1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,435 Are we ready, boss? 2 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:04,504 Oh, there's that voice in the back. 3 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:05,772 Oh, Stefania. Thank you. 4 00:00:05,772 --> 00:00:08,108 So I better get myself up. Good posture here. 5 00:00:08,108 --> 00:00:08,842 Here we go. Yeah. 6 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:10,643 What's good with John and Joyce is sponsored 7 00:00:10,643 --> 00:00:13,680 by woodwinds wedding and Special Events Venue in Branford, Connecticut. 8 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,685 And Silvio's award winning Italian sauces, which you can buy anytime online 9 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:19,619 at silvio's. 10 00:00:19,619 --> 00:00:21,121 Sauces.com. 11 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:23,757 That's silvio's sauces.com. 12 00:00:23,757 --> 00:00:26,526 All right Kassem welcome back. Thank you. 13 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:29,662 And in case you're just tuning in for the first time, we had so much fun. 14 00:00:29,662 --> 00:00:31,931 The first time we actually invited him back, you know. 15 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:33,066 And it was just great. 16 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:35,068 We're going to be talking about food all right. 17 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:38,004 But because he was a joyful and positive man, and those of you who saw 18 00:00:38,004 --> 00:00:41,007 the first episode know that for a fact, he has passion 19 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:45,045 for inspiring and motivating other people to be the best version of themselves. 20 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:49,983 In addition to being a full time dad and husband, he is a somatic practitioner. 21 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:51,751 Say that ten times fast. 22 00:00:51,751 --> 00:00:55,055 Well, this educator, yoga instructor, a mindfulness 23 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:58,058 practitioner, and author of We Are Enough. 24 00:00:58,124 --> 00:01:01,127 You've got to get this for your kids, but it's also great for adults as well. 25 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:02,595 All right, you ready? 26 00:01:02,595 --> 00:01:04,364 You are enough, right? Yeah. 27 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:07,233 The book resonates deeply with readers of all ages, 28 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:11,805 inspiring both young minds and adult hearts all around the world. 29 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,740 Welcome to what's good with John and Joyce. 30 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:14,340 And here we are. 31 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:16,276 This is what's good right now. Yeah. Cassie. 32 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:17,544 It's all good. All right. 33 00:01:18,945 --> 00:01:19,179 All right. 34 00:01:19,179 --> 00:01:22,782 We're going to be talking food, but I have I have to kick this off because, 35 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:26,986 You're vegan. 36 00:01:26,986 --> 00:01:29,456 You're carnivorous. Well, more like kudo. 37 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:31,224 Keto. Carnivorous. 38 00:01:31,224 --> 00:01:34,360 I am so lucky to be sitting here with these two. 39 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:37,397 Very handsome, very fit men. 40 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:38,731 Because you're talking about us. 41 00:01:38,731 --> 00:01:40,366 I think so. There's nobody behind us. 42 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:44,804 But yet you both have very different diets. 43 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:47,574 So I'd love to talk about that. 44 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:49,609 And I and Cassie myself. 45 00:01:49,609 --> 00:01:52,612 Were someone asked you recently something about protein, 46 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:55,482 and you said, like, you don't really count that much, but. 47 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:56,282 Yeah, but. 48 00:01:56,282 --> 00:01:58,952 So a lot of people and I'm vegetarian. 49 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:02,388 So the biggest question that I know that I get is 50 00:02:02,388 --> 00:02:04,657 how do you get your protein choice. Yeah. 51 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:07,494 So let's talk about how you get your protein. 52 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:10,830 Well, it's funny because, we've kind of been brainwashed, 53 00:02:11,030 --> 00:02:14,567 I think, to think about this one macronutrient as opposed. 54 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:16,903 No one ever comes up to you say, where do you get your fats? 55 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,238 Where do you get your fiber? 56 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:19,339 Where do you get your potassium? 57 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:21,574 Like we don't, we isolated this one thing. 58 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:24,577 So there's been a lot of marketing around it over the years. 59 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:27,914 Because there's money to be made, you know, there's different protein powders. 60 00:02:27,914 --> 00:02:28,982 There's protein in water. 61 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:29,782 I've seen it. It's 62 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:33,253 it's kind of ridiculous at this point, but no one is protein deficient. 63 00:02:33,553 --> 00:02:36,055 If you look at any case around the world, you won't find somebody 64 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:38,958 unless they're starving, which means they're just malnourished. Right? 65 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:41,227 So I personally choose not to focus on that. 66 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:44,430 There's been times in my life when I did, you know, I used to work at GNC. 67 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:47,100 I used to be 20 pounds heavier than I am now with muscle. 68 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:49,669 I work out all the time. We've taken all these things. 69 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:52,038 And then I realized, like, I really don't need it. 70 00:02:52,038 --> 00:02:55,041 And this has been kind of the path that I've been along. 71 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:58,278 So now I just make sure I try to eat the rainbow. 72 00:02:58,278 --> 00:03:00,146 I try to get as much of a diverse, 73 00:03:01,281 --> 00:03:01,648 You know, 74 00:03:01,648 --> 00:03:04,951 option of foods in my day as I can, and it tends to work out. 75 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:06,853 I feel pretty good. 76 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:10,023 If I had some instances where I wasn't feeling good, then I would 77 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:13,393 explore and say, well, maybe I need to up this and see how it looks up that. 78 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:16,129 But at the moment I'm pretty good. 79 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:18,031 So your wife and your child. 80 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:19,098 Yeah. Yes. 81 00:03:19,098 --> 00:03:22,902 My son was really the impetus for us to to live this lifestyle. 82 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:28,441 You know, I started as a challenge back in January 1st of 2015. 83 00:03:28,808 --> 00:03:30,543 I used to do all these weird food challenges. 84 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:33,279 I would go a month eating this or a month not eating that. 85 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:35,148 So I said, let me try this raw diet. 86 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:40,587 So I started on, January 1st and I said, I'm gonna make it for the month. 87 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:42,922 10th anniversary. Yeah. Yeah. 88 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,792 So, what I did was I 89 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:48,795 made it for about two weeks, and I wanted to chew my own hand off. 90 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:49,662 Right. 91 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:50,663 You get your protein. 92 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:51,030 Yeah. Yeah. 93 00:03:51,030 --> 00:03:54,667 So I'm I'm I'm I'm doing all the typical mistakes people do when they go vegan. 94 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:57,403 I'm eating nothing but salads and and some fruits and stuff. 95 00:03:57,403 --> 00:03:59,339 But this is January. It's freezing. 