Episode 157

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6th Dec 2023

157. 4 Ways To Strengthen Joints And Stop Joint Pain

4 Ways To Strengthen Joints And Stop Joint Pain

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Joint pain can be such a… well, pain! If you deal with joint pain, then you know just how difficult it can be to accomplish simple tasks. Since your joints are required for basically every movement, it’s crucial that we keep them in good shape. 

In this episode, Evan shares 4 different ways to strengthen your joints, preserve the health of your joints, and stop joint pain. Evan focuses on lifestyle practices that can have profound impacts on the health of your joints, and most of them are completely free. Evan has been dealing with a slight knee pain, and has since implemented many of these tips into his life. In this episode, he’ll be sharing the 4 most impactful lifestyle practices and supplements that have helped him improve the health of his knee. 

Enjoy the episode and make sure to stay tuned to the end for the short list of actionable steps to put the information of this episode into practice. As always, do everything with good intentions, and connect to your elements.


DISCLAIMER:

This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.

Transcript
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on, everyone.

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Welcome to the elemental.

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I've been podcast.

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Thank you all so much for tuning in today.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts.

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And on this podcast, I break down complex

health topics from a holistic perspective.

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And thank you all so

much for joining today.

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Honestly, you just want to start there,

give a little gratitude to all of you.

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Listeners really means the world to me.

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And so happy to be here,

sharing this with you.

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That is something I've been trying

to work on a little bit more.

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I've lost my gratitude practice.

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I used to practice it a lot all the time.

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So trying to find a little bit

more gratitude in my day, and I

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advise all of you to do the same.

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There's so much to be grateful for, and it

can really totally change your perspective

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on things so wanted to start off there.

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Uh, but nonetheless today's episode

is going to be jumping in to the

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topic of joint health, joint pain.

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How to protect and strengthen your

joints and so much more, but essentially

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all things joint health are going

to be covered in today's episode.

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And of course, going to leave you with

some actionable steps that you can

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take right after this episode so that

you can implement all of these things

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that you're learning into your life and

actually receive some benefit from it.

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But before we get into the

episode, I wanted to start

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off with an interesting fact.

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Which is that for every pound of body

weight, your knees absorb about one and

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a half pounds of stress when you walk.

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So if you're a 200 pound person,

you're putting 300 pounds of pressure

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on your knees and that number nearly

jumps to four pounds when you're

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running or going up and down stairs.

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Now the reason I wanted to start there is

just to really show how much, you know,

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stress and, um, really utilization our

joints are going through every single day.

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Right.

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We use our joints literally to

just move any part of our body.

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Uh, it's connected.

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When you have to Joe.

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Two bones coming together

and joining together.

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That is a joint right there.

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Right.

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And so for them to move one way or

another, we're going to have to utilize

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our joints, which obviously leads me to

the point that if you're having joint

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pain, It's something that is not fun,

because if you want to move any part

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of your body, it's very likely going

to require the use of a joint, right?

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To some degree, you're going to need

some flexibility in your joints.

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So when dealing with joint pain, it's

something that is just not fun at all.

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And if you do not have any

joint pain, Kudos to you.

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That's amazing.

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Like keep doing whatever you're

doing, but there's a lot of people

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who are dealing with joint pain.

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And of course, as we get older in

life, we are going to naturally

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come across more joint issues.

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But that doesn't mean that we

inevitably have to deal with them.

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Right.

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There are measures that we can take

and things that we can do to really

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help avoid this and make sure that our

joints are being well taken care of.

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Getting all of the right nutrients

and movement that they need.

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But first, just want to start

off with reasons of why you

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would come across joint pain.

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So, I mean, the very obvious one would be,

you know, old age or a previous injury.

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That's a huge one for a lot of

people, even myself included.

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Uh, while I was doing wrestling

in high school, I landed on my

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shoulder and slightly dislocated it.

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Um, it was super, super painful and

essentially was told that in the

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future, it is something that I might

have some joint pain in, in the future.

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Haven't experienced it yet.

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So knock on wood.

