 Let's see now. Welcome everyone to original holistic health talk. And I'm here with one and only Commodore, Jeff Sambello, my co-host, and I pipe him aboard. I keep on going. It's the automatic focus or as I call focus, the automatic focus. I'm going to have a sip of my chai tea here on the Dollar Tree mug that I've had for several years. You never know. You never, never, never know what bargains you're going to find in a dollar store. So how- I love the dollar store. Oh yeah. You gotta really be able to separate the junk from the quality stuff from the bargains. Yeah, it takes educated consumer to decide. But as a minimalist, as a Sigma male, you have the willpower not to buy unnecessary things that you don't need. That's right. Because then you have clutter. And clutter according to ancient Chinese Feng Shui is bad luck. Plus, then you're going to devote resources to either store that clutter or walk around the clutter or have a yard. Energy drained. And that's why people have yard sands. Yeah. Because they are impulse buyers and they just spend, spend, spend, spend. They have too much. But this is, this is our special holiday season show 2023. So I want to wish all of our fans, all of our viewers a happy holiday season. A hail crampus, crampus day. That's right. My mentor. Festivist is the best. Festivist for the rest of us. And also Winter Solstice Yule. And I am happy to announce that I did not deal with any stress and crazy retail store shopping because I got everything on Amazon Prime with free shipping. And everything I bought for the holiday was delivered to me. So I did not have to deal with any Christmas shopping insanity. So I got a, I got a, you know, a salute technology. Sometimes it does make our life better. Unfortunately, the new humanoid robots are gradually replacing us people in the job market. And they are getting very sophisticated, very fast. But I just want to start off the show with for those of you that are into the circular torque training, you know, swinging, swinging Indian clubs and Persian meals. But not in Times Square, New York City without your shirt on. Yeah. Yeah. Addressed in very tight, effeminate outfits. At least wear a t-shirt. Now, I just want to say they, they're, they've been coming out with, well, it's been, they've been selling it for a while. Steel, mace and Indian clubs. But I just want to say to everyone, there is nothing, nothing like wood for the best gripping experience. It is the wood that makes it good. There's nothing like the grip of wood, all natural wood. It's just you mean that nothing like the grip of wood from JFK airport, the Southern Connecticut? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, the shake weight, you know, and those are the, I only paid actually, I got those for free, but from Christian D'Arce, the eight pound clubs. And the only thing I paid for was the shipping. So that was nice to him. They were unfinished, which I wanted. They were just lying around their maple. And I said, sure, I'll take them, you know, and I, I got the, I went to Home Depot and I got something called Watco's Teak. Well, this was teak color, Watco stain oil. It's an oil with stain in it. And I chose the teak because I thought it was a nice color. They're beautiful. I've seen them. Yeah. Yeah, like, like they use teak wood a lot in Scandinavian furniture and on boats, on sailboats, you know, wooden vessels, they use teak. And I mean, they had cherry, but it was too dark. It was more like, more like a burgundy. And I didn't want to go that route. So I used this and I must have put like seven coats every day. I put a new coat on it. And I had them inside of a garbage bag on the dining room table. So the Watco oil, you know, wouldn't leak anywhere. Of course, you have to hold the bag up to a light to make sure there's no holes in it. And I did the bottom. I made sure I did the bottom. So seven coats, it did the trick. You know, it had a smell of like turpentine. I think that is the chemical that helps everything penetrate into the unfinished wood. I just want to say I want to salute Mr. Pratye Singh, whose real name is Garen Shanko from Varanasi, India. His company has grown and has improved vastly. I remember when he first started and talk about a tremendous improvement in his product line. Oh, it's like going from Baloney to Prejuto. That's how much he improved. And that Hanuman, that wooden Hanuman gotta is a work of art. You know, the Hanuman style gotta. Yeah, Pratye Singh makes some beautiful products. Yeah, he does. He absolutely does. So how has your training been? What is the update on your training? Outstanding. So yeah, I'll be going at six o'clock to meet my friend Brad at the gym. Okay, so I'm doing squats and stuff today. I did my max trainer this morning because and I did the Hindu squats this morning. And I did Bulgarian split squats this morning. All body weight stuff. And then my working today. So then I'll do leg presses, squats, uh, treadmill tonight, um, extensions and curls. They're getting a good pump. It's all good. So a lot of goals for 2024. So, um, it's got full of your advice to you. You're the expert. You're certified from Columbia University. I've never heard of Columbia University, but I've heard of little Dickie Doyle's university out there in fucking Long Beach. But anyways, yeah, he's the one that never heard of Columbia though. Never heard of Columbia where you went to school. He, uh, was, um, little Dickie Doyle is the one who discovers slick Rick Brown. He took a liking. He was impressed by his, uh, his amateur videos. He was enamored. Yeah, yeah, he was. And uh, this is before this is before Rick Brown ever went on the road to do a seminar. Um, um, and uh, you know, he was just a mere neophyte. He was, he's a forklift operator in a warehouse that he still is, but he didn't want me to post that information because he wanted to present an elitist professional image to everyone that his, his sole career is teaching, uh, the, the mace. And uh, you didn't want me to mention the warehouse, but hey, it's a union job. It's, he's got seniority. Very good job, actually. Yeah, he's got seniority. When you got seniority in the union, you got a good, you, you got a good deal. Don't, don't quit your day job. That's all I got to say. You know, and, uh, but anyway, uh, if it wasn't for little Dickie Doyle, um, having hosting him to do seminars at his, uh, Long Beach, uh, Kettlebell Club, that Rick Brown would not have gone anywhere. So that's probably why Dickie Doyle's signature was at the bottom of that wonderful expensive toilet paper. Yeah. Expensive diner placemat. Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, and now let's not forget the, the decals for the cars. Ridiculous. This is a certificate that has no academic value whatsoever. Uh, it's not worth, not even, not even, not even a free ice, a cold, uh, a bottle of ice, cold, uh, spring water. You know, I need not digress. Yes, it's not digress. But anyway, I was watching a video. Um, I, you know, God rest his soul. I really, I should try to find out why he, he died so young. But Mike Mencer was saying that, um, that the best, and he swore by it, the best tricep and pectoral exercise is the dips, the dips. Yep. Yeah. And, um, and you can't, you, you can't, uh, you can't omit the, you can't argue with success. You can't argue with success. And, um, and also, even though Mr. Olympia was stolen from, because Arnold got it, because, uh, Joe Weed was sucking his dick. Yeah. Sucking Arnold's dick. Well, Arnold was also buddies with some of the judges. So when he, when he entered that, that last Mr. Olympia contest, it was like a last minute decision. And all the guys that were up there, Chris Dickerson, Mike Mencer, Boyer Co, they were pissed. I know. And, and Mike Mencer, he stormed off the stage when it was over and he, and he threw the trophy and smashed it on, on the floor and he vowed never to enter anymore of these contests that were rigged. Yeah. And it was rigged for Arnold, you know, and, um, so, um, what was I saying before? Very sad. Oh, Mike Mencer. Oh, and the, the, the chin ups are an outstanding bicep exercise and also the Latin forums. Also the rowing with your palms up. Mike Mencer says is the best bicep exercise, better than curls, because he says curls only hit, um, one of the bicep heads. Yeah. Bicep, that's two, two sections, right? Buy, as in buy, seps, be I, yeah, buy, seps, as opposed to try, seps. So it only hits one side, but when you're doing palms up rowing, uh, or chatting, it's actually the same movement because your palms are up and you're hitting the entire bicep muscle. So, uh, but of course you can add weight, you know, they have the belts, you can put plates on the belts if, if you need to, uh, if you wish. Um, and, um, yeah, body weight exercises are very underrated. That's all I have to say. They're, they're, they're quite underrated. So, uh, as a dietary, uh, uh, note, um, what did you have for lunch at the wonderful Turkish restaurant? Um, let me see. Um, shish kebab of the chicken svlaki, chicken svlaki, yeah, and smoked rice and, um, and I lentil soup as a side. Uh, let it take, obviously I had a Turkish salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, vinegar, olive oil, and the Turkish spices on it. Oh, wow. And the Turkish middle or end Middle Eastern spices are absolutely wonderful. They're so aromatic and flay, like, like Indian spices like curry, they are so, um, it's incredible. It's, it's a, it's