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So w what are some of the foundations?
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What like what do you see like you're recommending for most of your most of the people that come through the doors for you?
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Most of the time it's going to be for digestive discomfort, you know, gas or bloating that's really actually impacting their lives.
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Yeah.
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Um and it might be just kind of coping with life as well.
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So stress is everywhere.
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Stress kills everybody.
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Um, just so I I will just alleviate you when all your stress.
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I am stressed right now.
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I I I would say like I think pets show this even more in their bowel habits.
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Like our dogs, when they're really stressed out, it's like we gotta deal with a lot more cleanup and like they they'll hold it in the on until they can't anymore.
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So it's like an extreme where where humans can show that, but they don't understand where it's coming from.
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A lot of times too, we accept these things as normal.
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Yeah.
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Oh I thought I've had the runs for a week.
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So that's just or I haven't or I haven't used the restroom all day today, and or and I don't think I used it yesterday.
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Oh yeah, that that's kind of crazy.
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Like, would like even going through med school like rotations, you just like wait.
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Cause they're like, oh, I haven't I haven't pooped in two days.
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I'm like, wait, what?
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Like that you can you can function like that?
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I would love to do that.
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Like that would be a great thing to have as a superpower.
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Well, as a resume, you never ate, so yeah.
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Oh I I ate, but it was like in like five minute spurts, like put down.
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Yeah, it's like put down as much food in the in the smallest amount of time possible.
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Yeah, so a lot of uh digestive issues like gas bloating or just feel you know, like feeling with menstruation.
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Um, a lot of times that's that should be a non-event.
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Yeah, but women often experience things like cramps or acne before their cycle or some emotional aspects of that come up.
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So I mean it's really just kind of these baseline discomforts that most of the time we just write off as normal.
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Yeah.
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And you know, once you start going into that wellness journey and realizing like our bodies are really supposed to be quite efficient, yeah, and and working with with itself, like you know, you eat something, it you should be able to digest it well.
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Um, so it's just seeing people for yeah, and under understanding part of that too is like, you know, that's why we keep on, you know, we always talk about like don't eat processed foods, and the more complex stuff you're gonna put in your system, the worse your digestive issues are gonna be because like your body's gonna be like, what the hell is this?
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Doesn't know what to do with it.
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And like, I don't know, like when you look at a box and it's got 20 different things on there.
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Um, and I think one thing someone told me that that's good, or like it's probably on some YouTube or real, um, is like if you don't think your grandmother ever used it to cook with that, then don't don't eat it.
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So that will limit you though.
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Yeah, then you're gonna have to start like looking at it.
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Well, I I I limit what I I do too.
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Um I'm saying, but it's not practical for a lot of people, especially with how much processed stuff is available, and so easy to so you're telling people to choose the process.
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No, it it's just make your decisions.
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Like if you can, if you can afford to get a less process, it's probably worth the money.
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Like, but some people some people just keep like that process stuff to five to ten percent of what you're actually taking in.
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I think like it doesn't have to be all the time.
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Some people can't afford that, yeah.
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Unless they have a garden in their backyard or whatever that those are actually like practical things that will take you like two hours more a week that you you could potentially do that, whether like you're in the northeast, southwest, or anywhere in between.
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Yeah.
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One of the things I love about Ayurveda is that it really just opens your eyes to what are the different options here.
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Yeah.
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So maybe you do live in a food desert, maybe there isn't fresh food within five miles or ten miles, or maybe you don't have a car to drive to the closest store.
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Yeah.
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And you're just faced with Circle K or Jack in the Box.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Right.
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So what can I do that's gonna really set me up for success is here?
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Yeah, even though the cards are stacked against me.
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Yeah.
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Um, I mean, our data just really brings it back to the simple basics.
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Multitasking is hard on the body.
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Yeah, eating while driving is hard.
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So if you have the option to have your jack in the box in the car or at the restaurant, go sit down and eat it.
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Yeah.
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Breathe while you're chewing.
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Really chew your food.
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Yeah.
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So that when it enters into your GI tract, it's already mostly broken up.
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You've already done your mouth, has already done the hard work.
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So it's a little easier on the digestion.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Digestion's mostly automated.
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You don't have to think about digestion.
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Like your body knows the process.
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Um what are what are some of your like foundational supplements or herbs that you like see recommending the most out of anything?
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Well, it kind of depends on again where we're at with that client.
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So what do they have access to?
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Most of the time, you can just open up your spice cabinet and um you know, like cinnamon, for instance.
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So it's really great for circulation.
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Yeah.
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And it's a warming, it's a sedative as well.
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So if you're feeling a little anxiety, make yourself a cup of cinnamon tea, yeah.
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Um, just boil some water and sprinkle it in.
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It doesn't have to be complicated.
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Yeah.
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Um, but you can set yourself up with different uh spices by and even the method, the delivery method is going to be tailored to your specific needs too.
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Exactly.
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What do you mean delivery method?
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Yeah.
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So if the vehicle is the food type or drink.
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Yeah, in Aureda, we call that an Anupan, which means carrier, and maybe that's hot water, maybe it's uh pomegranate juice, and depending on um, you know, do you need this to stimulate the gastric enzymes inside your body to so that you can digest?
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Maybe you're using it before a meal.
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Maybe you want it to help you eliminate better.
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So you're sprinkling the spices on your food.
