh, you know, Driving through traffic.

750

Like obviously that's a pretty stressful

experience most of the times, but we do

751

need to find a way to come down from that.

752

And be able to really relax ourselves.

753

So.

754

Definitely doing some breath and

meditation is going to be really,

755

really beneficial for this.

756

And it's going to help our guts.

757

And in terms of sleep.

758

I mean, sleep is key for

absolutely everything.

759

If you are not sleeping right then.

760

You're going to see it show

up in all parts of your body.

761

When you go to sleep.

762

You are entering a deep rest and

repair state that is literally good for

763

your entire body, not just your gut.

764

But obviously of course it is also good

for our gut, so we need to make sure

765

we're also getting some really good sleep.

766

And to get good sleep.

767

You also can't be in a super stress state.

768

You need to be in a rest and

digest state, which is the

769

parasympathetic nervous system state.

770

So that is the goal is to try

to decrease a lot of the stress

771

that we're going through.

772

And that's really going to help us

with, uh, our guts, which I know

773

that sounds weird, but I promise you.

774

Um, a lot of the times when my gut

would act up, it would actually act

775

up when I was nervous or when I was

super excited about something or

776

basically giving a little bit of stress.

777

Would a lot of times act up with my

stomach and cause it to flare up.

778

So, uh, absolutely.

779

There is a connection there

between the gut and the brain.

780

And we really do need to be

mindful of this and, you know,

781

try to calm ourselves down, right.

782

Allow us to get into the rest and

digest state so that we can help to

783

allow our digestive system to take

a break and to do its work properly.

784

So that is going to bring us

to the end of this episode.

785

However, before we end this episode,

I love to always go over everything

786

that I covered in this episode.

787

So you can actually put

all of this information.

788

You know, into use in your life

and give you some actionable steps.

789

So that way you're not just listening

to these episodes, but rather you're

790

able to implement them into your life.

791

So starting off with number

one on how to heal our guts.

792

We want to avoid putting the bad

stuff in, so we would need to

793

stop putting anything in right.

794

Which is a fast, we want

to do a three-day fast.

795

If we're able to.

796

Um, we want to be mindful of.

797

You know, any restrictions that we might

have here, but a three-day fast is really,

798

really good at resetting and repairing

our digestive system and our gut.

799

And then number two is going to be too.

800

Build up and repair our leaky guts.

801

So this is going to look like, you

know, following our three-day fast

802

with some bone broth, it's going

to look like finding a really good

803

probiotic and it's going to look

like also adding in some claustrum.

804

And really any other things that are going

to be beneficial for the digestive system

805

could also be something like magnesium.

806

And then number three is going

to be to eat for gut health.

807

Right?

808

Which once again, this is just

literally eating a healthy diet.

809

We want to focus on whole foods.

810

So fruits, vegetables, you know, foods

that have a lot of fiber in them.

811

We want to also eat.

812

Um, high quality meats.

813

If our diets allow, uh, some

nuts can be good as well.

814

So just basically foods that can be found.

815

If you were to walk outside and look at

some trees or some animals like that are,

816

those are essentially the whole foods.

817

And we want to avoid eating things

that are high in sugar . Alcohol fried

818

foods and ultra processed foods, right?

819

These are the things we really

want to stay away from and

820

really stick to the whole foods.

821

And then last but not least is

decreasing our stress levels and

822

getting high quality sleep because.

823

We know that when we go to sleep,

we have deep rest and repair.

824

And when we are able to calm our bodies

down and get into that parasympathetic

825

state, we're also able to allow our

digestive systems to work properly.

826

So one thing I have to say to you, And.

827

This is what I would tell someone who's

going through like some serious irritable

828

bowel syndrome issues, or even, I don't

know, Crohn's disease, whatever, like

829

I'm not a doctor, obviously I'm not, you

know, a medical professional by any means.

830

But this would be just one friend

to another recommendation here.

831

And that is take all the

steps that I've given you.

832

And implement them.

833

Truly like go after it,

do not cheat at all.

834

Just full on, try this out

for at least one month.

835

If not even like three

months and I promise you.

836

If you stick to this.

837

Like layout that I've given

you, you are absolutely going

838

to see some benefits from this.

839

And I feel super confident in this

because when I was going through all of

840

my issues and all I literally did was

some intermittent fasting and salads.

841

I felt so, so much better.

842

I wasn't doing anything else that

wasn't adding the probiotics in there.

843

I wasn't, you know, necessarily working

on my stress and my sleep levels.

844

Like nothing.

845

I wasn't doing anything else.

846

I just change my diet and had a

little bit of intermittent fasting.