like a, it's, it's, it's a, it's a whole experience and smelling and tasting these spices. Really, it's, um, I like, um, shwarmas. I like, of course, lamb, lamb gyros. Um, svlaki's are pretty good. Turkish food is excellent. I, I, um, yeah, I remember at the Royal Hibachi, he used to put out, uh, what he called Arabic rice, which was a seasoned rice. It was yellow. It was kind of like smoke rice. Yeah. It's like curry and it had slivered almonds in there. Yeah. And big chunks of lamb meat. Wow. Meat on the bone, which is okay because it was a lot of meat. I noticed that if I cook meat on the bone, it has much more flavor than deboned. Wow. The flavor is much better. Um, um, and, um, so how's the quality still? Well, I haven't been there since before the pandemic. My sister went there and, and her and Jerry were very disappointed. He wasn't, he wasn't replenishing the, uh, empty trays. He was being a, uh, a stingy cheap fuck. He wasn't, you know, you're supposed to replenish empty trays. He wasn't good for business, James. No. Well, I think his asshole personality, um, has coincided with his stinginess and greed. And, uh, you know, you can't, you can't do things that are bad for business when you're paying a high rent. You're, if you're paying a high lease, like Burton County, New Jersey is very expensive for businesses. Yeah. You know, he's right on the main road, Route 46 South. Yeah. And he's in a shopping center and you know, it's, um, it's unfortunate, but the, the square footage, uh, leasing costs is pretty high. And, uh, you have to, you have to work miracles in order to turn a profit and survive. I mean, yeah. Uh, I mean, the big, the biggest waste of money is our people who start a business in a shopping mall. Yeah. Because I'll tell you why the, the rent is so fucking high in a shopping mall that you have to have nonstop customers buying or otherwise you, you can't make it. The rent is so high and the reason, and their excuse for charging them such a high rent is, oh, you've got foot traffic of the mall foot traffic, but the foot traffic doesn't mean anything if your prices are high in your qualities law. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I mean, high prices are okay, James. I don't mind paying a premium if I'm getting premium product. Yes. Uh, well, reason, it's like, it's like practically sing has quality product. I don't mind paying a premium for pricing's products. Yeah. Because they're superior, not inferior like somebody else we know out in the West in the United States. But anyways, I digress. Yeah. The veteran in Idaho. Yeah. Yeah. That gets his word for free from the forest, which is why he attracted the, uh, affection and attention of, uh, Oh, a certain empowered female tear ass. And, and the, uh, the product that you have the two, the two female empowerment, the couple that like to come out with autographs series clubs. Yeah. Right. Hold on. Brian's soup asks, is that the Commodore? Yeah, that's him. Yeah. How you doing, Brian? So, uh, now sometimes a premium price is not worth paying. Like, like if you go to legal seafood and you spend over 30 bucks for deep sea scallops, you know, over 30 bucks for scallops. What do you mean? Yeah. That's exactly why they're over 30 bucks for a bay. Let's see, Brian's soup. He's, he's very knowledgeable. The man, that man is a legend in strength. Oh, he is. He's drug free competitive athlete. And, uh, he's in training for the next upcoming, uh, vintage strength games, which is going to be June in there, Clayton, North Carolina, Clayton, North Carolina, North Carolina, but Brian knows, Brian knows, I can't stand legal seafood. Those prices are illegal. Yeah. That's a good one. That's the good one. Yeah. That's highway robbery. Damn right. I mean, you know, I mean, come on. Fact is a fact. Way over 30 bucks for, for deep sea scallops. And how many scallops are you getting? That's what I want to know. That's pretty expensive, uh, feces 24 hours from now. I'd rather go, I'd rather go to Trader Joe's and get a bag of frozen, uh, or, or the local Acme supermarket and get a big bag of frozen deep sea scallops and defrost them and, and cook them the way I like and pay less money than go into a legal seafood. Yeah. Now, um, what's that nice store that that's near you? It begins with a you take videos sometimes in there when you get a shrimp. Um, videos, it begins with a it's an Italian name. Well, oh geez, Italian name. Um, you know, what's the name of that? It begins with a is an apple. Oh, uh, oh, uh, uh, I don't have, we don't have one around here. They had it in Lodi all these. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, all these, the people that own all these are related to the people who own Trader Joe's there. They're, they're, they're relatives. Oh, and, um, I just want to answer Jeff Bezos got into the act. I, these are not the whole other different story. These Brian, these are one, these are two of my clubs. Uh, these are the smaller ones, um, made of maple, eight pounds each. And yeah, I, I, I, I haven't done them in a while because I've been trying to rehabilitate my shoulders. Um, because, um, I got caught up a while back in, uh, in the, the, the American trend of, uh, trying to always lift heavy, swing heavy, heavy. Everybody's, everybody's hooked on high numbers. You know, they gotta impress everybody else in the gym and they have to lift heavy all the time. And, um, and doctors love, orthopedic surgeons love it because that's the next time Mercedes bends down payment. And I was, I was military pressing with a barbell with too much weight, which, which threw off my form. So I was jerking, I was jerking the barbell up and that's how I initiated the injury. So that's too bad. Yeah. Well, that's a good lesson learned. That's a lesson learned and, um, it's a, I know lifting heavy is an ego thing. A lot of young guys are into it. Uh, yeah. How much can you bench? Yeah. How much could you bet? Hey, how much could you bench? Hey, what do you bench? Hey, what do you curl? What do you, no, they always say, what do you bench? Hey, what do you bring? Yeah, but the, the iron sheet proved that wrong. Well, nobody could swing his clubs, not, not even power lifters and bodybuilders. You know, uh, um, uh, you know what is good seafood? You're damn right. It is city island in the, in the, in the Bronx. Oh, it was the best fried calamari I ever had. Johnny's reef. Johnny's reef is like near the Long Island sound because, um, first you hit a beautiful park, no riffraff, quiet. You never knew. You never know you're in the Bronx. Then you go into city island, which is also super quiet and peaceful and all the residential area there. They're all well manicured, uh, uh, property. And there's all you see is marinas, seafood restaurants and bars and no riffraff. And they said Johnny's reef, 75 year old family owned business. And it's, uh, the North end of the Bronx, which is, which was near the Long Island sound. And I got so much calamari. Incredible. And it was the best, creamiest chocolate milkshake I ever had. Hmm. Old school. Yeah. And that only a family, that only a family owned business for 75 years can, can, can do, you know, with quality. Um, Sting, Sting was swinging like Bob Backlund. They were, the, the, the freaking, uh, Governor Murphy, though, he didn't help the family owned businesses in New Jersey during COVID. Yeah. Well, uh, well, what's his name? Um, what's his name? Run the, run the Santas allowed maximum capacity in all the restaurants and bars and, and the COVID, the code, the pandemic, uh, from a medical standpoint was wreaking havoc in Florida. Um, uh, they weren't swinging and Brian, they were doing swipes forwards and backwards forwards and backwards. They weren't doing proper form swinging. Um, no, not even the ultimate warrior. He got us a soul. He tried swinging the iron sheets, cheeks, clubs. You remember he was in the, he was in that competition and I know when, when they had the, uh, the Persian club challenge, uh, uh, uh, uh, a younger ultimate warrior. Um, now Kampaterra was, um, the first person in the Olympics, the first person to military press 500 pounds. And then of course later, he became pro wrestler. He, he, I think he trained on the Vrndanya, AWA, Minnesota, but, um, yeah, uh, it was a good show last night. Yeah. You should stop by. Um, the Red Bull show? Yeah. Yeah. The Saturday night show went very well and, um, I was, um, I brought up a point that, um, uh, made Mick, Mick von Raven a little upset. I, I brought up the fact that, that, uh, today's feminist career women that demand to, to, to get paid equal, equal salary to men, they should be able to do the job that the man does. Say they, if they can't do the job, then they're, they're not entitled to equal pay. And then he says, he called me a sexist. I says, no, I'm being realistic. I'm being real. Who called you, who called you a sexist? Mick von Raven. I says, I was being realistic. How is it, if I'm telling the truth, how is it being a sexist? Hmm. You know, it doesn't make sense. But anyway, I had, I spoke to him about it off the air and, uh, you know, he, um, he took a, uh, uh, CBD, THC edible to calm down instead of drinking, uh, beer or, or boo. In other words, just suppositories. Nice big, uh, no, by, by mouth. It's like a it's a candy with extract of cannabis in it. And it's very, uh, relaxing. It's very good for people to have anxiety, like myself, you know, I have anxiety. Uh, I take, I take medication, but, uh, I