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So the method can be um calculated based on time or different carrier, or even if it's topical, you know, choosing it as a bigger.
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So what why why is pumpkin spice lattes the fentanyl of middle-aged women right now?
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Maybe it's psychological.
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I mean, it is so comforting, isn't it?
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I mean, when you think of pumpkin spice, anything spice, just to me, it says, I'm gonna give you a hug.
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I'm warm and loving and kind, and I'm just gonna formula.
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For men, it's a little I don't know if like there's a female male thing because I'm like pumpkin spice, I want it and then I have it, and I'm like, I hate this.
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I'm like, what's the big deal?
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I'm like, why do people love that?
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I'm not that big like oh no, I can't I like pumpkin, but uh it's never a flavor profile I go after.
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I mean, we spice I definitely understand.
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We're a highly marketed to society.
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Yeah.
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So somebody's telling you over and over again to buy it, you know.
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But it's gotta be like a reciprocal thing with like how big it's become, where it's like, ah, it's pumpkin spice weather.
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Like in Scottsdale, it's like, oh, it's under 100 degrees.
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This is pumpkin spice weather.
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And like, oh, the leaves are turning.
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It's like, our cactuses have no leaves.
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But get your scarf on, run to Starbucks.
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We're gonna grab latte today.
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I hear you.
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Uh, what are your thoughts on matcha?
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Do you use matcha a lot in your yeah?
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Matcha, matcha is what are my personal thoughts?
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I don't I don't uh tend to drink it as often.
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Yeah.
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Um I know it's what made from green tea leaves.
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Yeah.
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So we've got a little bit of a boost for caffeine in there, and it has some health benefits associated with it as well.
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Yeah.
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Um, I know a few of my Ayurvedic teachers, if they're drinking matcha, it's it's always gonna going to be um complemented with a few other spices in there as well.
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Yeah.
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Um, but no, personally, I just I don't drink it as often.
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Yeah.
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No, because it's become a big thing and everyone's like they're matcha lots of things.
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You gotta be careful what you say because the matcha army will come after you.
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What?
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The matcha army.
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They they can't.
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Yeah, I think their slogan is like keep calm and matcha on.
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I I heard it has a lot of caffeine in it, so that's funny.
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It's all it's like hundred milligrams or something, something.
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No, it's it's less than coffee coffee.
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A cup of coffee is 80 milligrams.
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Oh, you're not drinking strong enough coffee.
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No, I'm just saying like standard coffee or even a shot of espresso.
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One shirt.
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Well, I suppose you have to fact check that.
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It's not it's not very high in caffeine, it's not gonna like give you much of a boost.
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So so what spices would you add to your matcha if you were gonna have matcha?
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I don't I don't know.
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Maybe some cinnamon, maybe some that match.
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Yes, I add cinnamon to everything.
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Yeah, it's always hard to just mix matcha.
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It seems like that powder never mixes well with anything.
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So um no, you just drink it on top of water.
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You you're not boiling your water hot enough.
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Yeah.
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So um, yeah, so like talking longevity-wise, what you know, do you have spices or um herbs that you use for like longevity people that come in for longevity and uh better health?
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Yeah, um typically I'd love to start out with like more lifestyle practices, but just to answer your question and not leave you hanging, um Shiliji is a really wonderful traditional Ayurvedic, I would like to say herb, but it's really like a mineral complex.
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Yeah.
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It's something that's found on the Himalayan mountains.
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It's like a mineral resin.
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Yeah.
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And it's really building, builds the tissues, build the builds the blood.
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Um Chaiwan Prash is another really traditional Ayurvedic uh formulation.
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Yeah, and it's actually made from 40 different herbs.
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Um, one of the top ingredients in it is amalaki, which is also known as Indian gooseberry.
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Yeah.
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And that's really, really good.
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Lucky.
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Yeah.
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Like I'm lucky.
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Amalaki.
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I am lucky.
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I'll be lucky, I'll take it.
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It's uh really high in vitamin C.
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It has like over 400 times more vitamin C than an orange wood.
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Oh wow.
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Um, so it's really orange has a lot.
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It has a lot.
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You probably kill any virus if you have it right.
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Absolutely.
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Um it's delicious too.
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I mean, it looks like black tar, but it's like a jam.
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Yeah.
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And you can mix it in warm milk, you can eat it straight off of the spoon.
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Okay.
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Put it on your toast.
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Um, and it's so gentle, even though it's so powerful, that traditionally um women would give it to their children.
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And it especially like, you know, this time of year when things are getting passed around more, yeah.
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Um, the weather is changing, you just want to stay on top of your immunity.
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I gotta get some of that stuff for my kids.
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Oh, they keep on getting sick.
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Yeah, you're gonna be able to do that.
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Yeah, it's better than airborne.
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So it's amalog.
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Yeah.
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Um yeah, so the formula is called Chaiwan Prosh.
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Chaiwan prohibit.
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It's mouthful to say, yeah, but um 40 different herbs.
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Yeah, and you can I'm starting to see these products in normal health food stores, like Whole Foods and Sprouts now.
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Yeah, sprouts, I love sprouts because it it brings some like up-and-coming stuff.
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Like I find amazing stuff in there, and it's much better than like it has a lot more like natural products than Whole Foods, like, especially when you're digging into like herb, herbal medicine and stuff.
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I think they have quite a bit of stuff in there.