847

And I found.

848

So much benefit in that.

849

So if you do all of these steps, I would

be amazed if you did not see some kind

850

of improvement, but the thing is here,

you have to be disciplined, right?

851

You have to put in the time

our bodies need time to heal.

852

They're not going to heal overnight.

853

And that's the thing we expect really

quick turnarounds on things here,

854

but our body takes time to work and

to heal and using food as nutrition

855

and food is medicine takes time.

856

It doesn't happen overnight.

857

So you have to be consistent.

858

You have to be disciplined.

859

And you have to put in some time on this.

860

So.

861

Literally a month minimum, if you

could do a month minimum of what

862

I'm laying out here before you.

863

You're going to see some dramatic

increases and for the person who is

864

truly going through some stomach issues.

865

Like, what do you have to lose?

866

Cause I've been there.

867

I know what it feels like.

868

It freaking sucks.

869

I would've been happy to try

almost anything to get rid of the

870

issues that I was going through.

871

And so someone laid this out for

me and told me to do one month.

872

I would have gone after this, like

crazy and I highly recommend it for you.

873

If you are having gut

issues to give this a try.

874

Now, if you're a person who has

occasional gut issues, you know, some,

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some distress here and there, maybe

some constipation, things like that.

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Still give this a try, right?

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Like it's not, you know, As intensive

a need as maybe someone who is

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dealing with like IBS or Crohn's

or something along those lines.

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But there's still so much benefit in this.

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And by following this protocol, it's

not just going to be good for your gut.

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It's going to be good

for your entire body.

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Um, you know, Hippocrates the, uh, What

people call the father of modern I said

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that all disease begins in the gut and I

believe there's so much truth in there.

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As I stated earlier, over 70%

of the immune system physically

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resides in the digestive system.

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Like that alone.

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I would tell you that our gut

health is super, super important.

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Plus also you could just

look at it this way.

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If you're not digesting

your foods properly.

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That means you're not getting the

maximum benefits out of your food.

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You're probably not getting all the

minerals and the vitamins that you could

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possibly be getting out of your foods.

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But if you're not digesting them

properly, they might just be passing

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through you only halfway digested.

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Right.

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And you're only receiving

half the benefit.

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So really dialing in the

digestive system is absolutely

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key for health for everybody.

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So.

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Go ahead and give this a try.

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Um, if you see any benefit from this reach

out to me, I would absolutely love to hear

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any like success or results from this.

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And even if you don't feel success

from this, please reach out to me.

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I'd be so interested to hear.

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Uh, if you don't receive any benefit,

I would be very, very surprised.

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Um, and I would love to chat with

you personally, but if you do this,

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like I said, I'm literally, okay.

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Not a hundred percent.

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I won't go.

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I am 99.99%.

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Sure.

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You're going to receive some benefits.

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So go ahead and reach out to me

and tell me if you try this and if

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you receive any benefit or don't.

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Um, but I would love to hear

any feedback from you guys.

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So go ahead and give that a try and that

is going to do it for today's episode.

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So, um, you guys know the whole deal.

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If you're not subscribed already,

please go ahead and subscribe

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You don't miss any of the episodes.

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And please leave a rating and review.

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which I love to see those.

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I read all of them.

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Um, there's some pretty

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Uh, I love to go through and just see what

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Share this show, help to

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Feel free to also share this on, uh,

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that's mainly the platform that I use.

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Uh, that way you can go ahead

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of your friends on there.

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And of course, I'll go ahead and share

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As well, it's kind of just

like a huge thank you from.

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From me.

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Uh, if you do that, so

really appreciate it.

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And, um, I think that's

pretty much going to do it.

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So.

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Thank you all for tuning in.

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Um, I hope this was of benefit for

you and hopefully you found some

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something good in all of my ranting.

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Uh, definitely went off on this one,

but, uh, I really appreciate y'all

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sitting through this and hopefully

received a lot of benefit from it.

946

Uh, thank you very much.

947

Feel free to reach out to me on

Instagram with any questions or concerns.

948

Um, as well, go ahead and

check out the YouTube channel.

949

Um, I have a lot of the podcast

interviews with people on there.

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Uh, I don't usually post my one-off

like just personal episodes on there,

951

but, uh, any interview with a person,

I tend to post those on there.

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So you can actually see us

talking, uh, and not just hear me.

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Uh, that way you can see the video format.

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But anyways.

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Yeah, that's going to do it.

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So you guys know the motto of

the show, do everything with good

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intentions and connect your elements.

958

Much love to all of you.

959

I hope you have a beautiful

rest of your week and I will

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see you all next Wednesday.

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Peace.