would love to switch to cannabis, but, um, you know, it's like, it's like the people who created prohibition back in the day, you know, they're, they, they still demonize marijuana, which is ridiculous because it, it's a miracle herb. It's, it's, it's great for so many different things, you know, but, um, um, so good. You had a great lunch and, uh, that the rice sounds really tasty. You know, the rice, then the slices of orange and slices of lemon. And then I squeezed the lemon juice and the orange juice all over the chicken. You know, the cubes of chicken that were off the grill. And, uh, I noticed Middle Eastern cuisine is beautiful. They use a lot of fresh parts. And then again, they give me yogurt that has garlic in it and other stuff in it. And then on the other side, there's hummus. And then I put the chicken, like as I'm slicing up, I put that in there. And I can eat a whole bowl. I can eat a whole bowl of hummus by myself. That's how great. How much I love hummus. And then they give a little bit of baba ganoush. Baba ganoush is eggplant, right? Yep. Um, they use a lot of fresh parsley and they love to use lemon and lemon is one of them. Oh yeah. They use a lot of lemon. You know what's funny? I worked a job one time where there was a lot of Peruvian employees, nice guys. And when they, they opened their plastic containers to have lunch, of course it was a lot of, it was pork and everything, but they use lime. They had fresh limes that they would squeeze on the meat. And, uh, I tried doing it myself and what a wonderful flavor for fresh lime is. Yeah. What's that other, that the herb that they put in the Mexican food? Cilantro. Cilantro. Oh my gosh, that with lime? Fresh cilantro. Remember they originally came from China? They call it Chinese parsley. Yeah. And cilantro is very good for detoxifying heavy metals from the bloodstream, toxic metals. Yeah. Yeah. That's why I told Michael Hilton he has a juice extractor now. He's been, he's been juicing. I told him. I like Michael Hilton. I miss him. He's a good guy. He's been juicing. He got what they call a slow masticating juicer, which is the one that, that, that becomes the juice comes out on the side and then it has a pulp ejector and he buys all the raw produce and you know, when you juice the fresh veggies and fruits, you're not killing the enzymes. Like when, if you buy fruit juice in a, in a, in a store, it's pasteurized. All the enzymes are dead. It's got fresh enzymes. You got, you got nutrients that are cell ready. They're ready to go right in the bloodstream instantly. And it's really a good way to have your, your veggies. Me, I made a big, I made a big chopped salad in the ninja process. You know, I put the, I put whatever I had, I had broccoli, carrots and celery, which I peeled. Then I didn't, I was going to use cucumber because I love cucumber, but the half of cucumber I had got rotten. So I had to toss it. So I grant, I grind, I ground everything with the machine and this way every, every spoonful of the salad has equal amounts of everything in every spoonful. So I put, I put the Bragg organic apple cider vinegar with the, with the mother of the vinegar. And then I also put extra virgin olive oil. So it was an oil and vinegar and it was a wonderful salad. Yeah. It was a wonderful salad. I know you're at the office because I could tell by the window. Oh yeah. Tell about my background. Oh, let me, let me play a little dating game. So a half, a half time intermission entertainment. So that reminds me because every time I think of the ding, I always think about Farah Fawcett majors. But anyways, so speaking of Farah Fawcett's common law husband, Ryan O'Neill passed away this past week, I think, or was it the week before? Really? How old? Yeah, Ryan O'Neill. He was 82 years old, I think. Wow. You know what? You just reminded me of something. God bless this guy. He's still alive. I want to salute Dick Van Dyke. He's 98 or 99 years old. 99. He's 99 years old. God bless him. He looks great. He's sharp as a tack. He's alert. Incredible. Incredible. He's a treasure. He's got a nice young wife. Maybe that's why he looks good. His wife is in her 50s. Oh, okay. Not too bad. Yeah, she's a dog. She looks like that girl on the Big Bang Theory, the ugly one there, Sheldon's girlfriend. But that's okay. No, the blonde. No, no, no. The ugly one there. The brunette, the fat one, the fat one. Sheldon's girlfriend there, whatever the hell her name. Amy? Amy. Yeah. She's on, she's a host for Japanese sometimes. Really? Yeah. There's that one. Mil, Maya, Billet. Yeah, the Big Bang Theory is with all those geeks, all those, the dorky guys. Yeah. Yeah. They're all like, they're all like high IQ geniuses. Yeah. And they're, you know, that's all they have really. If a man is a dork, that's all he has is his high intelligence. You know, he's not, you know, he's not in a position where he walks around saying, oh, worship me, love me, look at me. Yeah. That reminds me of a certain mustachioed somebody, but I digress it. Yeah, Snidely Whiplash. Was that it? Slumberton. From the, the old cartoon, Dudley Duright, you know, the world. Please, he had the dimple in his chin. Yeah. So his arch nemesis was Snidely Whiplash. And he, it was always the, the one with the, the thin mustache. They used to tie the young girl to the railroad tracks. Yeah. No, they can never, the old cartoons would never fly nowadays. None of them. Dick Tracy, Heckel and Jekyll, they're all stereotyping. Yeah. You know, but people don't realize there's, there's always a bit of truth to a stereotype. There's always a bit of truth to it, you know, but they exaggerate. But it was fun. It was hilarious, actually. Remember the high karate commercials, the high karate. I love that. The guys running, trying to keep the women away from them. Yep. High karate. Yep. The Shave and Cologne. And I got Brut by Faberge. My Jerry gave me some Brut deodorant and still, still has a wonderful aroma. Brut by Faberge. Well, I have a feeling everyone, I'm surprised Mosami hasn't showed up yet. Who? Mosami from Japan. Oh, Masumi. Oh, it's, it's early by her. She should be getting up. She should be getting up soon. It's, well, it's five, it's 540. No, wait, what am I saying? It's, it's 640. She should be up now. 645 AM Monday. So, you know, when she gets up, you know, she does what everybody does, goes to the bathroom, makes coffee. You know, she goes through her routine, morning routine. I love good quality dark roast coffee. I've been drinking this organic Peruvian dark roast. Wonderful, wonderful coffee. That's an example of paying a little more money for quality and have it be worth it, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. My, I'm going by my sister's as usual. Unfortunately, she has to work the day after, her and Jerry have to work the day after Christmas. She tried her best, but she couldn't, she couldn't get the day off and now. That's a holiday in Canada. It's called Boxing Day. Boxing, like big breasts, right? No, boxing as in the fight. Oh, Boxing Day. Yeah, because you're supposed to box up your Christmas things, but we don't do that till like after New Year's. I couldn't do a good job of gift wrapping. My life depended on, I put everything in a bag, like I buy those gift bags, you know, decorative bags and then I put everything in there and I put a staple on top so people can't see what's in there. And that's it. That's it. And I tell my sister, save them because there's nothing wrong with it. I want you to open them up and take the items out. There's nothing wrong with the bag. Wait a second. I'm going to get something off the printer. Keep going. Yeah. Yeah. Save the bags, folks. There's a consumer tip for everybody. If you use gift bags, there's no reason to throw them away. It's not like putting wrapping paper on a box. That's different because you're using Scotch tape, right? And you have to tear the wrapping paper to pieces to get open the box. But not with a gift bag. Just one staple right in the center. That's all you do. And then when they open it up, you know, you make sure they don't tear the staple hard. You know, you gently open up the staple, you save the bag. Yeah. And the bag should, I'm not saying it's going to last forever, but pretty close to it. Pretty close to it. Now, my sister could save bags because she's got the room. I'm limited for space. But you get a beautiful space. You're in Edgewater. It's one of the best places in all of North America. I got a big apartment. And you got the best place to walk in the world and get the best view at night. My gosh, you live in a paradise. Yeah, that wooden deck. That wooden deck is not far from that hotel you were going to stay at. Yeah. What was it? The comfort inn? Yeah. Where in the world? Yeah, you would have had, now, if you were, if you're... It's a million dollar view. If your hotel room was in the back, then you would have had the view. And then you just walk not even one minute, not even 30 seconds, and you're on the walkway. And there's that deck where you can do exercises. And then there's Trader Joe's in a whole bunch of stores and the cafe is right next door to the comfort inn. The Edgewater Market Shopping Center. It's right there. Everything's right there. Restaurants. You got Trader Joe. You got the fitness center. Oh, yeah. Down further, there's a fitness factory right on the Hudson River. Can't beat it. Yeah. And by the fitness factory, there's an Outback Steakhouse. There's a Target. There's Acme