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I don't know how you feel about I haven't even noticed that.
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That's really interesting, though.
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Yeah, because even more recently they they have like their longevity aisle, which they have like synellitics and stuff, and I'm like, what the hell?
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Like, yeah, they're getting all into like the whole supplement world and adding, I think, to their carrying that stuff.
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I mean, just good business.
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Just try it out.
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If it doesn't work out, yeah, you can cut back.
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What I love about theirs is uh they also have like a whole Sprouts has like a whole aisle of like up and coming stuff that like yeah, you know, they're not they're like just startups and they have like some some amazing like products that you can just try out.
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What sucks is like if you like it and it disappears, you just like damn it.
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Well, there was the protein bar that I tried to invest in, and they actually now carry it because it went out for like three, four months, and I was ordering it online, but like now they have it back on the aisle.
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Similar to like where we went to med school in the Caribbean, they were just like, Oh, like your favorite cereal is carried by the local supermarket.
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Grab as much as you can because it probably won't be there in two weeks.
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So you talked about like you're hitting on lifestyle changes, and what are some of the major lifestyle changes that you talk talk to people about?
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Um changes.
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I'm not I don't know what to do.
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Or changes are what are more recommendations or recommendations?
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Lifestyle recommendations.
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Well, one of the things that I really recommend to people is just slowing down.
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I would say that movement really ages you.
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Yeah.
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And I also I think I've heard it a few times in the Ayurveda world that mental movement will age you faster than physical movement.
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Yeah.
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Not to say that you want to be absolutely sluggish or stagnant.
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We do need a little bit of movement here and there, but um just, you know, we're we live in a society where we are taught like burning the wick at both ends is great.
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The more you do, the more you invest in, the more entrepreneurial roads you're running down.
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I mean, just keep going.
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It's the rat race, right?
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But it's really, if you think about like the myelian sheath is is there to protect you and keep things running smoothly.
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It's it's like a lamp cord, I think, that just it's like frying.
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And so if you don't have that cord around the wire to protect from all that friction and movement, that that cord is just getting.
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So I think our cords as physicians is like pretty short.
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Like I think we burn it like like all the time with like a torch instead of just a small flame.
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Waking up early, going hard, long hours.
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Yeah, and it never ends.
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We don't you don't you don't go home and you're like, all right, um, it's not a cushy job either.
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It's yeah, it's hard work.
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I know it's something most people don't realize.
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Like it's actual hard work, not just mentally, but physically too, most of the time.
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But for people that have the high-paced lifestyle, they need to get certain amounts of things, like what can they incorporate into their daily habits?
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That's a great question.
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And one of the core concepts of Ayurveda is uh kind of understanding what your own specific body constitution is.
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So the person that you are describing is a pitta person, and that means that out of the five elements, um, they're gonna have more fire in them.
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So they need that drive.
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So to tell them to kind of slow it down might not sound very appealing for them.
00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:19.599
But um, even if they wanted to go out and do a little bit of moonbathing, um, drinking coconut water in the summertime, um, just adding a little bit of water element is gonna be really soothing for them.
00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:25.920
So go visit a waterfall or listen to the soundscapes at night with the water running.
00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:37.279
I mean, you can really find something to balance that fiery nature within you that's not gonna take away from who what makes you you as a person.
00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:50.000
But when you start noticing like all this heat is making me a little bit more agitated or or angry, you know, it's starting to tip the scales now where you're a little bit more imbalanced.
00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:55.039
Not to say that heat isn't good in and of itself, but just kind of take note.
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And once you start to see that imbalance coming out to where now physical symptoms are manifesting, you know, you've got the IBS going on or those um you know, sinus headaches.
00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:09.359
So just kind of taking it slow and easy.
00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:12.160
Like cold plunge is a good thing.
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Yeah, stay away from the hot yoga for sure.
00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.880
Cold plunge is a good idea for that person.
00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:25.440
And we we love oil massage in in Ayurveda, so you would recommend a cooling oil, like a coconut oil for that person.
00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.160
Okay.
00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.319
That's good to know.
00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:35.680
Any type of massage what elements firing up right now, I'm like a massage.
00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:44.240
I got one this weekend, so except for a little well, the little ones don't let you get away from it.
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So that's true.
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Or you just gotta massage and they get you all tensed up running after them.
00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:54.160
That's where I learned a lot about Ayurveda.
00:18:54.480 --> 00:19:01.839
It's like one of the masseuses was started talking about it, and I was like, I started researching it and learning more about it.
00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.480
Um and she was like running her own thing.
00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:06.880
So I was like, all right, that was pretty cool.
00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:24.880
And and like now we kind of see reels where like, you know, there's I don't know, it it's this guy's more Chinese medicine, and he tells you like the different things to combine to like like help with gas bloating or like immunity and stuff like that.
00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:34.880
So um like little pointers and things that you pretty much have at home that you could pretty much put together and just get the health benefits out of.
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Yeah, I mean these systems of medicine came from they're called folk medicine because they're they're medicine of the people.
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It's accessible to anybody.
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Yeah.
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W so what do you what do you recommend for someone that's like high high stress and like to calm you know, to kind of get themselves calm?
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Is there like we talked about cinnamon, but
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I think that would be the best, but yeah, you bring up a good point.
00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:17.759
I mean, if it was caused by fire, but that's the thing is with Ayurveda, everybody is unique.