96 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:00,840 I'm craving something different. 97 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,609 So then I started to do some cooked foods. 98 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:04,744 I did the pastas, the rices, the beans, 99 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:06,646 and the different things incorporating that. 100 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:08,881 I found out like, wow, this is pretty good. I'm satiated. 101 00:04:08,881 --> 00:04:11,484 I feel good about this. And then it just stuck. 102 00:04:11,484 --> 00:04:13,953 And now, this January to be 11 years. 103 00:04:13,953 --> 00:04:18,358 And, you know, my son has been that way ever since he's been born, and, 104 00:04:18,558 --> 00:04:21,060 Yeah, well, that's true. It's something that's worked for us. 105 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:22,962 You know, sometimes people will try these things 106 00:04:22,962 --> 00:04:25,732 and they'll go back and I say, you know, it wasn't for me. 107 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:29,035 But I think over a decade, I've kind of put it to the test for myself. 108 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:31,271 And I'm like, I think I can write this out. 109 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:35,642 And it's it's taken some different turns, like it went from just being a challenge 110 00:04:35,642 --> 00:04:39,612 to then being about health and then a deep dive into the research around this. 111 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:42,615 And then it became a spiritual thing like, okay, well, 112 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:46,185 if I can live this way, that's in harmony more with the natural world 113 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:47,420 and maybe that's the way to go. 114 00:04:48,988 --> 00:04:52,091 And then your wife came along on the journey or was she already. Yes. 115 00:04:52,325 --> 00:04:55,328 She was about six months after me 116 00:04:55,528 --> 00:04:59,098 when she started to transition atlas from, 117 00:04:59,565 --> 00:05:02,735 breast milk into soft foods and stuff. 118 00:05:03,002 --> 00:05:06,205 She couldn't think about giving him another mother's milk. 119 00:05:06,539 --> 00:05:06,873 Right. 120 00:05:06,873 --> 00:05:09,676 So she started looking at, you know, we got the cheesecloth. 121 00:05:09,676 --> 00:05:12,679 We're, you know, doing almond milk and different milks at home. 122 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:16,316 And then it just kind of went from there, you know, fed them 123 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,686 nothing but sauteed or, smashed up vegetables and stuff. 124 00:05:19,686 --> 00:05:22,055 We made our own baby food, essentially. 125 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:24,324 And, he's super healthy. 126 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,059 And what a great name to list. 127 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:26,693 Thank you. 128 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:27,360 Yes. Yeah. 129 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:27,994 I'm cutting. 130 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:30,997 Son's name is Atlas. Atlas elbow. Yeah. 131 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:31,864 No middle name. 132 00:05:31,864 --> 00:05:34,100 We couldn't think of something cool enough to put in between it. 133 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,702 So it's just that. 134 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:39,272 You know, when you mention, you know, mother's milk, 135 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:43,843 and it reminded me I was a very sickly child. 136 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:47,013 And for the time I was nine months old, I was hospitalized. 137 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:52,552 And, and I can remember going to different doctors or a lot of digestive problems. 138 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:53,986 I was having. 139 00:05:53,986 --> 00:05:56,989 And it wasn't until I was around 30 140 00:05:57,390 --> 00:06:02,295 that this wonderful Indian doctor at Yale looked at me and he said, 141 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:06,933 has anyone ever tested you for being lactose intolerant? 142 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:09,802 And all the tests I went through, no one ever did that. 143 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:12,805 And he said over a certain age, 144 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:15,775 there is no need to be drinking 145 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:18,378 milk from, you know, milk. 146 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:21,247 Yeah. Never mind milk from an animal. Yeah. 147 00:06:21,247 --> 00:06:25,218 And my life just changed for the better when I met. 148 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:27,754 And I was very lactose intolerant. 149 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:30,490 I was, like, on the floor with pain. 150 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:33,493 Once you had to drink, then wait three hours. 151 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:38,398 And once I got rid of dairy, boy, did my life improve. 152 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:39,298 Yeah, so. 153 00:06:39,298 --> 00:06:44,670 But everyone has their own journey in finding this out, so, I mean, you're 154 00:06:44,670 --> 00:06:49,409 both like, I said, so extraordinarily healthy and in great shape. 155 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:52,712 But, John, you eat differently and you also fast. 156 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:54,113 I don't know if you do fasting. 157 00:06:54,113 --> 00:06:55,381 I do, yeah I do. 158 00:06:55,381 --> 00:06:58,384 It's, it's kind of built into my schedule right now. 159 00:06:58,384 --> 00:07:00,186 So it's not something I really have to think about. 160 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:03,189 But I've done intentional fast before when I feel like I need it. 161 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:04,490 Yeah. 162 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:05,658 And don't get me wrong, I. 163 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:10,797 So again, I switched my diet ten years ago, so I was 35, right? 164 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:12,698 I'm going to be 45 in a couple months. 165 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:14,901 So I this guy is ancient. 166 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:17,703 I, I, I, I know you. 167 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:20,039 Through all the secrets, but I ate everything. 168 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:21,574 Like, you name it, there's a there's 169 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:23,342 I don't think there's an animal that I haven't eat. 170 00:07:23,342 --> 00:07:25,044 My dad used to bring me to game dinners 171 00:07:25,044 --> 00:07:27,079 and stuff, so we would try all sorts of stuff. 172 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:30,750 And, I just looked at myself in that way, taking everything in, 173 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:34,053 and it's only been relatively recently 174 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:37,089 where I kind of stepped aside from that and just tried this different way. 175 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:40,626 But even that, at that point I felt pretty good, 176 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:42,795 I felt healthy, I never had any nagging ailments 177 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:44,997 or anything that I would attribute to my diet. 178 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:45,198 Right. 179 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:49,802 But, I think it's probably because I ate all the good stuff and all the bad stuff. 180 00:07:50,002 --> 00:07:52,638 So if you you get the right things in, 181 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:56,476 you can live a certain way and not really pay, so to speak. 182 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:58,878 But if you're doing all the bad things, you know the good things. 183 00:07:58,878 --> 00:08:00,513 Now we start to see other problems. 184 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:02,815 Yeah, yeah, that's very true. 185 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:04,951 And I say good and bad, but I know just yeah. 186 00:08:04,951 --> 00:08:05,785 You know what I mean. 187 00:08:05,785 --> 00:08:07,019 It's like, you know, judgment. Yeah. 188 00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:10,022 There's so many different ways to get there is like with you, with your style. 