Supermarket. There's a whole bunch of stores. And there's a restaurant right on a pier. Right next to the fitness factory. There's a big restaurant right on a pier. And they have a nightclub. They have like dancing or whatever on the weekend. Well, folks, we are streaming to YouTube and Twitch. I want to welcome everyone to the original Holistic Health Talk. I'm your host, James P. Madonna. And I also do a show for progressive discussions on Saturdays starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time. When does it end? Who knows? I let the show wear itself out. The show was like three and a half hours long, I think, last night. And the show wears itself out when people start getting quiet and start to not be able to think of anything new to say. I was just telling the folks, the shows wear themselves out. You kind of know when the show has to end. In your case, you've got bowel percolation, and you've got to go to the gym. Yeah, you've got to go to the gym for about seven minutes. Seven minutes from now. And usually, how long is the drive to the gym? Five to seven minutes. Oh, so if you have to go to the bathroom, you go to the gym. I don't like to, though, because all these fucking assholes, they piss all over the toilet seat. No, seriously, they were all this expensive, like bodybuilding, like tank tops and shit like that. Expensive, like $200 sneakers. But then they came and fucking lift up the toilet seat to take a piss inside of it, and then all this shit. And then there's piss still all over the toilet seat. Disgusting. You know what? It's disgusting. And then they have needles from the fucking steroids. We have to have special like needle dispensers, like you put like, you know how girls have to put their tampons? Yes, yes. So there's stuff in the men's locker room and every single stall. And it's to put needles in because they all take steroids. Unbelievable. Yep. What a gold gym. Go to, um, what the go to powerhouse gym near the church near the Turkish restaurant near the Royal Hibachi Buffet. That gym there, I guarantee you and the men's room there, they have a needle, because you can't put your fingers in it. You go and put the needle in it, but you can't take anything out. It's like a place. It's like, it's like when the hospitals have toxic waste. That's exactly it. Yeah. It's like, look at it. When you go to the parking garages, you're going to go forward with your tires. But if you go backwards, the puncture. Yeah. So it's really horrible. I mean, they lift all these weights and they can't lift the toilet seat. No. And then they're going to park their car right in front. You know, when the old people are supposed to park their cars, these fucking assholes, they run the cardio machine for like a half an hour to an hour, but they have to park right, right against the fucking gym building instead of parking out, you know, a little bit. They're too lazy to walk a little bit. Assholes. Yeah. Unbelievable. That's horrible. I mean, I lift the toilet seat with my foot, with my shoe. I don't touch the toilet seat. I just kick it in my shoe. Have some pride. Have some pride. No respect for other people's property. Nope. And then they don't put the weights back. Sometimes they leave the plates on the barbell. It's ridiculous. You know, when I used to, when I used to be a trainer at this Gold's Gym, there was, that was a gym policy that everybody had to put their fucking weights back because what if a woman, and it happened to a woman would ask one of the guys, she would say, I want to use this machine. Could you please put the weights back? And, you know, I mean, you got, you got all these 45 pound plates. And the guy would have, have an attitude and be nasty with her. Like he didn't care. Like, he just, just, he just left this place there, you know, and the same thing with dumbbells. You don't want people to trip over, over the dumbbells on the floor. The big heroes, you know, the heroes. He had a big macho man. You know, this is, this is. A big nobody. This is the, the drawback to the alpha male is a lot of them are big time assholes. Sigma man is, he's at least the gentleman. Yeah. You know, he's, he's respectful. He's not a fool. He's not a sucker. You, you can't use the Sigma or take advantage of the Sigma, but he's not, he's not an asshole or a big ego, you know, that needs to be, needs to be treated special and be the center of attention. Yeah. It's really, you know, I'm glad you brought it up because they call that Jim etiquette. Yeah. And, and these punks, you know, I'm so glad that I've, I've learned to actually like working out in solitude, you know, I mean, but, but some people need the inspiration, the motivation to exercise among others. You, you, you go because there are certain, there are probably certain equipment there. Oh yeah. There's millions of dollars of equipment. You know, I got a lot of equipment in my house, but I can't fit all those nice machines in my house. I don't use all the machines. There's certain ones I use. Do they have, do they have hammer strength? Yeah. That's a good machine. Hammer strength is a plate, plate loader machine. Hammer strength is a machine, you know. You got that. There's a back rowing. Now I hope they, they, I hope they did the right thing and put the, the chest hammer strength near the back hammer strength so people don't have to go too far. Like if they want to do chest and back, you know, located pretty well. Biceps, triceps. You know, some people, when they superset, they do opposing muscle groups. They call that agonist antagonistic muscle groups. Well, you know, you're certified, you graduated from Columbia University. So yeah. Yeah. Agonist antagonist. Yeah. Cause what's, what's happening is and you could do really good negatives on a hammer strength come down like slow, like four seconds. You know, but my friend, a friend of mine, an old friend of mine just had a soldier, so soldier, I'm sorry, shoulder surgery on his right shoulder. And, and his heart, he's, he's hooked up to a heart monitor. And I, I, I says, well, how did this all start? Well, he says I was, I was doing, I was doing dumbbell presses for, for a long time with big heavy dumbbells. And I injured my shoulder doing, you know, like almost a hundred pound dumbbells. And he fucked up his shoulder. And now he's in a sling. And he says, the doctor says the heart problem came from him doing steroids for so long. Yep. So now, now he's paying for it. Yep. False sense of glory. Yeah. And it's limited too. And just like you told me about the, the bone chips and, and that guy's young guy's elbows from Yeah. Pull Manassas. Yes. Manassas of Virginia swing. He's swinging heavy all the time. Yeah. Cause he paid attention to the thin, slim Whitman, the, the mustachioed slim Whitman. Yeah. Boy wonder. Yeah. He swings 50 pounds for like just several swings. He throws it down. He's laughing. Why don't you try to do this? He tells you. Yeah. Yeah. Why don't you try to do this? Yeah. You know, I mean, it's easy to put a headlock on a practice dummy on, on the, on the mat. Yeah. I mean, cause a dummy don't fight back. Yeah. It's like, it's like somebody's saying, Oh, I went to the target range and I did pretty damn good, you know, at the bullseye. Yeah. But guess what? The bullseye doesn't shoot back at you. Yeah. Remember his wrestling that dummy on the floor? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Him and Vince Garanda there. Big fucking tough guy. Vince Garanda didn't know him from the fucking whole wall. No, no. And he says, no, he didn't, you know, and are you the one, are you, are you Vince Garanda? He says, yeah, that's me. The one and only. Yeah. He was a character. Vince is the one who said you get more pectoral development from flies than, than you do from bench pressing. Anyways, I gotta get going. It's after six o'clock. Yes, it is. It is time for you to get going. Thank you for stopping by doing the show. It's been wonderful as always. Thank you, sir. Let me pipe you off the ship. There he is. That was the one and only, the one and only Commodore Jeff Zambele. Now we're going to do some, let's see. Okay, bear with me, folks. Bear with me. I always say that. Bear with me. Okay, we got a new treatment could one day replace the need for root canals. There's an easier way from little fixes to big projects. Taking care of your home is easy with thumbtack. Download the thumbtack app and start caring for your home today. Thumbtack my ass. And a novel treatment could one day replace the dreaded root canal. Both of you have said that you've had one. I've had two. One recently, I know. So, you know, dental pulp is that tissue that's inside the tooth and it can become inflamed and infected after injury or from cavities. Now the problem is often treated with a root canal where the pulp and nerve are removed. The root canal is cleaned and then filled and sealed with material. But root canals can be really uncomfortable and can have complications such as infection or fracture. Now ADA foresight scientists are studying the use of a molecule called Resolven E1 that's produced by the body and has been shown to control excess inflammation in experiments when applied to infected and damaged dental pulp and was able to regenerate the pulp and slow down the rate of infection and inflammation. So not only could this treatment one day replace root canals, they actually say it could potentially be used to grow bones and other tissues in various parts of the body. Sort