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Um, but they did tell me to help

strengthen the muscles around that

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joint, which is something we'll get into.

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Uh, so definitely old age, previous

injuries over use of a joint, right?

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That's very typical

with a lot of athletes.

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People like golfers, people

like in tennis or baseball, like

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these are very common things.

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Um, and well, when it comes to football,

Just beating up your body the entire day.

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So every joint is going

to be put under pressure.

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But you also have other things like.

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Uh, arthritis and osteoporosis,

which can also cause joint pain.

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You have things like sedentary

lifestyles, which I think not a lot

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of people think about, but that is

absolutely one of the causes as well

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as a poor diet and also inflammation.

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So these are things that are a

little bit lesser known when it

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comes to, uh, joint pain, but

definitely are causes of joint pain.

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And, you know, when it comes to

joint pain, you can experience it

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literally in basically any joint.

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On your body.

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Uh, but definitely the more

common ones are going to be our

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knees because obviously we're

walking around our hips as well.

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Once again, involved with

walking and movement.

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Uh, but also our jaw, which is, might

sound very interesting, but definitely

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a lot of people can deal with joint pain

in the jaw, as well as our neck, our

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fingers and wrists and our lower back.

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But like I said, it can be anywhere right.

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In any, any joint on the body.

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So I want to go ahead

and get straight into.

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How we can start working on

preserving our joints as well as

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strengthening them and making them.

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Last our entire lifetime, right.

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And really help serve us and remain,

uh, having, you know, full range of

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movement and hopefully no pain at all.

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So the first elephant in the

room here is simply if you are

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carrying excessive weight, right.

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If you are a bit overweight,

that is going to be.

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The absolute first place to start.

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Let's really just focus there

and work on dropping some of

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that weight because as I stated.

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A 200 pound person is putting

300 pounds of pressure on

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their knees just by walking.

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So if you're over 200 pounds, you're

just going to continue adding on

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more and more and more weight,

which honestly is just unnecessary

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for our joints to be dealing with.

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And it's like with anything, if you're

putting it under more and more pressure

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for a longer period of time, of

course, it's going to wear out faster.

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So if we can.

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I put less stress on our joints naturally,

they're just going to last longer.

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So that's going to be the very first one.

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I just wanted to rule out.

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I know it's pretty obvious, but

uh, definitely worth saying.

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And if you do have some weight to lose,

that's going to be the place to start.

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But now moving on to number two.

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So let's say you are not necessarily

overweight, but still have joint pain.

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One of the best things that I have

found for joint pain for myself, because

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I have dealt with joint pain in my

knee, as well as, uh, in my shoulder.

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Uh, not too bad, but a little bit.

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And the.

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The best thing, honestly, which I

know this sounds counter productive,

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but definitely the best thing

I've found is actually movement.

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Now.

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Obviously a person who has really

terrible joint pain movement might

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not sound like the best thing.

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And it might not be the best thing for

that specific joint, but overall, it's

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really worth noting that, you know, we

spend a lot of our days very sedentary.

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And especially if you do have a desk

job and you're working eight hours

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a day in a chair, or even just, you

know, not really moving around at all.

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That's eight hours of your day where.

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You are very sedentary.

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And when you get home and you finally

cooked dinner and you know, if you have

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kids, you get the kids, you know, Dress

and fed and, and, you know, put to bed,

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whatever it may be like, you really don't

have that much time afterwards to get out

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and get a lot of movement in, but that's

okay because you don't need a ton of time

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to get some movement in, because in fact,

the average person struggles to even get

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30 minutes of a low level exercise in

every single day, which this low-level

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exercise could literally be a brisk walk.

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So.

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I like to try to pair our movements

with, you know, Our daily lives.

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So if you do have kids or if you have

a dog or, you know, even a partner,

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whatever it may be, you can very simply

after eating a meal, say, let's go

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for a family walk and yes, it's going

to be a little bit of a brisk pace.

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You don't want to just be kind of moseying

around, which still is going to be much

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more beneficial than just sitting at home.

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And let's say watching TV.

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But if we could get a little

bit of a brisk pace in our

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step, that's going to be better.