189 00:08:10,022 --> 00:08:11,457 What do you do? I admire that. 190 00:08:11,457 --> 00:08:11,791 Thank you. 191 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:14,393 And the bottom line is like, you know, Joyce knows me well enough. 192 00:08:14,393 --> 00:08:16,662 I'm not judgmental with that thing. You're you're healthy. 193 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:18,831 You're doing great. It obviously works for you. Yeah. 194 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:21,901 I mean, not everybody likes the same food or the TV shows or whatever. 195 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:23,636 Maybe it doesn't make them a bad or good. 196 00:08:23,636 --> 00:08:26,005 It's just your choice. Yeah, but you. Make it work. 197 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:28,941 Whatever works for you. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 198 00:08:28,941 --> 00:08:32,144 If you're sitting there and looking all week and everything and saying, 199 00:08:33,045 --> 00:08:36,449 you know, vegetarian, but, you know, some people will say that to me. 200 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:39,285 Well, you can't just be a vegetarian because of that. 201 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:44,323 And I'm not, but I honestly, I look at some of them who are way younger than me, 202 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:47,493 they got a lot more problems within their body. 203 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,631 And, so it works for me. Yes. 204 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:55,334 And I been that since a teenager. 205 00:08:55,334 --> 00:08:59,038 That's that's when I, when I stopped in eating meat, eating chicken. 206 00:08:59,472 --> 00:09:02,475 And it was for reasons that I loved animals. 207 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:05,745 I just one day I was just this, 208 00:09:05,978 --> 00:09:08,548 enlightenment, you know, came over 209 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:12,485 me, and I looked at the chicken on the table and I said, 210 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:14,520 I can't do this. 211 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,156 Yeah. You know, there's got to be alternatives. 212 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:22,161 And my first little book I bought was called diet for a Small Planet, 213 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:25,665 and it was a vegetarian little cookbook. 214 00:09:25,798 --> 00:09:29,702 And I learned how to soak the beans and grind things 215 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:33,306 and make my own veggie patties, and, you know, all of that. 216 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:37,343 And I remember having a party and serving what looked like Swedish meatballs. 217 00:09:37,443 --> 00:09:39,912 They weren't and weren't meatballs. 218 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:41,080 And everyone loved it. 219 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,083 And they didn't believe it when I told them that. 220 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:47,520 No, it's really grown nuts and cottage cheese and, 221 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:50,356 you know, whatever, you know, herbs I put in there. Yeah. 222 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:53,659 My wife made deviled eggs one time for a party, and it was little, 223 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:55,895 I can't remember what the little potatoes are called, 224 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:58,898 but she hollowed them out and then made this little whipped, 225 00:09:59,298 --> 00:10:01,267 you know, yolk, so to speak. Put it in. 226 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:04,337 Yeah, they were delicious, and nobody knew the difference. 227 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:05,237 Really. Right. 228 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:06,872 Okay. Right. I'm. 229 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:09,408 I mean, I love a lot of that myself too. Yeah. 230 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:10,743 I keep an open mind. 231 00:10:10,743 --> 00:10:13,279 That's that. Yeah. I always like the taste of eggs. 232 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,047 I could never do eggs. 233 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:17,249 It just really bothers my stomach. 234 00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:17,650 Yeah. 235 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:19,051 You know I'm big. 236 00:10:19,051 --> 00:10:21,887 That's why I say I'm not vegan and vegetarian. 237 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:27,193 So that if egg isn't something I mean I eat it be eggs alone. 238 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:28,961 Just it'll do a number. 239 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:30,763 Oh does it number on my stomach. 240 00:10:30,763 --> 00:10:33,699 Yeah. Well, you kind of put yourself through a master class, right? 241 00:10:33,699 --> 00:10:36,302 And you're still in it. Learning along the way, and it's right. Yeah. 242 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:39,138 So part of the journey. Oh that master class. 243 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:42,141 So you you but you do fasting. 244 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,076 I do, I do intermittent fasting. 245 00:10:44,076 --> 00:10:45,611 I've started about a year and a half ago 246 00:10:45,611 --> 00:10:47,913 and has done wonders for my body and then because like you 247 00:10:47,913 --> 00:10:49,849 I, when I was big I was competing. 248 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:51,684 I may compete again in a couple of years. Let's go. 249 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:55,021 I was more like a a gymnast look because I've always kept it really, 250 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:58,257 really strict and natural with everything I do. 251 00:10:58,691 --> 00:10:59,558 But you know, but, 252 00:10:59,558 --> 00:11:02,561 you know, year and a half ago, I started intermittent fasting, I love it. 253 00:11:02,862 --> 00:11:07,800 What I'll do is I'll do a 24 hour fast one day a week, typically an 18 to 6 split. 254 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:10,002 Yeah, but I'll do 16 eight. I'll do 24. 255 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:11,804 I keep it predictably unpredictable. 256 00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:12,872 I'll feast 257 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:16,142 maybe once or twice a week because your body gets into a settling mode. 258 00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:19,111 And I wanted to go crank it up a little bit. 259 00:11:19,111 --> 00:11:22,081 So when I feast, I end up actually losing a little bit of weight. 260 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:26,552 In many cases, if I go like an extra 2 or 3 meals once or twice a week. 261 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:31,691 But I'm really, really big on high protein and I get my proteins from my fish. 262 00:11:32,158 --> 00:11:33,959 A lot of fish. I eat a lot of red meat. 263 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:36,662 You know, I find that that's really good about helping 264 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:39,965 with inflammation in the human body, and I'm just a really a big fan of that. 265 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:41,400 And it it works for me. 266 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,571 You know, even chicken, you know, tons of vegetables, steamed, organic. 267 00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:48,174 Yeah. Fruits when they're in season. Yeah. You know what? 268 00:11:48,174 --> 00:11:49,308 I make sure they're organic. 269 00:11:49,308 --> 00:11:52,812 Honey, that's indigenous to this area because it's great for the immune system 270 00:11:52,812 --> 00:11:54,080 as well. 271 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:54,914 Lots of water. 272 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:56,315 I wake up first thing in the morning. 273 00:11:56,315 --> 00:12:00,820 I have my my, water with filtered water with Celtic salt in it. 274 00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:01,620 Yep. Same. 275 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:03,789 Then I'll have my black coffee after, 276 00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:04,590 because the acidity 277 00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:07,593 is not going to affect my my stomach as much after I've had that. 278 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:11,063 And then I'll have maybe 2 or 3 big giant glasses of water, 279 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:15,668 and then I'll have my first meal, usually five, 4 or 5:00 in the afternoon. 