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Prostate Cancer, Longevity, and the Treatments That Help—or Hurt—Your Lifespan · Intellectual Medicine

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  And here's a key element, folks, consistency.
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  Whatever you do, it's got to fit your life when you do things in
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  a proactive way so that nothing bad happens.
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  When nothing happens, either it's working or it never would
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  have gone bad in the 1st place. So we have to make value
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  judgments, cost benefit, risk tolerance, get the with a proven
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  clinician, a clinician who can do everything so they don't have
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  to do anything. You want to live long and you
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  want to live vital. That's what I want to do.
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  So I thought I'd share with you in the next 15 minutes or so the
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  key elements, what matters the most?
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  What things should you prioritize to maintain your
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  vitality and extend your lifespan?
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  Hey, we're only alive once. We're dead a long time, we might
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  as well milk it, right? So I thought it would be
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  simplest if I just shared with you what I currently do.
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  Now this is not universal. It varies based on age, but it's
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  a good starting point. Let's begin with the basics.
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  One of the most important tools that I have in my anti aging
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  regimen is a food scale. People, we don't have an off
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  button. You start eating, you don't
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  stop. The French have a saying.
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  Nothing whets the appetite like eating.
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  True that. That's why they give you bread
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  when you go to a restaurant, right?
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  They don't want to give away food, they want to Jack up your
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  appetite. We do not have a capacity to
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  judge appropriate food value volume.
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  We start eating, your eyes roll back.
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  We're like a great white. This type of incremental
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  excessive intake of food leads to adiposity.
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  Fat shortens life and compromises vitality.
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  Period increases inflammation, shortens lifespan, increases
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  dementia risk, cancer risk. So you start in the kitchen,
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  don't get complicated, people. Volume control supersedes food
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  selection. And while I'm on the topic, some
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  of the things that I like to not like, anything that is a super
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  green mix powder. It's going to give you all your
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  polyphenols, it's going to give you all your fruits and
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  vegetables, all in a gummy or a powder.
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  For God's sakes, just eat the damn food.
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  The powdered crap has absolutely no role in health, maintenance
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  and longevity for the vast majority of us.
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  Now if you like that and it gives you pleasure, OK.
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  Another thing that I like to not like juicing.
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  Don't tell me you're detoxing with juice.
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  For God's sakes, look at the science.
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  Juice is concentrated sugar. I don't care if it's kale juice,
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  you're taking out the fiber and jacking up the sugar.
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  So I don't like those two things.
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  But what do I like? Hormones.
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  Love them. Testosterone, I take that every
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  week. And clomiphene for men
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  stimulates testicular preservation.
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  So if you're on testosterone alone, you're going to lose
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  testicular function and size. It's not just aesthetic, men.
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  Those testicles make things besides testosterone that are
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  important for your vitality. And if you're not getting it,
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  you need to consider it. For women, hormones as well.
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  By age 50 for women, by age 60. For men, even if you feel
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  fabulous, you want your hormones.
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  For women, it's testosterone, often estrogen, often
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  progesterone for both dihydropandosterone or DHEA
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  aspiring to get to youthful levels that's going to maintain
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  another key component of longevity, muscle mass.
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  And this goes back to a lifestyle dynamic, right?
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  The reason, amongst others, that I don't promote, advocate nor
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  like nor think much of intermittent fasting is because
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  it's counterproductive to muscle development.
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  You want to grow muscle, you got to have protein and you've got
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  to have it staggered throughout the day.
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  You can't predict when your muscles are going to go into an
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  anabolic growth phase. Therefore, you've got to be
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  consistent to grow muscle, right.
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  I have a feeding time every three to four hours.
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  I target 40 grams of protein. I weigh 200 lbs.
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  I'm 5 foot 10. So those variables have an
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  effect. You want to have roughly 1g of
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  protein per pound, can be half a gram per pound over 24 hours.
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  So you got to have your protein muscle.
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  Muscle correlates with vitality and longevity folks.
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  One of the most powerful predictors of how long you're
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  going to live. Two of them you can do easily.
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  One of them is grip strength. A more powerful grip has been
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  shown to correlate with longevity more effectively and
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  more accurately than blood pressure.
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  So we all worry we got the blood pressure monitors and maybe just
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  getting a grip testing device. Another thing that can help
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  predict longevity. It's called the sit stand test.