of part of this regenerative medicine. It's remarkable. I gotta say dentistry has come a long way. We joke and we cringe when we hear words like a dental pulp. I never realize it, but those two words... You don't like that? That bothers you? I never knew it until just the moment you said it. But don't you think dentists do a good job? Now in our minds, it's much worse than it actually is. I've had a very good experience. Yeah, you gotta find the right provider, the right dentist, but I have a wonderful one and she took very good care of me. Except for that drilling noise. Oh, I know. Well, if it please promise to never say dental pulp. Any general health questions for Dr. Malika, just email us. They don't have to be just about COVID or the flu. You can reach out to her about anything on Facebook at Dr. Malika Marshall or just send her an email. Dr. Malika at cbs.com. Interesting. Absolutely fascinating. Okay. Let's see. This is an article or is this... Huh. No, this is fascinating. Health related? Oh, it says listen to this article. I'm going to give it a try. I'm going to give it a try and I'm going to listen to this article. Lidocaine makes cancer cells self-destruct. That's pretty fascinating. Lidocaine, you know, the stuff that some dentists inject in you instead of novocaine. Hmm. Injections of this common anesthetic could give cancer therapies a boost. Listen to this article. Okay. With no fees or minimums and no overdraft fees, banking with Capital One is the easiest decision in the history of decisions. Even easier than choosing to keep the Grinch away from the toy drive. He's going to deliver the toys to the kids. What about me, the Grinch? No. Yep. Even easier than that. You steal the presents one time. With no fees or minimums and no overdraft fees, is it even a decision? That's banking reimagined. What's in your wallet? Terms apply. Capital One and A member of DIC. Copyright Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Copyright Turner Entertainment Company. Lidocaine makes cancer cells self-destruct. Study finds. Doctors may be able to improve outcomes for patients with head and throat cancer simply by injecting the common local anesthetic lidocaine near the side of their tumors, according to a new University of Pennsylvania study. The background. Cells on the surface of your taste buds express proteins called bitter taste receptors, T2RS. When you eat something bitter, it activates these proteins, causing them to trigger nerves that send signals to your brain that give you the sensation of taste. Your mouth isn't the only place where you'll find T2RS, though. The cells of your heart, lungs, brain, and other tissues also produce the proteins for reasons that aren't entirely clear as do a variety of cancer cells. What's new? In 2022, Penn scientists discovered that many head and neck cancers contain T2RS and that activating the proteins with bitter compounds triggers cellular death. They also identified an association between increased T2R expression and better patient outcomes. In a new study, they reveal that lidocaine can activate T2R14, a bitter taste receptor found in high levels in many cancer cells, leading to cell death. Speaking as a head and neck surgeon, we use lidocaine all the time, said co-lead researcher Ryan Carey. We know lidocaine is safe, we're comfortable using it, and it's readily available, which means it could be incorporated into other aspects of head and neck cancer care fairly seamlessly. The Big Picture lidocaine was already suspected of being beneficial to cancer patients prior to this study, but researchers didn't know why or how it seemed to help. The Penn study not only reveals that the drug activates T2R14 to trigger cell death, but also identifies two mechanisms that enable this activation. Mitochondrial calcium ion overload and proteasome inhibition. This improved understanding of the process could lead to new cancer treatments and paves the way to clinical trials in which the anesthetic is administered alongside standard cancer therapies. While we're not suggesting the lidocaine could cure cancer, we're galvanized by the possibility that it could get an edge on head and neck cancer treatment and move the dial forward in terms of improving treatment options for patients with this challenging form of cancer, said Carey. We'd love to hear from you. If you have a comment about this article or if you have a tip for a future free think story, please email us at email protected. Absolutely. Fascinating article. Hold on about lidocaine. Okay, now to the next health related video. Let's see. This is really bombarding me with advertisements. Okay. This researcher spent 20 years studying foods 100 year old people eat. This is the world's number one healthiest breakfast. All right. As a longevity researcher, I've spent the past 20 years studying the habits of people who live to 100 years old or longer, particularly the foods they eat. In a tucked away corner of Nekoya, Costa Rica, I may have found the world's healthiest breakfast. Under a red tile roof, a dozen or so people of the cooperativa Nekoya wake each morning at 4 a.m., they stoke wood fires in clay ovens, put cauldrons of spicy beans to boil, and mix corn dough with wood ash. A woman pinches off a golf ball size piece of dough on a piece of wax paper and rotates it with mechanical precision into a perfectly round patty. She slaps it onto a hot clay plate where it expands to a puffy disc before collapsing into a perfect tortilla. At the other end of the stove, three others mix beans with onions, red peppers, and local herbs. The beans cook slowly for about an hour to tender perfection and are then mixed with rice. What makes this heart healthy? What makes this hearty longevity dish so healthy? The corn tortillas chewy with a nutty flavor are an excellent source of whole grain low glycemic complex carbohydrates. The wood ash breaks down the corn cell walls, making niacin, a B vitamin that plays a role in cell signaling and DNA repair avail and freeing amino acids so the body can absorb them. The black beans contain the same pigment-based anthocyaninins which are antioxidants found in blueberries. They are rich colon cleansing blood pressure lowering and insulin regulating and they are filled with folates like potassium and B vitamins to boot. The bean and rice combination creates a whole protein which is to say all the amino acids necessary for human sustenance. The coffee here made from a local strain of Peaberry beans provides a boost of antioxidants plus metabolism boosting caffeine. The chelero made with vinegar, carrots, and searingly hot peppers offers a probiotic boost to the breakfast along with curcumin, a compound shown to possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties. Total cost of the breakfast is four dollars and 23 cents. A very fair price to discover Nakoya's secrets too longevity. You can do as the Nakoyans do, make a large batch of bean soup and then enjoy it all week. Nix-Talmol is corn dough mixed with wood ash to enhance the flavor and create the B vitamins the B vitamin niacin. Nix-Talmol refers to corn that has been soaked and partially cooked with wood ash or lime. Well this is the way they make masa I think that the flour you find in Latin markets they're also like harmony grits too. They use lime in the processing instead of wood ash. This releases the amino acid now this they made a mistake it's a typo that releases the B vitamin niacin not amino acid in corn which helps to reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol and also aids in digestion. Corn itself is high in fiber folate and vitamins B and C you can buy your Nix-Talmol corn flour from the ethnic food aisle from Mexican or Latin groceries or online. Now this is what I see well it says total cooking time 15 minutes makes five servings in a city called masa harina this is what it is called in the Latin stores masa harina two cups of masa masa harina one fourth teaspoon of baking soda one and a half cups of warm tap water well I wouldn't use tap water you know we use filtered water plus more as needed plastic wrap wax paper as needed and then it tells you what you need to do you got to need the dough you got to press it you got to stretch it out like like making a a pizza pie so on and so forth but it's like avocado black beans and rice maybe plantains rice and beans more beans and rice the man was a go go uh govara gallop gallop pinto but he was a 2015 he was 105 years old maybe he passed away huh who knows okay huh anyway it's a good article we got going here see if any you got any messages no this has to do with the amino acid the branch chain of amino acid isoleucine eating less amino acid rich foods increase lifespan by up to 33 studies fine that's quite a bit you need to do is try to lower your isoleucine um um foods don't have as as many eggs dairy products soy protein various meats how are you supposed to do that how are you supposed to do that really what's this it's easier said than done well it significantly slows the aging process lower your isoleucine intake the branch chain amino acids is leucine isoleucine and valley okay isoleucine being the predominant amino acid what's going on it seems it seems to have frozen here this is weird i don't know why it froze up on me i'm having some some technical problems here it froze up it froze up the page takes care of that this is um dr eric berg he cries fantastic with his health videos i did a video recently on the number one