280 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:17,203 Yeah, but I'm finding out 281 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:20,239 when I, when I work out in a fasted state, it's really good for me. 282 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:21,640 I'm more clearheaded. 283 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,609 I have more energy, less brain fog. 284 00:12:23,609 --> 00:12:26,378 It's counterintuitive to the average person. Yeah. Right. Yeah. 285 00:12:26,378 --> 00:12:28,414 You know, but, it's just really worked for me. 286 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:32,651 And I've since last year, I've lost maybe 20, 25 pounds leaner. 287 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:35,855 You know. And, and stronger and. Fitter. 288 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,156 I feel more resilient. 289 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,291 More resilient. Yeah. Many ways. Yeah. 290 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:41,794 And it's really been noticeable to people around. 291 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:43,729 They go, wow, man, you. Look really good. Yeah. 292 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:46,532 He really leaned out not to do it bad before, but it looks better. 293 00:12:46,532 --> 00:12:47,299 Yeah, yeah. 294 00:12:47,299 --> 00:12:48,534 But more importantly, health 295 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:51,570 wise and inside all my doctor appointments are like this. 296 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:54,473 You you get the body of a 30 year old. 297 00:12:54,473 --> 00:12:55,374 What are you doing? 298 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:57,343 Your numbers are perfect in every way. 299 00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:59,812 Yeah. He should be sitting down. And you give him an election, right? 300 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:02,348 Resonate with you, enjoys the same thing, you know? Yeah. 301 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:03,983 We're all in the same fraternity here. 302 00:13:03,983 --> 00:13:06,786 So does people have different ways of getting. Yes. Yeah, but to be. 303 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:10,623 Totally transparent, my problem was if I had to go out there and kill, 304 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:14,727 the game to eat it, I would probably be a vegan or vegetarian. 305 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:16,195 I would not be able to kill that chicken. 306 00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:18,330 He'd be my buddy, my pet. Yeah, yes. 307 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:21,300 I. Know, and I have to admit that, like, or a cow or something. 308 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,302 Yeah. I would not be able to do it. I couldn't. Do it. 309 00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:24,570 You're not alone in that sentiment. 310 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:27,606 Someone's just mentioned, as they said, if people had to go out and like butcher 311 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:30,176 catch and but. You couldn't do food. Like we'd all be, I'd. Be a vegan. 312 00:13:30,176 --> 00:13:30,876 Yeah, yeah. 313 00:13:30,876 --> 00:13:33,379 Being a vegetarian without question. Yeah, I admit that. 314 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:35,181 And you would be the best one. You would. 315 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:36,682 Yeah. Things. Yeah. 316 00:13:36,682 --> 00:13:36,982 Oh yeah. 317 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:38,517 You would teach us that you found. 318 00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:39,552 Because I think what you do, there's 319 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,821 a lot of merit to that both you enjoys to know. 320 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:43,055 And I really admire that. 321 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:45,024 I've chosen a different road right now that works for me. 322 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:47,092 Like you said, you had to go work, but I admire it. 323 00:13:47,092 --> 00:13:48,961 I yeah, I don't say like, oh, you know my words. 324 00:13:48,961 --> 00:13:51,864 No, no, no, I don't like that self-righteous adage. 325 00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:54,099 I said, we're all we all came from the same place. 326 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:55,267 We're all going to the same place. 327 00:13:55,267 --> 00:13:57,803 So while we're here together, we got to enjoy it. And yeah. 328 00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:00,639 And each other with some kind. Of show respect. 329 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:01,173 Yeah. 330 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:04,176 You talked about fasting though I think a lot of people would benefit from that. 331 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:06,512 Not maybe not even a formal type of fasting 332 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:08,247 but just giving themselves a break. 333 00:14:08,247 --> 00:14:10,649 Like we go we have breakfast and we have a snack. 334 00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:11,183 Then we have lunch, 335 00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:14,186 then we have a snack, then we have dinner, and then we have dessert. 336 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:16,322 And just it's an overload, right? 337 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:17,790 I tell my students all the time, like, 338 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:20,192 if I gave you a homework assignment that you didn't finish 339 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:22,862 and you show up first thing in the morning and I gave you another, Simon said, 340 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,030 start that and you're like, wait a minute, I didn't finish that right. 341 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:27,166 That's kind of what we're doing to our digestive system. 342 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:29,068 So yeah, when we do that with toxins 343 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:30,903 and with things that are overloaded with preservatives 344 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:34,740 and all those also sorts of stuff, it becomes too much. 345 00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:35,608 We get overwhelmed. 346 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,343 Especially in the American culture right now. 347 00:14:37,343 --> 00:14:38,143 On, our food is 348 00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:41,280 just loaded with cheap preservatives to keep them on the shelves longer. 349 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,283 Yeah, and the thing is, I'd rather pay a little extra money and get organic. 350 00:14:44,516 --> 00:14:46,819 You know, Gorgui, we clean all of our vegetables, 351 00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:49,188 our fruits, and make sure we make the best choices. 352 00:14:49,188 --> 00:14:52,892 If we're going to get the beef, it's going to be grass fed hormone, no hormones. 353 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:53,792 You know, none of this stuff. 354 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:55,895 You get the best choices. 355 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,063 And I rather pay now the pay later. 356 00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:00,199 You know so we're going to make those better. 357 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:02,301 And be mindful about that. Right. Yeah. 358 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:05,004 Shopping with an intention of health. Yeah. 359 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:06,939 The outer parts of the supermarket. Yeah. 360 00:15:06,939 --> 00:15:07,907 Oh yeah. Inner aisles. 361 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,910 Yeah. We don't even go in there. No. No way. 362 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:13,445 You know talking about fasting 363 00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:16,448 the most I do is three days. 364 00:15:16,515 --> 00:15:19,318 And every once in a while I do it. 365 00:15:19,318 --> 00:15:22,321 And by the second, especially the third day, 366 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:25,357 I have so much energy. 367 00:15:25,357 --> 00:15:27,993 My mind is so clear. 