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  It's simple to do. You sit in a chair, cross your
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  hands over your shoulders like so, and then stand up, Sit,
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  stand, sit, stand for 30 seconds.
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  If you're 60 or older, the average is 14.
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  I did this recently. I knocked out thirty of them.
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  I could have done better. I know I could have.
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  I may try it again. Am I bragging?
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  Maybe a little bit, but more importantly, I like to believe
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  I'm role modelling, I'm templating, I practice what I
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  preach. I live it.
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  I think. I think the older your anti
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  aging specialist is, the more valuable and validated the
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  advice becomes. Maybe I'm just saying that
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  because I'm a man of a certain age.
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  But seriously, power. So the other thing that I do,
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  strength train, I like heavyweight.
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  I know it's debated. Heavyweight, Lightweight comes
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  about. I like heavyweight.
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  Nothing's been shown to develop muscle better.
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  So for instance, when I'm in the gym, I lift weights six days a
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  week. I do different body parts.
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  I only lift weights for about 30 minutes tops.
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  I don't have a ton of time and I segregate the body parts.
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  I'll do pull, push legs, kind of a cycle.
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  But for instance, I will do curls with my last set.
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  I'll do three sets. My last set is 55 lbs.
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  I'll do two or three reps Why so few reps?
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  Because that exhaust the muscle stimulates muscle growth.
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  Muscle growth correlates with vitality function.
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  Being able to walk, get up and down stairs correlates with
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  longevity. So I love that muscle building,
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  protein, hormones, avoidance of avoidance of false comforts.
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  We know another key component, something I do support,
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  mitochondrial health support NAD nicotinamide adenine
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  dinucleotide. It's a natural dipeptide that we
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  make. We all make it.
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  We make less of it as we get older and it's one of the things
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  that fuels cellular energy. Energy is the elixir of life.
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  Energy is what gets you out of your chair.
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  Energy gives you motivation, energy metabolizes helps keep
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  you lean. So as these Ned levels are
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  declining, it's one of the things that makes us act like
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  we're old because we don't feel young.
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  So you got to repeat it, but be careful how you do it.
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  I've seen a lot of products out there with NAD on the label.
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  They're all bogus. You can't take Ned orally and
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  have it be effective on a cellular level.
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  Number one, it doesn't absorb well.
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  I don't care if they put it in a lipolized form and promote it as
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  being bio. It's a bunch of marketing Hoo ha
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  folks so just don't bother. Furthermore, the NAD can't get
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  into the cell. It's the precursors that get
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  into the cell where the NAD is then manufactured.
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  So take the precursor, don't take the NAD.
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  The precursor NMN or nicotinamide riboside, the two
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  reliable have been shown to have an effect on on cellular levels.
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  They've been shown to be effective.
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  So those are both oral supplements.
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  They are not cheap, but they're worth it.
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  So if you try to just bargain basement this and get some knock
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  off NAD product, you're going to be wasting your swallow
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  capacity. How about vitamins Supplements?
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  I limit my swallows to no more than 6 to 8 capsules per day and
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  amongst the ones that I like, vitamin C.
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  We don't make it, we need it. We need more of it when we're
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  stressed. I take 1000 milligrams every
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  day. When I'm feeling under duress,
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  I'll double it up. Magnesium.
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  More important, if you're an athlete who sweats a lot, you
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  use a lot of magnesium in your sweat and it helps prevent
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  muscle cramping when you get past 50.
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  It also supports cardiac rhythm. The older we get, the more at
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  risk we are for atrial fibrillation and other
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  dysrhythmias. Magnesium.
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  It's hard to take too much of it, folks.
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  It is an intracellular metal that goes inside the cells, so
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  the blood levels don't correlate very well with total body
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  stores. I take between 3 and 500
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  milligrams every day, and I've noticed that if I don't take it,
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  I'm more inclined to get Charlie horses.
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  And so far, so good. The heart rhythm is steady.
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  Another supplement I like, zinc. Now.