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And once again, it's just

going to move our body, right?

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If we're not putting this demand

on our body to use the muscles

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and use the joints, then naturally

they are going to become stiff.

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They're going to become weaker and just

not ready to go under the pressure of

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simply walking or, you know, even if

we want to go more than that, jumping

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and running and lifting things.

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Right.

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So.

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Uh, we definitely want to make sure

we're getting some movement in now.

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Personally, walking is an incredible

movement, but when we're talking about

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joint pain, specifically in joint

health, One of my favorite things

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for joint health is absolutely yoga

or some form of active stretching.

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Right.

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So the reason I love yoga so much

is because you're going to be

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put in poses that are going to

number one, stretch your muscles.

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They're going to open

up your joints as well.

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They're going to put you in poses that

require you to balance yourself, which is

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a whole other topic and super important.

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And on top of that, it's also going

to strengthen the muscles, right.

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And especially, it's going to strengthen

a lot of those little muscles that

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you never even knew were there, but

definitely help you to stabilize.

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to balance yourself.

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And it's just a really great

practice to not only have for

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your body, but also for your mind.

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And if you can get

spiritual with it as well.

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Uh, so yoga has definitely been one of

my favorite practices for joint health.

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However, I will put a caveat in there.

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Um, definitely take it easy in yoga

because there are a lot of people that go

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do yoga classes and they push themselves

too far and then they can end up causing

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more harm or injury, whatever it may be.

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So just take it easy, go slow.

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Um, even if it's like a yin yoga

class where you're just doing

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really slow, deep stretches.

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That's still going to be incredible

for your joints and your muscles.

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And it's also going to help to

improve your circulation, which is

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also very important for, uh, the

health of your joints and muscles.

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Now there's a couple other little

exercises that I really like for joints.

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And one of those is going to be swimming.

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Swimming is a great exercise when it comes

to our joints, because obviously we're

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not putting a ton of pressure on them.

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Uh, we're obviously kind of

being lifted by the water.

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So we're, you know, not

having all the pressure that

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gravity would naturally have.

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And then on top of that, you're just

having the resistance of the water.

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So that can be a really

great practice in terms of.

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Uh, joint health, because it's

going to help to strengthen all

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of the muscles around the joints,

which is really a lot of the times

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when we're saying strengthening the

joints, that's kind of what that is.

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It's strengthening the muscles around the

joint that are going to help support it.

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And so another great

exercise for the knees.

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Is actually going to be to

walk backwards up a hill.

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So if you have some Hills by you, then.

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It's literally so easy to do.

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It's free.

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Go out, find a hill and

just walk backwards up.

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It's going to work all of those

little muscles out around the knee.

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And it's going to work it out in a way

that isn't normally worked out because

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obviously how often do we walk backwards?

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Probably not very much right.

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Uh, so when you can get the opportunity

to walk backwards, Up a hill

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specifically, cause it's gonna really

help to strengthen those muscles.

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Absolutely take the opportunity if

you live in a very flat area that

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just does not have any Hills at all.

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Um, the other option

would be to get a sled.

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So there are these workout sleds.

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I mean, I guess you could also construct

one if you want it to, uh, but getting

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a workout sled where you can actually

put weight on it and then they have

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these belts that you can hook onto the

sled and wrap around your waist and then

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walk backwards, which is essentially

kind of simulating the, uh, you know,

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walking up a hill because you're.

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Having a little bit of a weight

to pull and that's going to just

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go ahead and strengthen up, uh,

the, the muscles around the knee.

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Once again.

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So those are some really excellent

exercises for joint health, but

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truly number one, I love yoga.

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And I think it's, if, if there's

anything for you to do for the

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joint health in terms of movement,

that's definitely one of them.

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And then also just move

your body, whatever it is.

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If you want to go play a sport, um, you

know, whatever way you can get active

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and move the body without being bored.

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Right.

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And you want to.

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I actually enjoy the movement.

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Um, then find whatever

that is and go do it.

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Even if it's, you know, pickleball, right.