368 00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:31,230 And I, I do things around the house like, oh, 369 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:35,100 I think I'm going to, you know, recreate some space over here. 370 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:36,702 Move this over here. Do that. Yeah. 371 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:39,905 And I it's just amazing because people think they're going 372 00:15:39,905 --> 00:15:43,776 to be sluggish and, and they're going to be sleeping and hungry. But 373 00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:47,546 I've always felt that way from years ago. 374 00:15:47,546 --> 00:15:52,051 I used to fast every Monday, you know, kind of eat what I wanted on Sunday. 375 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:55,321 And then Monday I would just let my body rest. 376 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:58,524 But by the second day, 377 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:01,360 it was like I would say to people, 378 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,331 I don't know, it's it's like, might like cobwebs are out of my brain. 379 00:16:05,331 --> 00:16:07,733 Like I'm thinking so much clearer. 380 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:09,335 Where's that health teacher coming out of me? 381 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:13,238 So like when you a lot of people think we get energy from the food 382 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:16,742 and it's not entirely true, because when you eat right, 383 00:16:16,742 --> 00:16:19,111 you got to have blood that goes to your digestive system 384 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:20,879 and it takes it away from your muscles, from your brain, 385 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:23,582 from all these systems to kind of make that happen. 386 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:27,319 So when you're not eating right, then you're in kind of survival mode 387 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:29,488 and whatever you want to do, whatever you think 388 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:31,056 that you put your mind to it, you want to do it. 389 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:33,859 Your body's going to have all the energy to support that, because it's thinking 390 00:16:33,859 --> 00:16:37,463 what we're doing now is to help us stay alive and survive and thrive. 391 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,699 This is why when you eat, like, what's the next thing you want to do? 392 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:43,602 You want to sit back, you want it later on? Oh, yeah. 393 00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:46,138 Like after that Thanksgiving meal. What do you know? Yeah, like. 394 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:47,740 Even like the lions on the savanna. 395 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:50,175 They go boards and then they sleep for two days. 396 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,211 They're just laid out in the. Sun, right? Right. 397 00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:56,648 So, I think mindfully snacking, mindfully eating right. 398 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:57,783 If you need some stimulation, 399 00:16:57,783 --> 00:17:00,586 you need something inside of you to kind of satiate you. Yeah. 400 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:03,489 To go do the work that you're going to do, but most of the time we can do it 401 00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:04,123 with nothing. 402 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,392 The thing is, I want to burn for my fat reserves. 403 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,160 That's where you're getting your energy. 404 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,361 If you go eating all the time, 405 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:11,296 you never have a chance to tap into the fat reserves. 406 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:14,099 No I don't have a chance to have autophagy kick in. 407 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,234 I want that ketosis. 408 00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:17,002 The ketones just aren't working right. 409 00:17:17,002 --> 00:17:20,005 So I throw in my black coffee in the morning, maybe some MCT oil. 410 00:17:20,372 --> 00:17:22,841 You know, and that helps speed up the ketosis right there. Yes. 411 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:24,843 Is it a technically a pure fast? Maybe. 412 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:26,645 Not necessarily, but it works for me. Yeah. 413 00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:28,847 What is MCT. Oil. It's like it's a coconut. 414 00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:29,348 Coconut. Yeah. 415 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:32,851 And I put like a little tablespoon organic and with my black coffee in the morning 416 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:35,354 and it keeps me satiated a lot longer. Yeah. 417 00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:36,922 Along with the Celtic salt. 418 00:17:36,922 --> 00:17:37,656 Made on the water. 419 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:38,791 Hit those minerals. Yeah. 420 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:40,592 And during the course of the day, if I find myself, 421 00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:42,561 you know, a little bit tired, I'll throw some more salt. 422 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:44,863 Yeah. In the body which is salt is our friend. 423 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:46,231 Yeah. The right salt. 424 00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:46,598 Yeah. Yeah. 425 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:48,367 You don't want to get the stuff that's in the box. 426 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:51,303 Edwards and all over the table. Salt. Yeah, you got it. I go to a restaurant. 427 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:53,338 I stay away from that salt. Yeah, whatever. 428 00:17:53,338 --> 00:17:53,605 Yeah. 429 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:57,443 My son just discovered that, that he feels so much better 430 00:17:57,443 --> 00:18:02,181 waking up and drinking water with fresh lemon and, like, Himalayan. 431 00:18:02,448 --> 00:18:05,217 Pink salt, Himalayan or calcium. It's that. 432 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:05,350 Yeah. 433 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:08,087 Is there a difference between Himalayan and, South? Excellent. 434 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,322 Yeah. I heard the Celtic salt is the way to go. 435 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:12,191 You got to source it from the right places. 436 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:13,225 So you got to do your research. 437 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:16,462 A lot of the Himalayan salt that has that pink, it's been colored 438 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:17,863 and it comes from different places. 439 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:20,399 That the dye is not good for. You. Exactly. 440 00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:22,501 So okay, there's a couple of good sources. 441 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:25,404 If you go to like, what we're talking about, 442 00:18:25,404 --> 00:18:28,907 edge of the woods or the time and season some of the, iron in Middletown. 443 00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:31,310 I go to, you know, food works and, and Guilford. 444 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:32,144 Oh, there you go. 445 00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:33,812 Yeah. Great spot. Yeah. 446 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:35,881 All right, I'm going to get that salt. 447 00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:36,949 I'm glad you said that. 448 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:40,119 And, I mean, 449 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,455 your affiliate, what do I call that with a wellness company? 450 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:45,057 You and your and your wife? Oh, yeah. 451 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:46,325 My wife and I are marketing reps. 452 00:18:46,325 --> 00:18:49,128 It's the largest online wellness shopping club in North America. 453 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:52,097 And everything is made there at Idaho Falls. 454 00:18:52,097 --> 00:18:54,900 Let me. Tell you. Something. Simple. Ingredients on the planet. 