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Yeah.
00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:21.519
So what's causing that stress in the first place?
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Is it something that is mobile?
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Then let's bring in that stable element.
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Let's bring them a heavy-weighted blanket or put a nice fluffy cat on their lap.
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Yeah.
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Um, are they stressed because of health issues?
00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.720
Then let's focus on that.
00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.039
But um, generally for my stress, I love to turn to the nervines.
00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.799
So what are the nervines I like?
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Um, it would it be funny if I said cinnamon?
00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:49.599
Um, well, I really like nutmeg.
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Yeah.
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Pumpkin spice.
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Yeah.
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No, no, I don't drink pumpkin spice tea at night.
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Um, but now that you're mentioning it, I just might try that.
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Fits in there.
00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:10.079
Like, I know like my wife loves nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin spice.
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There's a lot of like what we throw into uh fall flavors.
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Making a milk, and you're just looking at it.
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It's just more comfortable in the East Coast because it's cold over here.
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It's a lot different.
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Yeah.
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I associate it a lot with warming.
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Yeah, I associate a lot of that with like warm liquids.
00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:35.440
Yeah, it's just like I you can only drink warm liquids like two months of a year over here.
00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:40.880
Um that might be another reason too, why stress is happening for you.
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Um cold drinks.
00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:51.519
Yeah, cold drinks are like really constricting, you know, they're they're constricting the blood vessels, and so you need that healthy blood flow.
00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:59.119
So maybe it would I drink warm, warm drinks throughout the whole year, even in the heat of the summer.
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Yeah, my drinks are usually made on the kettle, put in my thermos so they stay warm all all day long.
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Sprinkle a little salt, lemon, jaggery, which is a non non-refined process, non-processed sugar.
00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:18.640
Yeah, um, you know, the sugar helps you um be able to take the water into your cells.
00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.079
The salt is gonna help you.
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You can find jaggery usually at the Indian grocery mart.
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Okay.
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No, because I'm I'm all about cold, because if it's liquids, I drink at an absurdly fast rate.
00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.440
Yeah.
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It started with bears in undergrad, but I'm like, oh, I don't need to spend time like drinking this.
00:22:42.799 --> 00:23:01.519
So even when I get up, my caffeine drink to start the day is like two to four shots of espresso on ice just so I can just put it down in like 10 seconds, like that minimize the amount of time I needed to take to intake caffeine.
00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.960
It's a good strategy.
00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:09.599
I mean, there is a little bit of a learning curve with wanting to drink a warm beverage in 115 degree heat.
00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:12.880
I didn't just do it and start automatically loving it.
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But once I noticed that it was helpful for my body, it was a little bit easier.
00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:28.079
You know, drinking um smaller sips of water throughout the day that's warm is going to actually hydrate your body better than drinking a full cold glass of water.
00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:31.359
And your digestive fire is a fire.
00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:36.880
So if you're dousing it with a big cup of cold water, you're really not doing yourself any favors.
00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:39.119
And how about breathing exercises?
00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:42.000
Are you guys big into breathing exercises?
00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.680
We're big into that, yeah.
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For sure.
00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:47.440
Um, are you being we love them?
00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.640
So yeah.
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What's your favorite?
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Box breathing is mine.
00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.240
I love a good box breath.
00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.920
I do the four, seven, eight.
00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:00.160
That's the I think very much similar box breath.
00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.480
And that one's just so easy to remember.
00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:08.480
Yeah, you don't have to be specific, like what was it five counts or was it eight counts?
00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.720
Yeah.
00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:26.079
As long as you're kind of like making that usually like the first three to four cycles, you keep the numbers in your head, and then like just realize uh you can you can hold your breath longer, you can um slow things down more.
00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:31.759
And as you do that, like it it slows the body, like just the process.
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Like your body's nerve stimulation.
00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:47.519
Yeah, like like you're like, oh, okay, I realized I was tense in my forearms or calves or like upper back, and like you let that go, and and you can hold your breath longer.
00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:52.480
Not that the point is to hold your breath, but it like slows you down.
00:24:52.960 --> 00:25:06.480
And the main thing I realized is like even when I was like in great shape, like wrestling in undergrad, when when we dipped underwater, I couldn't hold my breath for like 30 seconds.
00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.880
And then it was actually at your house.
00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:12.319
I just like went underwater and like just played dead.
00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:38.079
So my face was underwater and it was like over three, four minutes because it just like the breathing slowing down the metabolism of the body and like how your muscles and all your tissue like uses that energy was able to like be like, okay, I don't need all this, I can slow it down, do less work rather than like just doing work for kind of like for living.
00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:52.079
And there is a line, there is a school of thought in the you know, yoga world that talks about how when you're born, you're administered a certain number of breaths, and that's all you get.
00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:56.240
So if you are slowing down your breathing, you really are increasing the length of life.
00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.799
Yeah.
00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:04.079
And one thing I'd like to come back with, like something we always trace and talk about is resting heart rate.
00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:11.279
It's like it there's gotta be some type of correlation with the number of heartbeats that you have in your life.
00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:27.359
There's gonna be some weird outcomes where somebody has like an early heart attack for like whatever reason, but like for most people, they probably have a very similar amount of like heartbeats to their lifespan.
00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:36.400
If they live a healthy life, they're most likely gonna live to let's say well, whatever, a hundred heartbeats, even though it's like that doesn't make sense.