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I know that's picking up nowadays and

it's gaining popularity, like get out and

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do whatever it is that moves your body,

because if you're not moving your body

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and you're not using the full range of

access, a full range of movement on your

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joints and actually utilizing the muscles.

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They're going to get stiff

and they're going to get weak.

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So we want to make sure

we're keeping those built.

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So that was number two

was exercise or movement.

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And then number three, and I know I'm

a broken record on this topic here.

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But truly it's our diets.

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We really have to clean up our diets.

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So, you know, if you think about it,

if you're putting ultra processed foods

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in, uh, into your diet, into your body,

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You know, these are going to have

excessive amounts of sugar added

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sugar, and they're going to have

inflammatory causing agents in them.

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And you can really just expect

that inflammation to show up

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in many forms with one of them

being inflammation of the joints.

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Right.

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So.

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Regardless of what your

dietary preferences are.

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Um, I don't really care which

direction you want to go.

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If it's plant-based animal-based

or anything in between.

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Just pick one, but stick

to whole foods, right?

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That is really what we

want to focus on here.

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And when I say whole foods, I'm

talking about foods that are

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closest to the earth, essentially.

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If you walked out into the

woods or whatever, You could

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find these foods, right?

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Like you could find

vegetables growing on plants.

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You can find fruits growing on trees.

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You could find animals

roaming out on pastures.

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Um, you know, you can find nuts,

you can find anything that's

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growing or living out in nature.

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That is a whole food.

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What is not a whole food is things

that are in boxes, things that have

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been really processed down, right?

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Like you're never going

to find an Oreo tree.

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You're never going to find

Gushers grown on a little Bush.

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Like those are the things that

we really want to stay away from,

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especially with the added sugar.

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So once again, I do not care what

direction you want to go with your diet?

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But focus on eating whole foods to really

help clean up the diet and get rid of a

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lot of those inflammatory causing agents.

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Those things are definitely not good

for the joints and, uh, over time,

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you're really gonna feel the fact,

if you are eating a diet that's

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really high in ultra processed foods.

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Now on that note, there are certain foods

that are specifically beneficial for our

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joints and with decreasing inflammation.

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A couple of those things are going to

be omega three fatty acids that can be

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found in things like salmon, uh, walnuts,

chia, seeds, and few other different

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foods, as well as tumeric and ginger.

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Are very beneficial.

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Uh, uh, foods in decreasing inflammation.

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Sorry.

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I hope I didn't confuse you a tumor.

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Can ginger do not contain

the omega three fatty acid.

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Uh, but rather they're just also

beneficial at decreasing inflammation.

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In the joints.

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So those are a few foods that if

you do not have them in your diet

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would probably be a great idea.

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And a great addition.

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I know tumeric and ginger can

be a little tricky in terms of.

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Getting them into the diet.

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Um, one of the ways that I've found it

to be enjoyable is actually through a T.

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So a lot of times like I'll muddle

ginger and tumeric, and then I'll

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put a tea bag in there as well

with maybe a little bit of honey.

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Or maybe no honey at all.

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And just kinda Brent, the.

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With the flavor, which can be a

little bit strong, but there are

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certain foods that you can cook

ginger and tumeric with as well.

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Um, and if you're super hardcore, then

juice that bad boy and shoot it back.

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Um, it's probably a little bit rough,

but definitely going to be good for you.

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So that was number three, was

cleaning up the diet, which once

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again, one last point on that.

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We also just really want to make sure

we're getting, you know, correct levels of

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minerals and vitamins in our diet as well.

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Those are super important

for everything in the body.

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But since we're speaking about joints

here, very beneficial for the joints.

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So.

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Once again, on that point, ultra

processed foods, not going to have proper.

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Levels of minerals.

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And vitamins that we're looking

for whole foods, definitely

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going to have way more of those.

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Um, and then of course there's

certain foods here and there

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that you can add into your diet.

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That are going to really boost those up.

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Um, things like seaweed are

also going to have really high

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levels of mineral content.

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Um, certain salts as well are going to

have different trace minerals in them.