455 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,502 Yeah, I had one. 456 00:18:56,502 --> 00:18:58,070 Today the protein bars. 457 00:18:58,070 --> 00:19:01,039 I've never had a protein bar like this. 458 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:03,809 And I'm very fussy about my protein bars. 459 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,812 I mean, I think I've tasted them all, and. 460 00:19:07,045 --> 00:19:09,915 And you're the company that you're affiliated with. 461 00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:13,318 I bought protein X, I believe it's called, 462 00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:17,022 I eat that when I know 463 00:19:17,022 --> 00:19:20,025 pretty much I'm not going to be eating most of the day, 464 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:23,328 and I'm going to have a tough day or a long day. 465 00:19:23,695 --> 00:19:26,031 It's so filling. 466 00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:29,801 I feel so good when I eat that I have to order more, 467 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:31,336 but I think I just eat last one. 468 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:33,038 To really try to make the best choices that we can. 469 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:35,040 Like I would tell you, we're not the perfect company 470 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,008 know you could find fault 471 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:38,911 in a lot of things, but it's the best of the choices I made 472 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:40,712 with the company because, I mean, we try to get 473 00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:42,748 the best possible products in our body. 474 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:46,185 It's not just what you eat, it's what you surround yourself in your house 475 00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:48,487 and make sure you get the best cleaning products. 476 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:50,422 Make sure you put, you know, the best shampoos. 477 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:52,324 Yeah, and all the. So yeah, Caroline. 478 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:53,659 That was really important. 479 00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:54,326 Yeah. Right. 480 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:55,327 When people find out 481 00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:59,565 or I talk about veganism, a lot of times you think like, oh, I'm high and mighty. 482 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:01,233 You know, vegans are perfect. 483 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:04,036 That's never the case. We're just trying our best. 484 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,737 When I speak from it, I speak for myself. Right? 485 00:20:05,737 --> 00:20:09,541 I can't speak for everybody, but I'm trying my best to give myself 486 00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:12,878 the proper nutrition, avoid toxins, avoid any kind of 487 00:20:13,278 --> 00:20:15,981 anything that's going to resonate with me in a negative light. 488 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:19,918 So whether it's the suffering that, you know, comes with that 489 00:20:19,918 --> 00:20:22,921 or whether it's just the right, you know, right. 490 00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:25,023 It's my macro micro, right. 491 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:25,457 You know. 492 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:28,627 And like I say a lot of to, I'm not a perfectionist either. 493 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:31,597 I know I live basically by the 85, 9010 rule. 494 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:31,930 Yeah. 495 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:35,000 If once in a while I want to go off and I want to have that ice cream, 496 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,268 I'm going to have it right. 497 00:20:36,268 --> 00:20:39,204 If I want to have that cheesecake at the wedding reception, I'm dealing, 498 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:41,907 you know, a cupcake. I want to have it and not feel guilty about it. 499 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,176 You know, I know that I'm going to be fasting the next day 500 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:45,844 and my body's going to burn it. 501 00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:48,680 You know, it's it's not like it's part of my normal routine, right? 502 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,648 Yeah. Right. Right, right. 503 00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:52,851 It's not like the person who might be or maybe heavy 504 00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:55,320 and also need that one healthy meal, that salad, 505 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,155 they think all of a sudden they're going to look like, you know. 506 00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:58,924 Yeah. Right. Maybe. Yeah. 507 00:20:58,924 --> 00:20:59,157 Yeah. 508 00:20:59,157 --> 00:21:02,461 I think if you deny yourself, it makes you have a craving for it. 509 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:04,997 If you feel like you're really depriving, I love. 510 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:07,666 Sweets, I admit I love. Them. I'm a chocolate fan. 511 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:08,133 Me too. 512 00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:08,867 Yeah, yeah. 513 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:09,901 And Joyce. 514 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:10,535 Oh, okay. 515 00:21:10,535 --> 00:21:12,037 Oh, get those bars out. 516 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,805 Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. 517 00:21:13,805 --> 00:21:18,010 Well, the bars that I made, it has raspberry and it's that sensual. 518 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:19,011 But there are some chocolate in. 519 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,780 Okay. Yeah. Girl, anything she makes is going to be good. 520 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:22,981 I bet. Yeah. 521 00:21:22,981 --> 00:21:23,882 I just like, 522 00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:28,186 you know, I get more satisfaction out of making something than eating it, actually. 523 00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:30,322 Well, every. Time I bring stuff home for my bride. 524 00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:32,758 Yeah, sure, I hate choice. I love. 525 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:35,761 I hate to say I love you, but she loves you more than hate you. 526 00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:37,462 Yeah. Oh. That's good. 527 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:40,232 So everyone needs to find out. 528 00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,868 Like, what their what they want to do. 529 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:43,902 You know? Like what? 530 00:21:43,902 --> 00:21:46,672 What this isn't. Do you want to make, 531 00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:49,474 I know a lot of people have a hard time losing weight, 532 00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:52,377 and they want to eat healthy, and I. 533 00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:55,314 They honestly don't know how. 534 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:59,151 I mean, I've had people say that to me so many times in my practice, 535 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:03,121 you know, like, they don't even know where to begin. 536 00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:07,326 And and also they may have other people living in their house 537 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:12,431 where they're not eating that way, and they are buying a lot of the, the, you. 538 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:14,900 Know, process. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 539 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:17,936 So I guess just take baby steps and. 540 00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:19,705 Yeah, there's some different tenants 541 00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:23,775 you can live by fresh, ripe, raw, organic, seasonal, local. 542 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:26,645 Right. Those are six six words right there. 543 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:26,912 Yeah. 544 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:29,881 Those are six that you can kind of pay attention to. 545 00:22:29,881 --> 00:22:32,451 And then when you're shopping or when you're preparing a meal, 546 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:34,820 like how many of those can you check off right. Right. 547 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:37,322 If you can check off half or more, you're looking pretty good. 548 00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:40,459 And if every time you make a meal, you try to add a little more to it. 549 00:22:40,459 --> 00:22:42,961 In that realm, I think you'd be in good shape, I think. 