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In this episode of 'The Elemental Evan Podcast,' host Evan Roberts explores the best affordable supplements to invest in for optimal health, especially given today's high costs. He identifies multivitamins, probiotics, and functional mushrooms as the top three choices for those on a budget and offers detailed advice on selecting the right options within each category. Evan reviews both traditional and innovative multivitamin options, discusses the importance of quality in probiotics, and champions the various health benefits of functional mushrooms like reishi and lion's mane. Additionally, he underscores the significance of viewing food as a primary source of essential nutrients and shares practical shopping tips for nutrient-dense foods. Tune in to discover how you can enhance your health without breaking the bank and get recommendations on trusted brands, complete with discount codes.

00:27 Essential Supplements Overview

00:58 Multivitamins: The Foundation

02:02 Choosing the Right Multivitamin

07:47 Probiotics: Gut Health Essentials

10:40 Functional Mushrooms: Nature's Boosters

13:39 Food as Your Best Supplement

18:48 Conclusion and Final Tips

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.

What's going on, everybody.

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Welcome to the elemental.

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I've been podcast.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts.

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And on this show, I break down health

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Today and start taking

control of your health.

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Today's episode.

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We are going to talk about if I had

to narrow it down to just a couple of.

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Absolutely necessary supplements.

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What would they be?

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Um, especially with the cost of

everything, just being a little bit high.

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For most people these days, right.

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Uh, what are the most cost

effective supplements that we

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could be purchasing right now?

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And, uh, you know, what are going to

make the biggest difference in our lives?

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So, First off.

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Honestly to just, you

know, Pick one, I guess.

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I would first start off

with a supplement that.

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Is going to.

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Cover the most bases, which

typically would come to you

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in the form of a multivitamin.

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Now, I think a lot of people are like,

are multivitamins really that great.

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Did they do much for you?

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Blah, blah, blah.

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Like there's all these

questions around it.

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I totally get it.

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Um, it does appear that taking

multivitamins do have a good

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benefit, even if it's just a

generic type of multivitamin.

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But I will say quality

absolutely does matter.

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And as well, you.

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Then we can go down the

road of the sourcing.

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Is it like synthetic?

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Is it coming from a natural source?

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You know, like there's all these

different nuances, but I would say that

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if we were to just pick a supplement

to start off probably a multivitamin,

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a multivitamin is going to be like the

biggest return on investment, essentially.

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Now to that point, you can look at a

multivitamin in multiple different ways.

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You could go the traditional route

of a multivitamin that is gonna

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have your vitamin a, your vitamin D.

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Your vitamin K your vitamin E your

vitamin C you know, all be all

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the, all the different vitamins,

magnesium, all that good stuff.

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Right.

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Um, but then you can also look at a

multivitamin in terms of like a plant

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food, for example, like we have, um, you

know, the really popular one athletic

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greens, uh, that's a juice powder that

you can add to water and then shake up and

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it's got like over a hundred and minerals

and vitamins and blah, blah, blah.

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Right?

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Like that's, that's also a

great form of getting in.

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Um, Um, a multivitamin now.

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People do ask question.

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Oh, you know, Are you really

going to receive that much?

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Like in that scoop, like, okay.

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It says there's a hundred

different ingredients in there.

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Uh, or minerals and vitamins

and like how much of that are

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you actually getting per scoop?

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That is a very valid question.

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Um, I personally, when I do a green juice,

for example, um, I like to go with a green

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juice that has less ingredients in it,

just because I feel like you're going to

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get more of those ingredients per scoop.

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Um, for me, I go Organify Organifi is.

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Kind of the place for me, if I'm ever

looking for, um, like a plant powdered

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form of anything, whether it be like a

green juice or they also have like their

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red juice or like a tumeric one for sleep.

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Um, that's, that's the

brand I tend to go with.

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They're really super high quality

and they just don't overload it

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with a ton of different ingredients,

which I personally really like.

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Um, So that's my go-to brand.

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Um, check out the show notes.

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I do have a 20% discount code in

there just for being a listener.

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Um, but as well, That's not to knock

athletic greens, like I'm sure it

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does have and provide some benefit.

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Um, maybe you're just not getting

as much as you would like to

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have each of those minerals and

vitamins, but still not a bad choice.

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Um, as well.

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They're traditional.

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The more traditional route.

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I mean, you could literally go

and purchase are really cheap.

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Like what's the brand like soul Ray or

Centrum or whatever multivitamin, um,

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The only thing with that is some of

the ingredients that they use in there.

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Are not favorable.

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They're just not, um, they're

like the synthetic form, but

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then it's also like the form.

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That's just not that great for you.

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Like, for example, if you

ever see a multivitamin with

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folic acid in it, I would.