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Uh, I love spirulina and chlorella.

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They're an algae, and those

are also going to have a ton of

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minerals and vitamins in them.

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Uh, I always talk about

those on this podcast.

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And if you are looking to get some

energy bits is the place to go.

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Definitely check them out.

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Um, have them linked in the

show notes with a discount code.

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So feel free to check that out

as well, but we really just want

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to focus on getting foods that

have a lot of minerals in them.

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So that they can feed our bodies

and allow our bodies to, you

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know, have what they need.

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Um, if we're not giving them the proper

nutrients, then of course we can expect

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that our diet is just going to be lacking.

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So.

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Moving on from number three,

back to number four now.

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Uh, and this is the last.

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Point I'm pretty much going to cover,

but I also want to make it known.

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That this is the last point, right?

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So I started with lifestyle habits.

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It's because that is truly, in my

opinion, the most important and beneficial

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things we can do for our health.

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And now I'm going to move

in to the supplement forms.

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Uh, that are going to be good for

our joints because at the end of

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the day, What you eat and how you

move your body and how you sleep.

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Sleep and, uh, you know, just

basically how you live your life is

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going to be so much more impactful

and beneficial for your health.

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Then the one time out of the day

that you take a supplement or if you

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are taking, um, you know, pills or

pharmaceuticals, like, you know, you only

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take that like, At one time of the day.

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And of course it can have an impact

on the body, but truthfully to me, the

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way you live your life and the actions

you take all the time throughout the

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re you know, the entirety of your day

is going to have a much more profound.

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I found effect on your body.

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So just remember that always.

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Always.

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Uh, supplements while.

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They are amazing and can do

great things for your body.

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Um, and they definitely have a place.

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I always love to start with making

sure we're eating the right foods and

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living our lives in a beneficial way

first and then going to supplements.

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So.

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With that being said, let's go

onto the supplements for, uh,

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you know, Good joint health.

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So.

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If you, for example, just deal

with really bad joint pain.

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Um, let's just put a quick fix out there.

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Uh, if you, yeah, once again, just

have really bad joint pain, a really

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quick way of helping to ease that pain

is, you know, hot and cold therapy.

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So, uh, ice bath can definitely help.

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Uh, hot com uh, compressions

as well can help.

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Um, and then also doing

an Epsom salt bath, right?

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These are definitely not going

to be like super long-term.

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Um, Fixes for your joint health, they can

have benefit in the long-term, but for the

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most part, they're definitely a quick fix.

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Like you're having serious joint

pain, you're just not feeling good.

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Um, these are going to be good

options to help deal with that pain.

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And.

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In terms of more like supplements and

things you can actually take to help

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promote joint health and make sure

that they're functioning properly.

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Uh, the very first one.

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And you're, you might already be

taking this because it's such a

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popular supplement is collagen.

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So.

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Collagen is honestly just a

great tool for joints, skin,

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nails, hair, health, all of that.

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Right.

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It's actually the most

abundant protein in the body.

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And you can find it in bunch of different

types of foods, like bone broth, for

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example, um, it's, it's comes from animals

specifically from like the bones and the

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joints and the cartilage, all that, right.

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That's going to really be where

we're getting that college.

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And from.

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And if you aren't already

consuming bone broth.

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Um, then absolutely do so

it's a great food to consume.

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Uh, but definitely adding some college and

into your daily mix can be a great idea in

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terms of helping to promote joint health.

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And actually here recently, I was

listening to a podcast with the founder of

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tri Amara, which is a colostrum company.

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Uh, which if you haven't been

listening to the last couple

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of episodes that I put out.

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It's something that I'm talking a

lot about because, uh, it's like the

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newest product I've added into my

little lineup and I absolutely love it.

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I started trying it for gut health

and turned out that it is incredible

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for your immunity, which makes

sense because over 70% of your

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immune system resides in your gut.

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But I will say I noticed a small

benefit in terms of my actual

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digestive gut health, but a massive

benefit in my immunity and, uh,

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kind of bolstering my immune system.

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So.

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Huge fan of claustrum, especially

from this brand, try Arora.