00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:43.680
But like so, your resting heart rate, like the range they give you now is what 60 to 100.
00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.279
That's a lot.
00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.319
Well, 100 is high.
00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:49.440
100's high, I would say 60 to 90, or 60.
00:26:50.400 --> 00:27:12.319
But either way, even 60 to 90, if you're talking about 60 to 90, that's 30 beats a minute, and multiply that by 60 minutes, multiply that by 24 hours, and then a day a week, and it gets exponentially out of hand, and not not just that factor, uh that's resting heart rate.
00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:26.079
If your resting heart rate is 70 compared to 60, when you're active, and I'm not saying like working out, like you're just walking from here to your car or something.
00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:36.880
If your resting heart rate's higher, the amount it shoots up from when you get from a sitting position to walking is even higher than that.
00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:57.519
So that's an another exponential factor where like your heart beats so many more times, where it's like, okay, you're you're being lazy, you're not moving around, so everything every part of your body being lazy is is stressing out your heart even more.
00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:02.319
Because then like, okay, my wrestling heart rate's 70 instead of 60.
00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:14.319
That's not much of a difference, but when I'm moving around, instead of shooting up to 100, shooting up to 120, just because I'm walking, my body wants to move.
00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.200
Yeah.
00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:18.640
Yeah, and it's just like talking about chronic stress.
00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:25.920
It's like chronic, even small bits of stress throughout your life that you don't even recognize.
00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:35.200
That you gotta just try to figure out where you're chronically stressing your body, whether it's with work, whether it's mental or physical.
00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:48.000
You don't want to just have that chronic stress where, like, you know, these marathon runners, they look like they're the healthiest people, but they all die early because they're like chronically stressing their body.
00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:51.440
Some of them do, some of them live longer than other people.
00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.240
Not really.
00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:54.160
Most of them die early.
00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:56.640
Most of them, it's chronic stress.
00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:00.960
I always said running marathons is not a healthy thing.
00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.519
Yeah.
00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:03.680
It would be interesting to get that data.
00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.079
Yeah.
00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:13.519
And interesting to get the data too on on the heart rate and you know, comparing how would how does that equal to your longevity?
00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:17.519
Um, an interesting concept in Ayurveda is the pulse diagnosis.
00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:26.160
And a person with a kha constitution, interesting, interestingly enough, that's the person with more earth and water in their body.
00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.400
So they are a little bit more sturdy and stable in general as a person.
00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:36.160
And they do have a slower resting heart rate than a Vata person.
00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.559
Did you say Khaffa?
00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.599
Kafa.
00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:41.039
Kafka constitution.
00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:45.039
So that's a person whose um two main elements.
00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:52.559
We all have all five elements in our body, but the two most predominant elements in a kha constitution are earth and water.
00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:57.680
And as you can tell, like those would just be more stable than say air and space.
00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.160
Yeah.
00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.920
More stable than fire.
00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.160
Fire is volatile and moves a lot.
00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:06.720
So these are these are the healthiest people, according to Ayurveda.
00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:20.640
And and that's wonderful for me to hear because you know, I grew up in a world thinking like skinny was beautiful and healthy, but it's honestly the people who have a little bit more reserve are a little bit more healthy.
00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.720
And I I see that with my own parents.
00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:30.240
You know, my my dad has always been really sturdy and slow to think, slow to walk, slow to talk.
00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:36.160
And as they're aging, I mean, he looks like he can go for another 30 years.
00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:44.240
And my mom is, she's always been a sharp thinker, yeah, and really good at figuring things out and just a little hot-tempered.
00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:47.599
And I'm seeing her start to decline a little bit more now.
00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.000
Yeah.
00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.559
Yeah.
00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.160
They say that even with heart health and the medical research.
00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:57.359
If you're a type A personality, like you're more likely to get a heart attack.
00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:02.000
And they they just they they published research on that.
00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:08.480
So it kind of goes like hand in hand with like uh kind of like how intense you are.
00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:16.079
You probably have a certain amount of energy to spend in your lifespan, so spend it wisely.
00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:33.680
And if you don't need to spend energy, like just sit back, like preserve, recover, recover, and just think through like okay, what like mind the whole mindfulness aspect aspect.
00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:39.039
Well, it's that increased cortisol level, the continuous increased cortisol level.
00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.400
It's not good.
00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:48.240
And I I think that's where you know we look at our HRV or um heart rate variability.
00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:55.519
As physicians, I think that never goes, it's supposed to be high and it's very low for us.
00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.319
Yeah.
00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:05.039
Uh other than if I get in my bed and set it to like 50s and it totally like cools you, but you can't sleep that way.
00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:09.440
Yeah, it's maybe like one hour at a time, yeah, at most.
00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:23.599
Yeah, and I think it's it's stuff that we do that's like unaware of what you do, is like it all makes sense.
00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:26.880
It's like calm your body, calm your mind.
00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:42.559
It's you have a certain reserve, and the best way to motivate yourself to like not like overdo it is think of it as you you have this glass of reserve for your lifetime.
00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:46.720
It's not like oh you took a huge gulp now and it's done.
00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:58.720
It's like no, you have some left, just use it wisely because you just went you just went bonkers for like 10 years, 20 years, going through school, getting your career off, getting stable.
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:12.400
It's probably like most uh middle-aged people that might listen to this podcast be like, okay, the best advice we can give is like take a step back.