best anti-inflammatory food today we're going to talk about the number one inflammatory food on the planet so there's a lot of confusion in this area of what causes inflammation you have the vegans telling you that red meat and other types of animal products cause inflammation and then you have the carnivores over here saying it's the fiber that's causing inflammation so they get rid of all the fiber and the plants and all their inflammation goes away so this is really confusing the public like what do you do there's many plants and herbs that have natural anti-inflammatories right turmeric and milk thistle and stinging nettle root and many other plants have anti-inflammatories but of course they also have anti-nutrients right some people might say plants weren't designed for us to consume because they don't want to be eaten but someone could say the same thing with animals animals don't want to be eaten too they want to survive right so there's this big battle on this fiber right fiber is it good is it bad should we consume more of it i know personally for me when i started getting rid of the grain fibers and start consuming more protein especially for breakfast a lot of my inflammation and went away but i also consume a lot of plants and doesn't create inflammation in my gut so why is it that some people do well on more meat and maybe other people might do better on plants now i'm going to cover this topic in the relationship to inflammation because you have people that have autoimmune diseases and nearly all the autoimmune diseases start in your gut you also have a lot of people have allergies to milk nuts eggs gluten now there's two really interesting things i want to just mention right off the bat there are basically two things that we can't digest humans cannot digest fiber okay it's non-digestible we don't have the enzymes to digest fiber and also gluten the protein in grains is the only protein that we can't digest and now what about this fiber right do we have a problem with fiber well some people can do well with fiber and other people can't so what breaks down the fiber it's your microbes so if you were just to do some research on your own just type in google fiber gut health fiber inflammation inflammation you're going to just find fiber is anti-inflammatory you're going to find that for so many different research articles will tell you that but it doesn't really explain when a carnivore cuts out the fiber man that they feel better like their autoimmune diseases clear up their allergies clear up so what is going on there well what if you were to type unfermented fiber okay like maybe overloading the gut with so much fiber that you can't digest it in some of its uh unfermented it's not broken down because the way that microbes deal with fiber is they fermented so if you were to type on that you're going to find something really interesting you're going to find that unfermented fiber is inflammatory so that's probably what's happening and the reason why that's happening is there's some alteration in the gut micro bio so you just don't have enough of the right microbes to deal with this fiber if you were like me in practice you have a lot of experience working with people one-on-one with with fiber without fiber in the history of maybe when they start developing inflammation and there's always a time frame in their life that all of a sudden they can't digest this or all of a sudden they're starting having inflammation and so it's really important to do a history on what that person consumed before that whether they developed an allergy as a child or late in life for me I can get away with eating anything until I was in my 20s so if you start asking questions about someone's past about what they ate and what would alter the microbes you get some really interesting information we know antibiotics destroy your microbes right like 80% of your microbes they like they die off so people who have had a lot of antibiotics have a lot of gut inflammation they have more autoimmune they have more allergies and also what an infant is fed have they had breast milk which is loaded with probiotics from birth and a lot of other things to build the immune system so I think a lot of these inflammatory problems start early on as a child and if we look at what kids eat it's a lot of ultra processed foods aka junk foods could this be the source of that we have salt we don't have a lot of fiber we have sugar we have different forms of sugar we have different forms of flour with different oils maybe it's a combination of all all these right here right and it's so funny that they call it ultra processed food because it doesn't even resemble food but before I go any further I want to share something about ultra processed food companies this is a little short story but I wanted to tell you a little bit about the tobacco industry these companies got to a point where there was just too much mounting evidence that proves that smoking is bad for you in December 1953 the CEOs from five tobacco companies met together at a hotel and they came up with a strategy to counter this they formed the tobacco industry research committee to control the science and they focused on creating doubt they said as long as doubt and controversy prevailed the industry could fight off regulations because it is the best means of competing with a body of facts that exists in the general public it is also the means of establishing a controversy but what's even more interesting between 1988 and 2001 certain tobacco companies owned craft general foods and Nabisco so apparently a lot of the ultra processed food companies adopted some of these tactics as well I mean if you even look at the time frame between the 80s and now I mean obesity has tripled kids are developing diabetes there's conflict of interest with the scientific academies and advisory committees that form our food pyramid there was an investigation in 2002 into the dietitian organization and found that they were investing in stocks and Nestle and Pepsi Cola Johnson and Johnson so there's a lot of conflict of interest but the ultra processed food companies have created a lot of doubt and uncertainty into the public they blame the individual not the food the attack the scientists who speak out they emphasize and promote physical activity over the diet they deny the existence of harmful foods saying there's no bad food it's just bad choices and they have an endless call for we need more research because it's inconclusive so in other words there's a lot of corruption in this area of ultra processed food and one thing that's very interesting about ultra processed food is that there's a high level of glyphosate it's in the corn it's in the soy it's in the cotton seed oil canola oils it's in the wheat products it sprayed on the wheat did you know that glyphosate is also classified and even patented as an antibiotic glyphosate inhibits lactobacillus and bifidobacteria two main strains of gut bacteria and out of all the antibiotics that humans have taken because the widely promoted and sold glyphosate this is the main antibiotic that's being put into our food and very unfortunately we've been put on an antibiotic without even knowing it and so out of all the combinations of these ingredients glyphosate is at the top of the list as far as of what it does to our microbiome now in plants what it does is it kills bacteria okay in the soil and then it allows the unfriendly bacteria to overgrow and kill the plant in fact in this one report that I read if you spray glyphosate in the sterile soil where there's no bacteria apparently it doesn't kill the plant in other words you have to strengthen the pathogens by getting rid of the defense mechanism so it can take over the plant I wonder if this is happening to our guts right now especially since autoimmune diseases and many allergies start at the gut and if we've been on an antibiotic for all these years what is that doing to our inflammation so as soon as we create enough damage in the gut now we can't handle the fiber why because the microbes aren't correct and we're going to get unfermented fiber and it's going to irritate us and this is why people that go on a carnivore diet do much much better and then when you change the child's diet and get them off the ultra processed foods right they start having all sorts of positive outcomes so the number one most inflammatory food on the planet is this right here ultra processed foods which is more than one but it's a basic recipe of sugar flour and seed oils with glyphosate all right so now that you know the most inflammatory food if you haven't seen my video on the most anti-inflammatory food that's a very interesting one too I'm going to put that right here check it out okay an excellent video by Dr. Eric Berg let's see let me check this out okay I'll play one more this has to do with stress and lowering your cortisol levels hey Ronnie S good afternoon to Ronnie S in Clearwater Florida we have overcast skies and rain here no sun today I'm just going to play this I was going to get into pro wrestling talk but it's getting late now so let me just play this and then wrap up the show if I had the Commodore Jeff Sandbello on earlier let's talk about stress unfortunately we are all being bathed in chronic stress literally 24 seven and this is just not healthy there are certain individuals and groups that are constantly putting out your environment is very dangerous okay danger danger danger and as we