550 00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:44,696 Is anybody watching right now at Joyce? 551 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:47,232 I mean, we've we've been more than happy to to help with advice. 552 00:22:47,232 --> 00:22:50,602 We have your contact information absolutely from different ways, 553 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:53,638 from the vegan or vegetarian, from a person to those kind of keto, 554 00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:56,375 whatever works for you because there is no right or wrong way. 555 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:59,277 It's what's best for you, no judgment, what's best for you. 556 00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:01,012 But at least you're doing something. 557 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:01,680 A lot of people say 558 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,615 they want to do something, but they don't know where to start. 559 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:05,851 There's so much conflicting information out there. 560 00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:08,820 If you put ten nutritionists in a room, they'll have ten different 561 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:10,122 ways of doing it. 562 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:15,961 Listen, all you have to do is go online and click on one thing and you have a. 563 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:17,729 Barrage of. 564 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:20,732 Japanese coming, and then you don't know. 565 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:24,336 I mean, it really is even for me, it's like, oh, that looks good. 566 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:28,573 And then I do a deep dive on the company and I'll read the reviews, 567 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:31,443 but then it's just too much. It's too overwhelming. 568 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:31,643 Yeah. 569 00:23:31,643 --> 00:23:34,713 Or you or you go to a white, you know, the vitamin department, 570 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,448 which I love, the vitamin department 571 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:39,885 at edge of the woods because they have a knowledgeable team there. 572 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:43,422 So you're not just standing there maybe like at a GNC, 573 00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:46,558 you know, just just like, what do I do? 574 00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:49,127 You know, someone will come along and help you. 575 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:53,131 And even doctors recommend going to a store like that. 576 00:23:53,298 --> 00:23:54,199 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 577 00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:55,734 If you have somebody with some experience 578 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:57,335 and then they've been dealing with other customers 579 00:23:57,335 --> 00:24:00,472 that might have similar questions and they already have the answer. 580 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,374 And if you don't have the answer admitted to people, 581 00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:05,210 I'm the first person to say, I don't know, but I will get the answer for you. 582 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:06,878 Yeah. Then you maintain that credibility. 583 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:08,513 It's not like you're trying to sell them something, right? 584 00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:10,949 Or something, I don't know. Yeah, nothing wrong with it. 585 00:24:10,949 --> 00:24:12,017 Don't you find that once 586 00:24:12,017 --> 00:24:15,954 you have a desire to do something, that it just shows up also? 587 00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:17,489 Yeah. Right now. 588 00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:19,357 We're talking about attracting and bringing. 589 00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:22,360 In and, traction. Yeah. Language. 590 00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:24,796 Yeah. It starts with your thought and your intention. 591 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:27,199 And then that will lead to that feeling in action. 592 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:30,702 And it just you can pull things into your vortex real fast. 593 00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:32,137 Yeah. You can. 594 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:33,138 The laws of the universe. 595 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:35,574 That's why it's so important to speak faith over your life. 596 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:38,410 Speak faith over yourself, speaking with people you know. 597 00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:40,178 Don't not say, I, I can't do this. 598 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:43,081 Well, how can you do this? Oh, I have to go to my job. 599 00:24:43,081 --> 00:24:45,984 No, you get to go to your job. Yeah. You know. 600 00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:47,219 Yeah. Gratitude. 601 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:48,820 Gratitude is riches. 602 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:51,890 And say I am healthy. Yeah, yeah. 603 00:24:51,957 --> 00:24:52,924 Well, see. 604 00:24:52,924 --> 00:24:54,493 Am. I am. 605 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:56,628 I am a masterpiece. And it's not arrogance. 606 00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:58,230 We all are masterpieces. 607 00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:00,899 Yeah, we're all creators. Masterpieces. And we are. Yeah. 608 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:02,567 You know, I could hear my son say, right. 609 00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:04,436 Oh, yeah. You're a master. Hey. 610 00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:05,170 Yeah. My wife. 611 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,371 Two of you watching right now. 612 00:25:06,371 --> 00:25:09,241 Look, give him the book. Say I am enough. 613 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,575 Yeah. Yes. Yeah. 614 00:25:10,575 --> 00:25:13,111 My wife and say, yeah, you're enough. All right? Yeah. I'm not. 615 00:25:13,111 --> 00:25:13,712 I've had enough. 616 00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:15,113 You get that every now and then. 617 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:16,882 Every now and then I get it. Yeah. 618 00:25:16,882 --> 00:25:17,916 I, I just. 619 00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:20,785 Ask you, are you, do you cook or you're cooking also. 620 00:25:20,785 --> 00:25:23,788 Yeah I see the when you're with your son. 621 00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:24,256 Yeah. 622 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:26,391 I try to keep him in the kitchen to see what I'm doing. 623 00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:28,226 Sometimes I'll have him be my sous chef. 624 00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:29,661 Other times I just let him chill 625 00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:33,532 and I enjoy you know catering to him and catering to my wife. So 626 00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:35,467 And what's your, what's your wife's. 627 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,702 Name? Chrissy. Hey, Chrissy. Yeah. Hi, Chris. 628 00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:39,070 That's yourself. A good one here. Chrissy. 629 00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:40,772 Usually right out of, let's say Alice. Yeah. 630 00:25:40,772 --> 00:25:42,541 Now she gets to hear from some other person. 631 00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:43,875 Besides me, right? 632 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:44,776 Oh, about third party. 633 00:25:44,776 --> 00:25:46,411 You know, a third person edification. Yeah. Right. 634 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:46,778 Yeah. 635 00:25:46,778 --> 00:25:50,148 No, but, no, I, I really enjoy catering to them and trying 636 00:25:50,148 --> 00:25:53,251 to get the best ingredients and making sure they're happy and satisfied 637 00:25:53,251 --> 00:25:55,820 and enjoy the experience, because food is something 638 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:57,556 we've all been bonding around forever. 639 00:25:57,556 --> 00:26:00,892 Yeah, it has a big emotional and psychological component to it. 640 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:04,262 And I think that's why a lot of people fall into some traps, 641 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:07,365 because they think about what grandma's apple pie, 642 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,335 you know, when they were feeling bad and they had that with the ice cream. 