00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:35.359
Like it's well, in the physician role, you're you know, like for us, we can do that, but like a lot of people are employed nowadays, and it's turning more and more to that, so they almost can't find a way out, and you know, where we talk about burnout, and they're just you know working for some private equity or big person.
00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:39.119
Yeah, you're stuck in the system, so you have to keep this going.
00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.319
Yeah, I don't know.
00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:52.720
At at some point you gotta step back and just be honest with yourself, like like what what's good for me, what's not, how can I change my well and that's that's why people are stepping away from medicine.
00:33:52.960 --> 00:34:09.920
People that find their way to be away from it, and once they lose their a lot of people have already lost lost their passion by you know, by the time they're in burnout, and they're just doing it because you know, sometimes they're the breadwinners.
00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.320
Yeah.
00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:12.800
Just less people interested in medicine.
00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.199
Yeah.
00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:18.480
Well, and just to bring it back a little bit, there's really nothing wrong with going hard.
00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:22.400
It's and you said earlier, like just make sure that there's a recovery plan.
00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.960
Yeah.
00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:27.360
You know, um, it's okay to drink the water as long as you know that you can fill it up again.
00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:32.000
It's when you're when you're starting to borrow against tomorrow, that's when you know you're in trouble.
00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:48.159
And I mean, we see ourselves mirrored in nature so frequently with Ayurveda, and that this concept here is like there's gonna be a certain part of the plant's life where it's growing more and it's growing more beautifully.
00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:55.519
And there's, you know, in the very beginning of its life, it's stuck in the ground and it's just gaining all these nutrients, but then all of a sudden it blooms.
00:34:55.679 --> 00:35:00.159
And when you are young and you're establishing your career, that's the time to do it.
00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:01.840
Yeah, it's okay to go hard.
00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:07.440
Yeah, but just you know, take that step back and recognize when you can and if you can before it's too late.
00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:13.440
And yeah, if there was a PSA to just like say, hey, you can get stuck in this trap.
00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:21.119
Just surround yourself with people, surround yourself with like listening to these types of podcasts that just help you see those lights, those red lights.
00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:30.559
Whether it was we were young or like I I think the tides have kind of changed on sleep because like sleep wasn't held as important.
00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:33.840
It's like you know, because I sleep a ton.
00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:36.639
I always I slept a lot.
00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:42.960
There were some times this is before med school, and I was a slacker, I didn't need to be up for anything.
00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:46.239
I worked in the restaurants, got out at like 1 or 2 a.m.
00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:50.480
But I still slept like good 12 to 14 hours a night.
00:35:50.559 --> 00:36:01.519
It's just like a that's also not good for you, but no, I know, yeah, but I was just like I was quite young, like this is like in my early 20s, yeah.
00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:05.599
And and then it started shifting with med school, yeah.
00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:19.440
And then now like being over 40, it's like I gotta I have to optimize for bed, yeah, like doing something dumb or like that doesn't need to be done, and it's 9 30.
00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.000
I'm like there's no need for this.
00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.440
I gotta I gotta go to bed.
00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:26.960
Yeah, and not because uh I need to wake up.
00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:33.920
Like I was telling you, like this weekend, just like the first time three days in a row, I got over eight hours of sleep.
00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:58.719
I got up Monday, I was just like ready to take on whatever, and just that type of weekend will give me enough energy to roll, even if I'm sleep deprived for like a few nights throughout the week, I can probably roll for like a good three, four weeks just just from that like fuel I've built up over that weekend of getting like adequate sleep.
00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:16.800
I know you might have slept, but like before, like people would talk about like you only need four hours of sleep or five hours of sleep, but that's that's not many people that can shift and say there's a genetic mutation that certain people with that mutation only need four to six hours of sleep.
00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.840
Yeah, it's it's not me.
00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:33.360
Yeah, I I can I can be functional with like four to six hours of sleep a night for like three, four weeks, like get into that fourth week, I'll start getting more like burnt out.
00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.719
Yeah, I I can't do that on the regular basis anymore.
00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:55.119
I I would before when we were in residency, but now it's like you know, because some nights you you can like I'll as long as I hit my deep sleep, and some sometimes you can hit your deep deep sleep and your REM sleep needs in five to six hours of sleep.
00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:58.079
Because that's but some nights you need eight, nine hours to get right.
00:37:58.480 --> 00:38:08.639
Yeah, some some nights you do need that eight now and nine hour span of being in bed and recovering to be able to hit anywhere even close to an hour, you know.
00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:24.639
There with the aura ring, it it's not accurate, and that's why I compare this to my bed to my like watch to see like which ones, you know, like average between the three to see like what to how you feel, yeah.
00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:28.719
Um, but it is nice like your sleep score is a 97.
00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:31.519
I'm like, yeah, that's the placebo effect.
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.480
I feel good.
00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:36.000
Like I'm I'm yeah, I had a great night.
00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:38.480
I don't yeah.
00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.559
I don't I don't stress over it, and that's it.
00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:57.679
That's what at the beginning you do, but like you gotta just calm yourself down and be like, yeah, it's good to keep track of like certain markers, again, resting heart rate, heart rate variation, uh like amount of deep sleep versus rem sleep.
00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:02.880
Like if if it's if it's not happening, you gotta try something different.