are more exposed to this threat of danger it can really affect every single system in our body but there's one thing that's very very important and I want to just talk about it and that really is changing your viewpoint about the environment I know this might be hard to believe but your environment is not quite as dangerous as they want you to believe now it is dangerous don't get me wrong and there's certain individuals that profit from keeping the public in a fear state and many times they exaggerate this and it's just not a healthy thing to keep our attention on this negativity 24 seven so I want you to do something right now I want you just to look outside right now okay what do you see you see any dangerous things I see a tree out there I don't see any hurricanes no tsunamis looks pretty safe out there now look at the ground look at the floor right now are you sitting on a potential sinkhole right now do you feel that there's any termites that have destroyed your foundation that you're going to just cave right in the answer is no all right so go ahead and put your hand on the wall next to you right do you feel it hot like there's flames like your house is on fire no but if you think about it at the average person were to just absorb all this threat of danger 24 seven I don't even know how they can survive so the most important thing to do is to really change your viewpoint and start to filter out some of the things that you're exposed to recently I started to really look at videos I was watching and different tv programs I was watching and it just hit me how many messages of fear I was exposed to and without any solutions so anytime someone gives you some doom and gloom message without a solution don't watch it why because now you're going to start solving these problems when you should be sleeping now I'm definitely not saying to ignore some of these dangerous but when you are exposed to these dangers try like heck to have a relaxed viewpoint staying in action to help solve the problem improve things but at some point we need to start filtering out this threat of danger because it's just not healthy for our bodies that also includes the people that you hang out with I mean there are so many people out there I've had people around me that would only give me bad news okay never any good news you should start watching tv programs and hang out with people that give you solutions that emphasize the good news talk about the good things to offset the massive danger signals that our body is constantly being fed now let me just go through a couple things because this is actually a very important topic you have the sympathetic nervous system okay that's the flutter fight the protective mode that we go into for this threat of stress and every single cell in our body changes to a whole different program whereas the other system called the parasympathetic is all about growth sleep digestion repair healing okay that's a completely different program in practice I used to have a test it's called a heart rate variability test that would measure how much sympathetic nervous system that was being activated versus how much parasympathetic and boy nearly everyone that came in were just so jacked up to the right which is sympathetic dominance simply because the environment that we're in was considered extremely dangerous and I will say a certain amount of that has been manufactured I mean if there's not enough things going wrong to have other people manufacturing more of that is complete insanity so I think it's important for you to understand what happens to your biology when you are under sustained chronic stress first of all you're going to have less diversified microbiome and you're going to have more pathogenic bacteria so your entire gut microbiome changes and all the points I'm going to mention today are based on some research on relating chronic sympathetic high cortisol stress to the various systems of your body let's go on to the immune system what happens to your immune system when you have this sustained stress it shuts down the T cells that are normally there to protect you and kill cancer cells and kill viruses are basically put to sleep the duration of infections take way longer you have what's called immunosuppression stress suppresses the immune system and this is why when you go to the doctor and you have inflammation or some type of autoimmune they inject you with prednisone which takes that away temporarily because prednisone is a type of cortisol which is produced by the adrenal glands which is activated by stress and that is suppressing all the immune reactions and as soon as that wears off you start getting a lot more inflammation so stress will increase inflammation all right what about fertility do you become more fertile no you become less fertile you have decreased sperm production you have less implanting of the egg in the uterus so you become less fertile you usually lose your menstrual cycle and on top of that you lose your libido usually when people are stressed out they don't have any sex drive all right now what happens to the fuel system in your body well if you're trying to be on the ketogenic diet your whole metabolism ships back to glucose production that's right because cortisol is a glucocorticoid so it starts to increase gluconeogenesis the production of new sugar in your liver so when you go through stress okay chronically what's happening is you're just pumping out all this sugar that's not coming from your diet it's coming from your proteins the muscle proteins in your butt the the muscle proteins in your legs and even fat and ketones are turned into glucose and that glucose can then increase insulin and you increase your risk of getting diabetes now why is this because when you're in stress mode your body needs this quick energy what about lipids like cholesterol things like that this is interesting when you go through chronic stress your triglycerides go up your HDL goes down your LDL goes up and if you had these large buoyant particle size type LDL that's going to switch to the small dense particle size which are the the more pathogenic ones that actually can invade the arteries so your profile for cholesterol gets much worse when you go through stress like I said before having a non-serious relaxed state of mind is so important now this next one is really interesting too your ability to detoxify I'm talking about these certain enzymes in your liver they're called cytochrome p450 phase one phase two enzymes okay these are the enzymes that convert poisons into harmless water soluble things that can be released from the body so we're going from fat soluble poisons to harmless particles right well guess what those are inhibited when you go through chronic stress wow so you can't detoxify that well so you're going to hold toxins right what about digestion as a whole well you're going to have much slower digestion you're not going to be able to release the bile salts from your liver which is interesting so there goes the fat digestion even your pancreatic enzymes and your enzymes from your small intestine will be inhibited thereby cutting down your ability to digest your production of hydrochloric acid is going to go down too so there goes your complete digestion of proteins your absorption of minerals and the killing of pathogens your mucus lining in the stomach in the small intestine and the large bile is inhibited by this stress state as well and that's kind of like the immune barrier and then your overall absorption of vitamins and minerals are going to be lessened now this next one is also interesting uh vitamin d absorption there's a receptor for vitamin d called the vitamin d receptor okay and the reception or the absorption of vitamin d through that receptor is diminished with stress on top of all the other barriers with vitamin d stress will actually slow down the absorption of vitamin d wow even the fascia kind of like the the stuff that surrounds the muscles that's highly innovated by your nerves and your brain has a lot of information coming down to the fascia around the ligaments around your muscles becomes tighter becomes more restricted you lose your range of motion you lose your blood flow to your fascia when you're under chronic stress you maintain this posture right here right which is kind of like in protect mode this is your flight or fight you know your posture starts going down and it all has to do with that fascia now what happens to the brain when you're under chronic sustained sympathetic nervous system overdrive well the hippocampus the structure that's involved with the relay of memories and learning and cognition is all inhibited because that part of the brain starts to shrink also it starts lowering the function of your cerebral cortex you kind of need that part of the brain now another structure is activated in your brain and i don't know if you ever heard about the structure but it's called the amygdala the amygdala has everything to do with fear and anxiety okay it's kind of like your adrenal glands but in the brain so it's going to react to stress states now as far as thinking in a chronic state of stress you're not going to be really analytically thinking about things solving problems coming up with good solutions being creative having imagination instead it's going to be more like reaction mode because you need a relaxed state of mind to come up with solutions you need your creativity to come up with really good strategies and