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Kind of highly recommend

not going with that one.

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Try to find one that has fully in it.

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That's going to be the more

bioavailable format of, of a full, late.

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Um, folic acid has to be

converted in the body.

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A lot of people aren't able to convert it.

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So then you ended up taking it.

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Doesn't do anything for you.

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There's even some people that say it

could actually be harmful for you.

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So that's one thing I do tend to avoid.

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Um, personally, I work for the company

ritual and they do have a multivitamin,

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which is really awesome and well tested.

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It's got bioavailable

forms of each ingredient.

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So.

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That's a really good one if to go

with, of course, you know, you're

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going to pay a little bit more money

for it, but it is a good multivitamin.

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Uh, or you could also go the

route of, they have a, like the.

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You know, the more carnivore diet style

ones where it's like the beef organs.

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And so they'll put like liver and

kidney and heart and all these

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different desiccated Oregon's

into a capsule that you can take.

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That's also, um, probably a really

great type of a multivitamin, right.

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You're going to get.

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Uh, especially with the liver, the

liver has so many different minerals

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and vitamins and it's specifically

vitamin a it's super high in vitamin a.

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So taking something like that could

also be a great form of a multivitamin.

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Whatever one you choose.

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I don't really care.

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I mean, it's more, so

whatever works for you.

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If you're looking for a vegan option,

then you're going to go with rich wall.

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If you're going to look

for a vegetarian option.

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Uh, it actually still

might still be vegan.

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Um, and that's the organic option.

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If you want something that's

more on the carnivore diet.

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Okay.

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Maybe you go for the, uh, the

desiccated Oregon's brand.

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Um, I forget there's a few

different ones like ants and.

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It's ancestral supplements or

something, something along those lines.

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Anyways, there's a bunch of them.

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Just check them out.

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Um, so there's a bunch of different

ways you can go in terms of choosing

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a multivitamin, but I would say.

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If I was going to really look for return

on investment in terms of supplements.

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Uh, multivitamin would

be a good place to start.

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Now, beyond that I have pretty

much only two other sub.

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Two to three other supplements

that I would go for.

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Sorry.

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And I also forgot to include in the,

um, like multivitamin style supplement.

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Uh, I would also include spirulina

and chlorella, which are a.

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Micro-algae uh, I get the, I

get the ones from energy bits.

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That's my favorite brand personally.

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And they are as well.

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They're literally just an algae.

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So they're a food essentially.

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And they have over 40 vitamins

and minerals, someones.

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Again, it's very similar to like,

you know, Organify or, um, like

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the, the Oregon, the desiccated

organs, you're going to get a

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ton of vitamins and minerals in.

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This one product, right?

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It just spirulina or chlorella.

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It's a, micro-algae really super

easy to take and as well, super high.

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Return on investment there.

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Um, I use energy bits.

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I also have a discount code for them.

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So check out the show notes.

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If you're interested in that one.

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But yeah, starting there would be great.

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Then moving in to the other

two, I would say probiotics is

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a really good idea in terms of.

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If I had to pick and choose just

like three supplements, you know?

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Okay, we got your multivitamin,

but then you've got a probiotics.

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Probiotics would be the second one.

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And with probiotics, it does matter

the ones that you choose, unfortunately

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like going the lower quality.

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Really kind of will.

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Um, you know, it will take down

the effectiveness of that product.

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So looking for a probiotic that

has, you know, proven efficacy

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on it is going to be important.

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Um, so paying a little bit of a higher

price for it is definitely going to,

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I think, pay out in the long run.

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Um, with that said.

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Probably better to take a

probiotic than none at all.

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Although you could also just

really focus on diet here.

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Um, and really try to get some of

these fermented foods into your

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diet, but really taking a probiotic.

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I see it as being worth the money.

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Um, For me, I take rituals, probiotic,

which is a three in one it's pre pro and

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post biotic all in one shelf, stable.

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It's one of my favorites to take.

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Uh, as well, bio K that's a really good.

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Uh, probiotic, it comes in a drinkable.

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Little container.

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I don't know.

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Um, and you can make it last.

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I think like for, for like,

you could take a drink.

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Separated into quarters.

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So you could drink like a quarter

of it one day and then the next

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day drink the next quarter of it.

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And yeah, so it would

last me like four days.

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Um, that's a really good one.

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I personally have felt so, uh,

some good benefits with it.

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So, yeah, so the rituals, uh,

symbiotic, uh, bio K, they have

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a bunch of different flavors.

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Those are really good ones as well.

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Um, just thrive has some as well.

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Um, they're spore based and, uh, I

hear really great things about them.

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I've yet to try them, but

they're high on my list.