643 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:12,571 And now all of a sudden when every time they feel bad, 644 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:13,538 what's in the back of their mind? 645 00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:14,306 Pie and ice cream. 646 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:18,877 It's just so we got to try to change that a little bit, maybe use some healthier 647 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:22,781 ingredients, some healthier meals to try to attach to the emotional peace, 648 00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:25,517 and then using fasting to totally disconnect 649 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:28,420 from all of it and say, what do I really need? Right? You know. 650 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,588 Because right now I'm in the process. 651 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,757 Right now, I'm on my 24th hour right now of fasting. 652 00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:33,224 Let's go. 653 00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:35,927 And I'll and I'll break it probably after about 28. 654 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:37,696 But it's just a really good feeling, like you said, 655 00:26:37,696 --> 00:26:39,631 feel more and more clear headed and enjoy. 656 00:26:39,631 --> 00:26:40,799 She was saying you feel really good. 657 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,802 Now that and that third day with the 72 hour, we have all that energy. 658 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:46,004 And that's when I would have you come over the house and clean. 659 00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:48,273 Yeah. Go and come over to my house. Yeah. 660 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:49,107 We're going to watch it. 661 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:50,842 There's a lot of wisdom to. 662 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:52,711 Coming over with her. Mom. Yeah. 663 00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:55,347 There's a lot of wisdom in, eating once a day. 664 00:26:55,347 --> 00:26:57,716 And when I first heard that, I thought it was kind of crazy. 665 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,951 And now I kind of do it just by default. 666 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:02,087 It's just the way my schedule works. Yes. 667 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:03,421 And then there's also some people 668 00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:07,225 that would say, like, eating once every other day is even better. 669 00:27:07,225 --> 00:27:09,227 Now, some people will go once a week 670 00:27:09,227 --> 00:27:11,396 and you might think like, how does somebody do that? 671 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:14,566 But, they say, if you can do that, you'll never be sick ever. 672 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:16,701 As long. As you're hydrating. Yeah. 673 00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:17,102 So. Yeah. 674 00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:21,239 So, so, that's with the salt, the Celtic salt water, 675 00:27:21,239 --> 00:27:23,208 making sure it gets into the cells. Sure. 676 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:25,810 A lot of people are drinking just water from the tap. Right. 677 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:28,413 And it's flushing ourselves out and taking away all the minerals. 678 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:29,447 And I'm not going to go that pure I 679 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,716 a black coffee I'm gonna have my black organic coffee. 680 00:27:31,716 --> 00:27:34,719 Yeah. To do that or tea. With that nature. 681 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:38,356 And then the enjoyment part of it too because like I think we might have said 682 00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:40,291 this, we're only here for a short period of time. Right. 683 00:27:40,291 --> 00:27:42,227 So you want to enjoy the ride. Yes. 684 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:44,396 And if the coffee is something that you look forward to 685 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:47,632 and has you do better in the world, like double up. 686 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:48,800 Right. Exactly. 687 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,801 Yeah I do. 688 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:50,969 Yeah. Yeah. 689 00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:53,338 I mean, whatever makes it feel better. 690 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:54,406 I mean, do it. 691 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:57,609 But quite honestly, you sometimes you don't need 692 00:27:57,609 --> 00:28:00,645 a whole piece of cake or the whole, you know, cupcake. 693 00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:04,949 A couple of bites, and if you take a break, It's satisfying. 694 00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:07,285 Oh, speak for yourself. Yes. 695 00:28:07,285 --> 00:28:08,787 But we're getting real here. 696 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:10,889 Say, you remember the whole cupcake or two. Yeah. 697 00:28:12,390 --> 00:28:12,724 Yeah. 698 00:28:12,724 --> 00:28:15,660 No, but sometimes that sugar rush for me, I can feel it, like. 699 00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:16,061 Right. 700 00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:19,264 You pay for later on, Oh, well, we could go on forever, 701 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:21,466 but thank you so much for being with us today. 702 00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:23,568 It's been really a privilege and honor. 703 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:24,903 I've had a lot of fun. And. 704 00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:27,872 And if someone wanted you to come to their home to talk about, 705 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:32,677 yoga, talk about even helping the family get on track with eating. 706 00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:35,313 Yeah, you can reach out to me on any of the social medias. 707 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:37,682 It's all costing him out on social media. 708 00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:41,319 My website is Kassem outlaw.com, so you can check that out too. 709 00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:44,956 I've got to update a little bit, but it's there as a calling card. 710 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,925 Mark, I've seen you been an absolute blessing. 711 00:28:46,925 --> 00:28:48,660 I just love the joy you exude. 712 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,128 I love the way you walk into a room. 713 00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:51,963 You just slide it right up. Man, I appreciate it. 714 00:28:51,963 --> 00:28:54,099 Thank you, thank you. 715 00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:56,367 Investor Chrissy investor Atlas. All right. 716 00:28:56,367 --> 00:28:57,402 Thank you so much for tuning in 717 00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,370 to another edition of What's Up with John and Joyce? 718 00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,005 Available on all streaming platforms. 719 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:03,408 Tell a friend about us or the safe place to land. 720 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:05,043 No negativity, no politics. 721 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:07,145 Just uplifting. Inspirational. 722 00:29:07,145 --> 00:29:09,347 This was a lot of fun having you back again. 723 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:11,549 And yeah, best to you and your family and Joyce. 724 00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:12,650 Always enjoy hanging. Out with you. 725 00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:14,385 Always enjoy hanging out with you. 726 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:18,423 And Stephania and you know, Dave in the background out there doing work for us. 727 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:20,158 We appreciate all of them because behind the scenes, 728 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:22,527 people are the ones who really do make this thing happen. 729 00:29:22,527 --> 00:29:25,330 We appreciate them. Till next time, bless you and your family. 730 00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:26,631 Bye for now. Bye bye.