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But, uh, on this episode that I was

listening to the founder of tri Amara.

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Mara claustrum was

mentioning that if you take.

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The colostrum with collagen, they have

kind of like a synergistic, uh, kind of

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working where they can help each other.

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I think it was with better absorption

or something along those lines.

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I honestly don't remember.

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Uh, the exact specifics

of what she was saying.

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But nonetheless, the major takeaway was

to take the claustrum with the collagen.

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So, um, of course, you know, I know

that prices and all that can kind of

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come in here and play a role because,

you know, if you start buying a ton

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of these different supplements and

stuff, they can start to add up.

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But if you are taking claustrum

and collagen, highly recommend that

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you take them at the same time or

very in a close window together.

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So for example, Claustrum I usually

just take it straight in the mouth.

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Um, just put a little scoop in there

and let it dissolve on its own.

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And, uh, you're not supposed to

take it with anything hot because

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it is temperature sensitive.

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Whereas collagen is not, you

can literally pour that in your

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coffee and just drink it that way.

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So, if you are drinking your, uh, collagen

in a hot beverage, you're going to want

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to kind of space those out a little bit.

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I would probably start with maybe the

college in and let that dissolve and

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then kind of maybe wait like 10 or 15

minutes and then have your coffee with a

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collagen or you can do it in the other.

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Uh, kind of direction there, but

whatever you get the point here.

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Basically, you don't want to take the

colostrum at, uh, with, with heat.

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If you're taking the college

in with something that is hot.

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So, yeah.

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Sorry, I'm getting all tongue tied

on that, but you guys get the point.

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And, uh, once again, if you haven't tried

claustrum I highly highly recommend it.

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If you feel that you, uh, are

needing it for immunity, immune

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health, or even for gut health, uh,

that I do definitely recommend it.

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It's something that I am enjoying.

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Uh, once again, in the show notes,

little discount code as well.

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So feel free to check that out.

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Um, but definitely I would say the main

focus here would probably be the college.

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And so if you aren't taking college

and already, and you're able to take

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it due to your dietary preferences.

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Absolutely.

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Go ahead and check that out.

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Um, we're really going to want

to focus on getting a quality.

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College in here.

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So if you are taking college in that is.

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Coming from a cow, for example, you

want to make sure that it is grass fed.

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We don't want to have collagen.

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That's not grass fed really want

to focus on the quality here.

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And there are different types of colleges.

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So I know it's like type one type two

type three type four, something like that.

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And depending on the animal that

you're sourcing the collagen

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from, it's going to be different.

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So like collagen from fish, as

opposed to college and from cows

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is going to be in different forms.

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So.

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Finding one that maybe has

multiple, multiple forms of the

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collagen could be a good idea.

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Um, I know, I think it's

ancient nutrition by.

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Dr.

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Josh Axe.

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I'm pretty sure that's the owner.

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Um, they have the collagen with multiple

forms in there, so that could definitely

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be an option, but like I said, I

don't really care which brand you do.

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Just make sure it's a high quality

brand that is using very high, like the

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highest quality possible ingredients.

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Um, as, as with most things right.

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So that's going to do it for collagen

and then two other little supplements or

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things that you can use for joint health.

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Uh, the first one is going to be M S M.

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So this typically just comes in a

capsule form and I have the name.

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Actually written out here.

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So bear with me.

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It's methyl sulfate.

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So faunal methane.

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So methyl Stephano.

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Faunal methane.

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Pretty sure I'm saying that.

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Right.

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Um, but you'll see it in

the aisle as just M S M.

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And once again, it's in a capsule

form and very simple to take.

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It's just a normal supplement.

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It's actually something that is

found naturally in foods, such as

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meat, poultry, fish, uh, brussel

sprouts, asparagus, garlic.

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But personally with my findings.

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Um, I have found MSM to be very

beneficial, taken in a supplement form.

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Of course, eating the

foods is going to be.

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You know, first and foremost, that's

what we really want to focus on.