00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:16.800
Yeah, the main thing is like to make sure, you know, like 90 or 80 to 90 percent of the time you are hitting that four or five cycles of your REM deep light sleep.
00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:23.280
Um, and then you know, like one night, all right, you didn't do that, that's fine.
00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:30.159
But like you want to approach like 80-90 percent, just try to hit that, you know, and that that's what I look at.
00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:39.360
I'm like, all right, if I didn't hit it one night or two nights, I'm like, all right, I'm I'm not even paying attention, I'm just going to bed like super early.
00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:42.400
And a sleep routine is so important as well.
00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:53.199
I mean, it can affect even if you have 10 hours of sleep, but you just crashed after going, going, going, and then all of a sudden your head hits the pillow and you don't wake up for 10 hours.
00:39:53.360 --> 00:40:04.880
That's not as restful as if you set yourself up for sleep with dimming the lights a little bit earlier and Taking away some of that stimulation and just calming the mind and preparing the body for sleep.
00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:10.480
And I also think that like a sleep a good sleep routine starts the morning that you wake up.
00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:12.559
It doesn't start at six PM at night.
00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:12.960
Yeah.
00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:14.559
No, that's definitely true.
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:19.599
Uh if you don't have consistency, it it doesn't matter.
00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:23.519
Oh, I got like 10 hours of sleep and I got like two hours of sleep.
00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:27.440
And but I got like 10 hours of sleep like three times this week.
00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:31.280
Kind of that's actually like backwards.
00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:42.000
Having like a stable routine before going to bed and being able to go to sleep at a similar time every night.
00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:47.599
That's a very simple thing a lot of people can do uh to help themselves out.
00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:52.559
They're like, okay, my my alarm my sleep alarm went off.
00:40:52.639 --> 00:41:06.639
Like this is like set it to like nine o'clock because you want to get like wind everything down, calm everything down, and be able to go to bed by 9 30 and fall asleep before 10.
00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:10.239
I think that's realistic for a decent amount of people.
00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:29.280
Um one thing a lot of people overdo is whether it's ambient or even things like natural stuff like melatonin, they don't realize that you're you're inhibiting your body's inner ability to make those compounds.
00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:35.039
One of the best ways to induce melatonin is by looking at the sun first thing in the morning.
00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:41.280
Your your body starts producing melatonin right away, first thing, not right before you fall asleep.
00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.079
Yeah, yeah.
00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:50.480
Exposing yourself to natural light is going to be such a better uh way to get that melatonin than taking a pill.
00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.039
Yeah.
00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:56.079
And then if you take the pill, it inhibits your body's actual ability to do that.
00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:58.719
So yeah, why should I make it if you're just gonna give it to me?
00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.360
Yeah, yeah.
00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:04.800
So people fall asleep, but they'll wake up and then not be able to fall back asleep.
00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:10.719
So yeah, and that's I think uh that's a good talk about like the nervous system too.
00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:16.079
Like you have to have a solid, healthy nervous system to be able to not only fall asleep, but to stay asleep.
00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:16.480
Yeah.
00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:24.639
And if you're waking up to the slightest noise or movement or even shift in temperature, I mean that's a barometer right there for you.
00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:30.400
Like maybe I need to take a little bit more time to recover and and relax the body.
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:32.239
Maybe I'm a little too high strung.
00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.119
Yeah.
00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.559
Makes sense.
00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:42.079
Yeah, we we both have like the heat and cooling mattresses that yeah, kind of keep us pretty asleep.
00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:54.239
And it tells you it's like if you try to change the temperature over time more than three degrees, it's like you don't want to do yeah, you you're not you're gonna wake up because it's too much of a temperature change for your body to deal with.
00:42:54.960 --> 00:43:02.000
Even three degrees, that's that's like it's it's like once you go like four degrees or something, that you're not surprised.
00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:18.800
And and then sometimes though, like if you wake up and it's like your typical cool like temperature you have every night, and you wake up and try to fall asleep, like falling asleep and staying asleep is completely different.
00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:24.159
It's just like just like 30 minutes over there, like this is freezing.
00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:32.480
Like lying on cold ass rocks, and like these just like this this is supposed to calm me down.
00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.360
Come on, calm me down.