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And there's also another one called Omni.

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That one is a very highly

recommended as well.

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Any of those are.

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Probably going to be just

really great options.

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And then of course do your own research,

but just overall, I would recommend.

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Some kind of a probiotic.

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Um, with your probiotic, you do typically

want to get a prebiotic with it as well.

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Post biotic, if you can get that as

well with it, I mean, that's awesome.

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You get all three in one.

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But if you can at least get a pre

and a probiotic together, that's

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pretty big because the prebiotic.

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Helps to feed the probiotic

and the good gut bacteria.

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So.

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It is important to get those two together.

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So those would be the first

two I would recommend.

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So multivitamin, a probiotic

and then last but not least.

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Some kind of functional mushroom.

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I am.

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The biggest fan of functional

mushrooms or medicinal mushrooms.

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And these are anything from

lion's mane to Xanga to reishi,

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cordyceps, to Turkey tail.

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There's a ton of them out there, and

there's also a ton of brands out there.

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So can also be tricky to

know which ones are good.

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Um, typically a dual extracted

mushroom is going to be

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something you want to look for.

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Uh, I personally really

like real mushrooms.

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Um, I had Lee Carroll on the show

here recently, and he works at a real

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mushrooms and he just really broke down

some awesome topics like ergo thianine,

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which is, um, a compound in mushrooms,

which is really great for your health.

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But overall, I think mushrooms

just provide a huge return

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on investment, right?

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Like, For what you're paying for.

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You're getting a lot of benefit out of it.

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Of course each mushroom

does different things.

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But they typically

provide multiple benefits.

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And if you were really

just going to choose one.

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Probably Rishi or Xanga would be one of

the top two, um, in terms of, you know,

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biggest, biggest bang for its buck.

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Um, but any of them are

going to be really great.

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So real mushrooms is an awesome brand.

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I highly recommend them.

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Um, but there's a slew of other brands.

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Some of the ones that I

have tried, and I do like.

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Would be rainbow mushrooms.

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That's rainbow without the

w at the end four Sigmatic.

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That's another one.

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That's really good.

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Um, Paul Stamets has one as well.

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And the name is escaping me right now,

but here it's like, it's everywhere.

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Wow, host defense.

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There we go.

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Host defense.

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Uh, that's Paul, Stamets a brand and

that's also a pretty good one, but you

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know, these are a few different brands.

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I would recommend a real

mushrooms is pretty much top of

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my list when it comes to that.

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Um, but any of those

would be pretty solid.

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And yeah, those are, those are

my three that I would personally

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go to when it comes to, if I

had to really just narrow down.

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Okay.

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Like you don't have a ton of money.

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What are going to be the best things

you could possibly buy for yourself

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without this is the caveat here without

knowing your levels of different

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mineral and vitamin deficiencies.

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Because obviously if you're deficient

like heavily deficient in something.

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Go towards that for sure.

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Um, which by the way, vitamin

D tends to be a pretty big one

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that people are deficient in.

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Um, if you take vitamin D three, you

want to take it with vitamin K2 as well.

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Um, those are very

important to take together.

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And if you have a multivitamin,

they're typically going to have

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D three and K2 together in there.

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So once again, pretty good one to take.

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Um, but yeah, those are going to

be the three now my other little.

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Caveat to that as well would be that.

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If you are pressed for money or for

whatever reason yet, you're just

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not able to get some supplements.

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I also remember that the

food you were eating.

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Is.

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You know, it's, it's the

best supplement possible.

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Right?

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So focusing on the quality of

the food that you're purchasing

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and the type of food you're

purchasing is also very important.

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And you can literally look at them

as your quote unquote supplements.

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So for example, If you're at the store.

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And you want a multivitamin

and guess what?

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Go buy some.

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You know, uh, different veggies,

like get a variety of veggies, get

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some cauliflower, get some broccoli.

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Get some, um, beats gets, uh,

You know, like mix it up, get

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some dark leafy greens in there.

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Like these are going to have a lot

of minerals and vitamins in them.

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Also a note on that.

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If you're going to have dark leafy greens.

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I have it with a oil like olive oil,

for example, um, it helps to absorb

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some of those fat soluble, uh, vitamins

that can come in the dark leafy greens.

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And then on top of that, if you're

a meat eater, Go get some liver.

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I know it does not taste that.

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Great.

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I am on board with you.

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Um, I have yet to cook a liver where

I'm like, damn, that's delicious.

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Uh, I will say if you take

liver, chop it up very finely

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and then mix it with ground beef.

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It's actually pretty good.

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Like you don't even

really notice it's there.

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So that's a good one.

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Um, heart heart is wa uh, an Oregon meet.