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But if you are still having joint

pain, M S M has been a very beneficial

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thing for myself personally, and for

a few other people that I've spoken

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to, they've all mirrored the benefits

of MSM when it comes to joint pain.

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So.

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Um, if you are experiencing

joint pain, give this a go.

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Uh, I, you know, I can only

speak for myself and what I've

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experienced, but I have found a

benefit, especially with my knee.

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Um, I, from time to time do have

a little pain in my right knee.

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And, uh, MSM has definitely

given me some relief.

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And, uh, what I would say is

actually like benefit benefited

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me in the longterm from taking it.

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So, uh, definitely highly recommend it.

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If you haven't tried it before, it's

worth a go, it's not super expensive.

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You can find it at pretty

much any health food store.

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So it's very accessible to try out.

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Um, and then the other

one would be magnesium.

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Topical cream or topical oil.

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So of course you've probably heard of

magnesium capsules, like a magnesium

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supplement that you can ingest,

which is very beneficial as well.

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But when it comes to joint health

or joint pain, uh, it does seem

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that the topical forms of magnesium

do provide better relief and

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are a little bit more effective.

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And also another thing to note, you

cannot, you will not overdo it on.

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Um, putting too much magnesium topically

as opposed to ingesting it, because

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if you are taking a supplement that

has magnesium in it, just be aware

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that you can take too much magnesium.

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And if you do take too much, it is

going I pull a lot of liquid into

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your bowels, which is a good thing

for people who are constipated, but

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it will literally flush you out.

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So you could have diarrhea for an

entire evening, which might not be the

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most fun way to spend your evening.

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Uh, so be careful with that.

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Just take the recommended amount,

but when it comes to topical

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magnesium, uh, it just, the way it's

absorbed, you will not overdo it.

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So, you know, Apply it liberally.

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If you see it fit, but

there's a brand called.

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Uh, SymbioticA I believe, and they do

have a magnesium oil I've seen, uh, at.

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From their brand.

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Um, they're a pretty good brand.

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So that's why I'm just

mentioning them on here.

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Have no personal affiliation

with them in any shape or form.

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But, um, I do like their products and.

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I saw that they did have a magnesium oil.

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I have not tried it myself, but they

do promote that it supports joint

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health and muscular health promotes

relaxation, decreases symptoms of

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even anxiety and helps to reduce

inflammation, uh, especially, you

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know, on our joints, which is.

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Super important and obviously the

focus of this podcast episode.

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So.

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Those are going to be the

supplements that I would recommend.

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There are more out there.

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And of course you can go down that road.

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But once again, I just really want to

hammer in the fact that it's the lifestyle

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changes that are going to have some of the

more profound effects, in my opinion, it's

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the things that we're doing all day long.

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So how you live your life

is obviously going to have a

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great impact on how your body.

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Is physically, spiritually,

emotionally, mentally, everything.

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Right.

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Um, so really focusing on

those first steps first.

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Is going to be key here.

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And once again, When it comes

to movement, we want to make

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sure we're doing things that are

beneficial for the joints like yoga.

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Because once again, that's

going to get into like the deep

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myofascial areas and really help to.

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Lengthen, all of those areas get

fluids into where they need to go and

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just truly provide a huge benefit.

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Uh, speaking from experience, that's where

I found a ton of benefit was through yoga

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and really just helped out with my joints.

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So if you haven't done that before,

Um, I know yoga is pretty popular,

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but find a really good class that does

some good stretching and hop in there.

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And real quickly, just going to go over.

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These points one more time, but in

a more concise form for all of you.

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So you have some actionable

steps to refer to here.

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So you can note whatever time

this is on the podcast and

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come back to it if you need.

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But we want to first off, if we

are overweight, we want to lose

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that weight because remember.

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For every pound of body weight,

you are putting a pound and

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a half of body weight on.

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Of pressure on your knees.

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So a 200 pound person.

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Has 300 pounds of pressure on their knees.

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So first and foremost, we want to lose

the excess weight because we don't

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need to put that additional weight

on our joints if they don't need it.

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And the number two is going to

be to have a movement practice.