solutions last point i want to bring up is your genes what happens to your genes when you're under stress well all the bad genes get activated okay and all the good genes get suppressed like i'm talking about activation of cancer genes i'm talking about activation of inflammatory genes things like that but one thing i want to bring up your genes really don't cause anything okay they don't cause the problems for you it's the epigenetics which means above genetics it's your lifestyle that's really behind these genetics and all you need to understand is how to turn on and turn off certain genes and those switches are activated by certain lifestyle changes and i cover these lifestyle changes in a lot of my videos the genes are associated with a lot of bad things but if you know how to control your genes you're totally going to be in the driver's seat number one we must change our attitude our viewpoint of our environment we must also start filtering out how much threat of danger we're exposed to if you start watching certain videos that don't give you a solution that at the end of the video you feel worse than before you watch the video then you might need to filter those things out a therapy for me is getting out in nature getting a lot of space as much as possible and really kind of getting connected to my environment now the other thing to do is to physically flush out a lot of this extra adrenaline and this extra cortisol that has been accumulated through the day of exposure to all these things so this means routine consistent exercise okay physical work outside so you can start flushing out these neurotransmitters and hormones that are creating a lot of this damage because the last thing you want to do is go through a lot of mental stress and then just go to bed at night you're not going to sleep that well so exercise is a necessity i mean i have to physically work out every single day just to kind of flesh out things and help me sleep because the other point about the adrenaline and cortisol it's shifting a lot of energy okay that should be in your immune system should be in repair should be in your digestion and it's ending up in the muscles so you have enough energy to run away from the tiger right but because there's no more tiger around we have more mental energy and that whole mechanism is still there so you're going to have to exercise to get those hormones out of your system now that being said there's a lot of additional things you can do to help with stress not as important as changing your viewpoint but they're still important and i put that video up right here check it out okay another excellent video by uh dr eric burg and this one last video to wrap up the show will be about a food that i consume every day and that is uh the space clove it has the absolute highest orac score uh above and beyond any other food on earth orac is the oxygen radical absorption capacity it is a measurement of antioxidant ability of a food and nothing comes close to clove okay and i'll i'll just go through this just to wrap it up um there it is ever wondered if there's a natural remedy for common health issues like toothaches gastritis or even depression well the answer might be hidden in your kitchen cabinet meat clove a tiny spice that packs a mighty punch for centuries this potent plant has been a cornerstone in traditional medicine offering a natural solution to a multitude of ailments clove can be used in various ways for instance a toothache can be soothed by simply chewing and swallowing a piece of clove alternatively clove oil which is derived from the same plant can be applied topically this essential oil has been known to combat fungal infections when rubbed onto the scalp but the benefits of clove extend beyond just these simple remedies recent research has uncovered a myriad of health benefits from enhancing the effects of antibiotics to potentially reducing symptoms of depression intrigued so let's dive deeper into the world of this tiny yet powerful spice the clove at the heart of clove's health benefits is a compound called eugenol this essential oil found in clove is a powerhouse of health benefits it's a natural numbing agent often used for toothaches just think a simple clove can offer you relief from that nagging pain but that's not all eugenol also boasts anti-inflammatory properties this means it can help soothe your body reducing inflammation and providing relief from ailments such as arthritis and it doesn't stop there promising research suggests that eugenol may even have anti-cancer properties imagine a compound found in a common kitchen spice potentially playing a role in the fight against cancer from numbing toothaches to fighting inflammation and possibly even cancer eugenol is truly a remarkable compound it's no wonder clove has been used in traditional medicine for centuries and that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the benefits of clove did you know that clove can also do wonders for your gut health when it comes to gastrointestinal issues clove certainly packs a punch one of the major issues that affect our gut health is H. pylori a bacteria that can cause a variety of digestive problems but fear not as clove oil has been shown to inhibit this troublesome bacteria providing a natural solution but that's not all clove also offers relief from a range of uncomfortable conditions do you often struggle with peptic ulcers gastritis or indigestion clove might just be your new best friend it has been found to improve these conditions making meals an enjoyable experience once again furthermore if gas and bloating are issues that you regularly deal with consider turning to clove its potent properties can help alleviate these symptoms allowing you to go about your day with ease and comfort clearly clove is a powerful ally for maintaining a healthy gut but clove's health benefits don't stop at the physical it can also contribute to your mental well-being clove is more than just a spice it's a powerhouse of phytonutrients one of which is an MAO inhibitor now you might be wondering what on earth is an MAO inhibitor well it's a type of compound that's often used in antidepressants it works by slowing down the breakdown of mood enhancing chemicals in the brain which can help alleviate symptoms of depression what's fascinating is that clove a natural substance contains this very compound that's right this spice that you might have in your kitchen cabinet could potentially help manage mood and promote mental health to think that this humble spice could hold such potential is truly remarkable it's another example of how nature can provide us with powerful tools for maintaining both our physical and mental health so clove can potentially play a role in managing mood and promoting mental health as with any natural remedy it's important to use clove safely and responsibly while clove is generally safe there are risks associated with consuming excessive amounts of clove oil which can lead to toxicity therefore moderation is key certain people should also proceed with caution if you're allergic to clove it's best to steer clear for those who are pregnant or lactating it's advisable to consult with your healthcare provider before incorporating clove into your regimen in summary clove is a tiny yet potent spice it's packed with beneficial phytonutrients and essential oil eugenol that can promote healthy body functions it can act as a numbing agent for tooth aches enhance the effects of antibiotics and even has potential anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties but like anything else it's not a miracle cure-all and should be used in conjunction with other healthy lifestyle habits so there you have it the amazing health benefits of clove a tiny spice with huge potential thanks for watching please don't forget to like share and subscribe okay well that wraps up this week's show of original holistic holistic health talk i want to thank everyone for participating and stopping by um there we go and uh it was a lot of fun i thought it was you know thank you to the comrade or jeff sam bellow thank you to ronnie s thank you to brian soup for stopping by uh and um we were streaming on uh well we still are until i close down the show streaming on youtube and twitch so happy holidays to all you twitchers out there and you youtubers um i tried streaming last night to um instagram but that zuckerberg unbelievable it didn't work so goodbye instagram um twitter's good i mean you know it it leaves it streams perfectly fine it leaves a prerecorded show on on twitter but um just i just don't have the activity on twitter now on the other hand tiktok i have tons of activity but i'm waiting for um this the company that makes this streaming uh program to work a deal with tiktok where tiktok will allow streaming to take place from an outside source okay um so that's about it that's about it uh it was a great show and uh i won't be going live with original hoes to kel talk um next sunday because um it is the holiday season and i'm going away um but um let's see but i will be doing progressive discussions uh next saturday at 8 p.m eastern time uh from youtube and twitch so join me then and take care actually i probably i was a little premature crawling at a holiday special show but with the help hail crampus hail crampus and happy festivus for the rest of us and happy uh winter solstice you uh tis the season uh whether i was early in wishing everybody well or not so have a good week