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That tends to be easiest for me

to eat and, um, not get the eggs

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from because it's more of a muscle.

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Like I won't, it is a muscle,

so it's more like muscle meat.

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Um, and as well, the flavor, it can be

a little irony obviously from, from the

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blood, but, uh, it tends to not have.

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Uh, super harsh flavor for me, but once

again, Chop that bad boy up, mince it

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up and throw it in some ground beef.

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And that's a really great

way to get that in kidneys.

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I have yet to try.

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I hear they taste like.

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Well, pice.

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I mean that's to be expected, I guess.

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Right.

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Um, not to say that they don't

have benefit, but a liver.

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Absolutely is a great one to go

to just because it's so high in

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so many minerals and vitamins.

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That it truly is like

nature's multivitamin.

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So when you're shopping, Look for

those things, you know, look for

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veggies, look for a variety of veggies.

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Organ meats are a great option,

specifically liver and as well,

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you can typically find like grass

fed liver for a pretty good price.

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Although I see you whole foods you're

catching on to the whole trend that's

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happening here because they have Jack

their prices up on grassfed liver.

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Like.

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Threefold in literally

the last, like two years.

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So.

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That's a bummer.

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Um, but anyway, still typically

it's generally a pretty

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well-priced, um, Meat to purchase.

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And, uh, you know, just kind of look at

all of your groceries in that manner.

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Like if you're low on something,

try to go for that type of food.

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So for example, if you're looking

for a good probiotic, You can

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also buy fermented foods, right?

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If you can buy.

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Um, for example, I really

love this new brand.

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I forget the name, but

they do a thing called C G.

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And so it's like kimchi,

but with seaweed and if you.

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Don't typically consume seaweed.

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I highly recommend you do, because it

does have a ton of minerals and vitamins,

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specifically iodine in it, which is

very important for us to be getting.

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And it's super delicious.

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I mean, it's literally

kimchi with seaweed.

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Like it is insane.

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It will elevate most savory

meals that you consume.

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So look for a good probiotic as well.

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Um, things like Kiefer.

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Um, you know, unsweetened,

Kiefer, unsweetened yogurt.

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Those are great, uh, great things

to add into your diet as well.

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If you need more fiber, which

most of us do, you know,

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upping your chia seed intake.

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Uh, upping your legume intake, like some

black beans, for example, or some lentils.

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Those are really great options.

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Um, to up your fiber intake, I

will say, uh, the way in which

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you cook your beans does matter.

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Uh, use, soak your beans

and use a pressure cooker.

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It tends to make your beans lower in.

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Is it lectins, I think is what it was.

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Uh, don't don't quote me on that one.

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Sorry about that.

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Um, but that is the best way to cook

your beans is to soak them first and then

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do, uh, cook them in a pressure cooker.

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Um, and that will give you a

very solid amount of fiber.

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So once again, Like, those are

my top three things to look

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for in terms of supplements.

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Like if I really had to pick or

choose and, you know, constrained

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on budget or whatever it might be.

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But then to the next degree, I would also

really focus on making sure I'm purchasing

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foods that are essentially multivitamins

and supplements in their own.

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Right.

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Um, so yeah, highly

recommend doing it that way.

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Uh, check out the show notes.

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I do have a few of the brands

that I mentioned in there.

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They all come with discount codes.

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So if you wanted to check

some of them out, feel free.

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Um, Organifi is going to be a

great one to check out for all of

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their green powders, red powders,

um, their gold formula as well.

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They have, uh, they do use

functional mushrooms in there.

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So that's a great way of kind of

getting multiple things in one.

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And they're all really

high quality as well.

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The energy bits is in there.

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So.

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Feel free to check those out.

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And when you're shopping, remember

shop, like if you can't purchase some

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multivitamins or you feel like they're

too expensive, then just shop for your

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multivitamins in the food that you're

consuming, because they are literally

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the best way to get any of your.

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Uh, minerals or vitamins or daily

nutrients that you should be getting

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supplements are just that they

supplement the meals that you're eating.

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So anyways, That's going

to do it for today.

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Thank you all so much

for tapping in with me.

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I hope this was beneficial.

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If you are balling on a budget and trying

to be healthy, I feel this struggle.

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Y'all.

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So please.

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Um, no, you're not alone out there.

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Feel free to reach out.

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I'll give you more.

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Tips and tricks on things that

I do to save a little bit of

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money here and there, but still.

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Uh, keep that healthy lifestyle going.

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And, uh, anyways, that's going

to do it for today's episode.

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Thank you for tapping in.

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Oh, see you on next week's episode,

have a beautiful rest of your day.

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Do everything with good intentions.

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Connect to your elements.

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I love you guys so much.

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Have a beautiful one.

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Peace.