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Once again, people struggle to even get 30

minutes of low level exercise in each day.

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So if we can at least get that 30

minute movement practicing every

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single day, that would be incredible.

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Or at least most days, right.

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Uh, if it can be.

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A form of a yoga or stretching that would

be incredible and super beneficial for the

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joints, or maybe it's a form of swimming,

which is also really good for the joints.

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And if you're ever walking and you see

a hill go up that bad boy backwards,

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you're going to look weird, but it's cool.

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No worries.

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You know that it has benefit.

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Um, and then number three is going to

be that we need to clean up our diets.

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There are a ton of inflammatory

causing foods out there, and they're

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doing zero benefit for our joints.

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In fact, they're causing harm to them.

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So we want to make sure we're not

putting those foods into our body.

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And we want to make sure that

we're eating foods that are going

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to nourish our joints, provide

them with the proper minerals and

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vitamins, and also provide a level of.

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You know, anti-inflammatory

causing agents, right.

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We want to decrease that inflammation.

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So things like omega-3 fatty acids.

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You know, things like ginger and tumeric

are all really good for joint health.

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And then last but not least

we have our supplements.

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So if you are really just in pain than

doing something like an ice bath, You

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know, or heat therapy or an Epsom Epsom

salt bath can be a great way to relieve

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the pain, at least in the immediate sense.

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:

And then for supplements, you can

take things like collagen, which are

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really beneficial for our joints.

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Uh, you might want to up the

dose depending on your joint

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health and kind of how much help

you really need on the joints.

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And if you are already taking colostrum,

then pair your claustrum with your

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collagen, but just make sure you're not.

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Drinking your claustrum

with hot liquid or anything.

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That's hot at all.

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You want to take it at room temperature?

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And then we have MSM, which

I have personally found to

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provide a lot of benefit.

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To my joints in terms of joint

pain and making them honestly just

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:

feel better and more lubricated.

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And then last but not least, we have

magnesium topical cream or topical oil.

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Uh, either, either form is fine and

that can definitely help by putting

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it on the joint that is causing you

pain in terms of alleviating the pain.

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And I don't know if I would necessarily

say it is a long-term health practice

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that's, you know, gonna help cure joint

pain, but it might provide some immediate

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:

relief in the short term, at least.

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So.

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That's going to do it for

today's episode on joint health.

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I hope you all enjoyed it very much.

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I know it's a very important topic.

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It's something most people deal with.

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It's almost rare to come across

someone that just doesn't

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have any joint pain at all.

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Uh, unfortunately, so this episode is

definitely relevant and hopefully provided

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you with some benefit and some nice

takeaways that you can apply to your life

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:

today and start utilizing this knowledge

and hopefully finding some benefit in it.

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:

That's really just the goal with

this podcast is me trying to break

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:

down these concepts and provide

you with some actionable steps.

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:

Um, You know, it's really.

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:

Just kind of my way to

give back to everybody.

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Um, because I wish I had a lot

of these answers when I was

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:

young and going through all of my

different health issues as a kid.

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:

So.

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Thank you all so much for tuning in

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If you haven't already

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So.

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It means the world to me, and

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And kind of supports this podcast as well.

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Another free way of supporting

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And last but not least of course, you

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To anyone who needs to hear these

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You can, from the app that

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So if you're on.

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On their tag me.

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And, uh, of course, I'll put you on.

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If you want to help the show,

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Um, but feel free to check those out and

yeah, once again, I hope you guys enjoyed.

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The show that's going to do it for today.

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You know, the motto is, do

everything with good intentions and.

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and.

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connect to your.

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Elements, um, Just want to

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Welcome to the Elemental Evan show. My name is Evan Roberts and I'm a certified IIN Health Coach and Yoga Teacher. I love taking a whole approach to health as everything is connected. When you treat one issue in the body, you'll inevitably treat other issues in the body which is why I try to look at things from a big picture perspective. Through this show I'll be bringing you information packed episodes on tangible ways to improve your overall health and wellness. I hope you walk away from each episode feeling empowered and renewed to take on the day and take control of your health!

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