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  Zinc is especially important to men because it concentrates in
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  the prostate, but it's also a critical component for immune
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  function. And if if you're out there and
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  you're taking a GL P1 drug or you're losing weight in any
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  aggressive manner, you really need to be repleting your zinc
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  because if it gets depleted, you're going to have hair
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  shedding. And that hair shedding sometimes
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  does not come back. So zinc is vital for hair
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  growth. I know the other vitamins get
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  the promotional aspect for hair growth, but zinc is the king so
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  I like zinc. Vitamin DI take 25 milligrams a
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  day. Vitamin DI take 5000 units a
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  day. Along with vitamin K, Vitamin D
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  blood levels above 50 correlate with a decreased incidence of
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  cancer and infection. This is way above what is
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  otherwise widely believed to be safe and effective.
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  I don't recommend that you take that dose on your own, but have
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  blood levels performed and get the guidance of a clinician.
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  What else do I like? I like NAC, an acetylcysteine.
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  I do not take glutathione. That's another one of those
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  promotional boondoggles. Glutathione doesn't absorb well.
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  Glutathione doesn't function well if you take it orally.
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  Glutathione has to be reconstructed intracellularly to
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  be most effective. So instead of taking glutathione
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  that has the reputation, people recognize it, right?
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  Name recognition. Take NAC instead.
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  It's a precursor. Now, if you're below the age of
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  30, some of these supplements really don't apply.
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  Vitamin D, Yes, vitamin. I'm sorry, Magnesium.
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  Yeah, if you're an athlete and you're sweating, why not?
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  It's good for you. You'll notice that.
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  Not a huge advocate for multivitamins.
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  And I don't care for gummies. Sugar laden artificial
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  sweetener. Really.
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  Just just grow up and swallow the damn capsule.
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  And if you can't, that's fine. You can move along without it.
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  The other supplements contemplating creatine is very
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  nice. I don't use it.
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  It's nice, it has value, but I just, I don't feel the urge to
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  use it. I don't perceive it as having
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  significant value to me. If it helps me grow a little bit
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  of muscle back, maybe that's good.
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  I don't really need it. If it helps support brain.
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  I think there are other things that are superior, amongst them
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  hormone therapy, and here's a key component.
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  This is devastatingly neglected, devastatingly overlooked by
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  every anti aging specialist that I've ever listened to besides
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  me. Hopefully you're catching on.
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  It's lead reduction people. It is chelation.
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  Lead is out there. You can't help it.
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  It's being pumped in the air, you're breathing it, it's in the
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  dirt, it grows in the plant and lead kills brain cells.
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  Period. There is no safe level.
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  They have, what is it, the threshold.
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  The EPA will have a threshold of acceptable lead in the water.
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  Other places that's not there for your protection, that's
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  there so companies and municipalities don't get sued
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  for contamination. So what do you do?
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  I filter my drinking water at the source.
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  I have a unit in my apartment filters my drinking water.
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  I do not have a whole house filter, they're expensive, and
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  if I happen to get a little absorption through the skin, I'm
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  going to chelate it anyhow. And how do I chelate it?
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  One of two ways. Intravenous chelation therapy is
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  king of the hill. Not always available, can be a
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  little pricey. Dimethyl succinic acid DMSA
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  capsules that pulls LED out effectively.
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  My soon to be published paper validates the protocol that I've
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  developed for that, which I'll share with you in a future
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  podcast. The other thing you can do to
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  get rid of lead? Sweat.
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  Your sweat is a powerful detoxifying event.
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  Whether you're sweating in the gym or whether you have an
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  infrared sauna, it's all good. So sweat gets rid of it too.
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  So I like that detoxifying. Next level, I take peptide
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  called samurellin. I do cycles of it.
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  Why? Samarellin is a growth hormone
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  releasing peptide. It is not growth hormone.
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  It does not disrupt the natural pituitary axis, so it preserves
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  natural production of growth hormone.
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  I take it in part because, well, I'm I'm older, you get past 65
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  and the pituitary gland does not make as much growth hormone as
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  it once did. The term is used for that is
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  called somatopause, where you're now having growth hormone below
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  ideal levels. Growth hormone supports immune
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  function, muscle, bone, skin quality.
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  Properly dosed at the right time, it can be supportive.
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  Do not take growth hormone or for that matter any peptide on
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  your own. If you're buying this online,
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  you have a fool for a doctor. There are a lot of peptides
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  being promoted. I get it.
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  I get bombarded with them like you do.
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  They all sound fabulous. It's promotional hype.
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  Don't believe it. Get to a consulting specialist
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  for your anti aging guidance. You're going to waste money and
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  you're going to have a lot of false hope.