00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:35.760
My heart rate was calm me down.00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:39.760
Have you guys ever heard of the term of the sleep divorce?00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:47.519
No, sleep divorce is like a new kind of up and coming popular thing because our co-sleepers are terrible.00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:50.000
Yeah, I mean, mine snores.00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:53.760
I have a I'm like, I don't I love you, but I don't love sleeping next to you.00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.559
Yeah, yeah.00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:59.679
You come to bed late and you're on the phone, the backlight.00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:03.119
I can I can feel it in my body, even though my eyes are closed.00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:05.440
And when you're not settled, I'm not settled.00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:05.840
Yeah.00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:08.159
So sleep divorce is wonderful.00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.599
Sleep in two separate rooms.00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:16.320
Yeah, there's like some people even like put tape on the lights from the TV, you know, like the little light.00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:17.119
That little blue light.00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:25.920
You're rather than divorce light, just come up, come up with an agreement where like this is when we're going to try to get into bed.00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:27.679
Like this is when we're gonna sleep.00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:30.239
You don't disturb me, I don't disturb you.00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:42.480
One thing with the sleeve divorce, I had uh I called them million dollar ideas because they're really good ideas, they can make a million dollars, they probably won't make any more than that.00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:54.400
My wife would constantly uh pull the blankets and sheets over her where it's like just pulling it off on me, yeah.00:44:54.480 --> 00:45:09.599
You have like a tiny corner, yeah, and so I'm like I can just make a comforter that's like a conveyor belt, so no matter how much she pulls this way, it gets pulled around and it just keeps me covered the whole time.00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:13.360
And she can be happy pulling the comforter, and I'm always covered.00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:17.039
I always thought that idea would make me about one million dollars.00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:18.159
No more, no less.00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:19.599
That's pretty brilliant.00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:22.480
Conveyor belt bed.00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:34.960
Yeah, my wife always comes to bed like super late, or she passes out with the kids, which we usually I also feel like I'm way more quiet if Sarah's asleep than Sarah is when I'm asleep.00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.599
That's a problem.00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:38.000
I think I've seen some memes about it.00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:45.440
It's like just like I'm like it's like when you're laying down in in Shivasana at yoga class and somebody knocks over their yeti.00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:47.519
Yeah, like I'm trying to relax here.00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:48.800
Yeah, I think it's stinky.00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:50.480
Well, my my dog's the worst.00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:52.559
My dog's like, I don't know.00:45:52.880 --> 00:46:01.519
She she hears noises and like and she's a tiny dog, but then she'll come up and expect me to get her back to sleep, you know.00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:04.159
And I'm like, dude, you just woke me back up.00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:06.559
Pets can be just as bad as the partner.00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.440
Oh, yeah.00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.639
Probably worse, I think.00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.360
Probably worse.00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:10.239
Our pets are good.00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:11.440
You should have trained her.00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:13.760
Yeah.00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:15.760
And it it's more me.00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:20.000
Like, if I get out of bed, she wants yeah, she jumps all over me.00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:21.519
My wife, she leaves alone.00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:36.960
But the the one bad sleep habit I have that I constantly gotta remind myself of like if I wake up and it's like three in the morning, just like don't look at the screen, don't look at the time, don't like because it's just like then it's like two o'clock.00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:40.960
Or then like bring up like Twitter, Instagram.00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:45.599
It's like just looking at garbage too, like not gaining anything.00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:48.639
And like once I've looked at the screen, that's it.00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:49.760
I'm it's over.00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:55.440
Um, yeah, I'll I'll be lucky to fall back asleep, not to mention within an hour.00:46:55.840 --> 00:47:00.400
It's that's the algorithms are probably like, let's give them some of the worst.00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:02.159
Oh, this motherfucker's awake.00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:03.199
Let's go get them.00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:06.000
Yeah, but it's gives you like the worst stuff.00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:11.840
It's not like nothing congruent and ADHD, and you're like, I got nothing out of this.00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.000
And for some reason, you're like, I still have to.00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:19.039
Instead of like during the day, you're like, oh, this is good stuff at night, it's like all garbage.00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:26.960
It's almost like when you used to watch late night TV and what's infomercials, but you know, it's almost like that.00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:29.920
Have you like ever remembered you looked at?00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:34.079
I I think the algorithms when you wake up in the middle of the night are like the worst.00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:41.119
They're just like, hey, try buying this thing, and here's a random person.00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:42.159
Yeah, awesome.00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:46.480
Trying all new stuff and you clicked it, it's gonna show up during the day, too.00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:49.519
So I try to share that with all my friends.00:47:51.599 --> 00:47:58.159
I think we're getting pretty close to like uh you know how like when you say a product and then all of a sudden it's all over your feet.00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:01.920
So pretty soon when you're dreaming about a product, you wake up in the middle of the day.00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:05.440
You're like about to look for something, it's like Amazon.00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:07.119
I saw your eye movements.00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:08.639
I know what to your dude.00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:12.480
Like like one of the worst things was I was like, send it to my door.00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:13.360
Stop it.00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:25.519
Our shower was clogged, and like I got all this infomercials about like the clogger thing, and I'm like, I was just thinking about it, but I'm like, how did how did it be home about the clogging?00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:30.079
I didn't even check for how to unclog it or anything.00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:31.280
Gotta love big data.00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:32.559
I mean, it's very helpful.00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:35.519
I'm like, I'm open to it.00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:40.480
I'm not as much of a pessimist as most people, but it is scary.00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:46.000
It it's like same, but you can't get away from it, so you might as well embrace it.00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:56.880
I mean, like the worst case scenario, you have the terminator, but if the terminator shows up to like unclog your toilet, or like I noticed you have extra dirty dishes.00:48:57.039 --> 00:48:57.599
Oh, thank you.00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.880
But we came here.00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:00.480
I was hoping for you.00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:04.960
Bought the Rabian glasses and we loved it, but like then everyone scares you.00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:11.599
Oh, they they have you know, the camera's gonna be on all the time, and they'll get all of the data where you're at.00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:14.239
And I didn't stop using it because of that.00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:16.079
They kind of stopped using it.00:49:16.159 --> 00:49:20.239
I was like, that that's kind of what I was like with my little kids.00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:29.119
I'm like, because I used to wear mainly like when we were out with the kids to just video record them, and like then I'm like, I would definitely not get kids involved.00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:32.960
Yeah, you never know what they're looking at.00:49:33.199 --> 00:49:33.840
Yeah.00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:37.440
So thank you for coming.00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.480
Thank you.