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  What else do I do? Muscle building, Food control,
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  Cardiovascular. God, I hate that I do 30
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  minutes. I try to do 30 minutes every
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  day. I'm wincing because I don't like
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  it. You know, what makes it
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  tolerable to me is my headphones and, and books on tape or
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  podcasting. That's the only way I can get
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  through it. I don't like it, but I do it
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  because I I never want to die. Well, OK, that might happen, but
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  30 minutes three to four times a week correlates with better
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  cardiovascular health, right? And you want vitality, you're
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  not going to get it without a strong heart and strong
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  arteries. So yes to cardiovascular or
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  physical movement folks. If you go out for a brisk walk,
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  pay dirt that's as good as doing a ninja workout.
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  High intensity, which which I don't advocate.
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  What else do I do? Well, I take care of my joints.
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  I do shockwave therapy to my arthritic joints to regenerate
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  them. Arthritis is the leading cause
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  of disability in America. Back pain is number 2.
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  You do not want to be a disabled older person.
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  Yeah, I get it. You're hurt.
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  You got an arthritic back, arthritic joint, whatever.
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  That doesn't define disability. It's function.
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  So if you have a little arthritis, it doesn't mean it's
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  going to get worse if you nurture it properly.
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  I like shockwave therapy. I also like stem cell
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  injections, PRP injections. You just need to decide for
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  yourself what you can afford, what's going to fit.
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  But above all else, muscle power around a joint.
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  If your joint hurts, if your joints are arthritic, you don't
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  back away. You don't quit exercising.
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  You go forward even if it hurts a little bit.
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  You got to find a way to exercise no matter what.
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  So power, that's the key to joint longevity.
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  Something else I do controversial, it is not up for
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  everybody. It's a little bit pricey.
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  I do intravenous stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells acquired
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  from umbilical cord. I do not like my own stem cells
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  to be reinjected into me. It makes no sense to me.
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  Why do I want, you know, 60 something year old stem cells?
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  I don't, I want the healthy young ones.
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  Now, there's absolutely no proof that stem cells are going to do
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  anything for me, so if you choose not to do it, I'm OK with
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  that. The reason I choose to do it is
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  because they might help. The stem cells are biologically
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  geared to regenerate tissue. Theoretically, those stem cells
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  could be going toward damaged nephrons in the kidney,
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  hepatocytes in the liver, myocytes in the heart, and
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  enhancing and healing them could be going to my arthritic joints,
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  enhancing and healing them as well.
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  I'll never know. When you do things in a
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  proactive way so that nothing bad happens, when nothing
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  happens, either it's working or it never would have gone bad in
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  the 1st place. So we have to make value
• 19:48
  judgments, cost benefit, risk tolerance, get the with a proven
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  clinician, a clinician who can do everything so they don't have
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  to do anything. I don't like it when you go to
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  stem cells R Us because they're going to they're going to sell
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  you stem cells. I'm not fond of it.
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  When you go to plasma injections Inc and give you plasma cells,
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  you're better off with a consulting anti aging specialist
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  who can integrate it all and then guide you towards what's
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  best for you. So I shared with you a few of
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  the things I like. A few of the things that I don't
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  like, and here's a key element folks, consistency.
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  Whatever you do, it's got to fit your life.
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  I don't like extreme interventions.
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  I don't like an intense detox cycle.
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  Like what do you say Rockstar? You got to go detox?
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  No, you live a low tox lifestyle.
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  Do I eat organic food? Not always, it's too expensive.
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  I don't understand how organic milk is going to make me
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  healthier. I suppose it's maybe a good
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  thing I don't object to it, but I'll eat regular blackberries at
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  times not organic. They're cheaper and I don't eat
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  a lot of them. See The thing is this.
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  We can handle some toxicity. It's everywhere.
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  We just want to minimize it. One last tip, or at least
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  another tip. Don't get X-rayed unless your
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  life depends upon it. It's carcinogenic.
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  We'll talk more about that future podcast.
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  I know What to do about Mammogram whole nother topic.
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  Well, anyhow, I hope these insights have inspired and
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  formed, and I'll continue to live what I practice and share
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  it with you through my research, my experience with my patients,
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  and my personal journey. Thanks for the time, we'll talk
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  soon. Bye.