157. 4 Ways To Strengthen Joints And Stop Joint Pain

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on, everyone.

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Welcome to the elemental.

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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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: 00:17:08

Um, certain salts as well are going to

have different trace minerals in them.

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: 00:17:12

Uh, I love spirulina and chlorella.

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: 00:17:15

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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: 00:18:10

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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: 00:18:30

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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: 00:18:40

take that like, At one time of the day.

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: 00:18:42

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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: 00:18:50

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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: 00:18:56

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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: 00:19:03

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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: 00:19:15

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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: 00:19:21

So.

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If you, for example, just deal

with really bad joint pain.

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: 00:19:27

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

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: 00:19:30

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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: 00:19:39

So, uh, ice bath can definitely help.

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: 00:19:42

Uh, hot com uh, compressions

as well can help.

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: 00:19:45

Um, and then also doing

an Epsom salt bath, right?

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: 00:19:48

These are definitely not going

to be like super long-term.

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: 00:19:52

Um, Fixes for your joint health, they can

have benefit in the long-term, but for the

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: 00:19:57

most part, they're definitely a quick fix.

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: 00:20:00

Like you're having serious joint

pain, you're just not feeling good.

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: 00:20:04

Um, these are going to be good

options to help deal with that pain.

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: 00:20:08

And.

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: 00:20:10

In terms of more like supplements and

things you can actually take to help

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: 00:20:14

promote joint health and make sure

that they're functioning properly.

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: 00:20:19

Uh, the very first one.

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: 00:20:20

And you're, you might already be

taking this because it's such a

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: 00:20:22

popular supplement is collagen.

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: 00:20:24

So.

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: 00:20:25

Collagen is honestly just a

great tool for joints, skin,

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: 00:20:29

nails, hair, health, all of that.

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: 00:20:31

Right.

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It's actually the most

abundant protein in the body.

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: 00:20:35

And you can find it in bunch of different

types of foods, like bone broth, for

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: 00:20:39

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

specifically from like the bones and the

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: 00:20:44

joints and the cartilage, all that, right.

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: 00:20:45

That's going to really be where

we're getting that college.

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: 00:20:48

And from.

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: 00:20:49

And if you aren't already

consuming bone broth.

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: 00:20:52

Um, then absolutely do so

it's a great food to consume.

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: 00:20:56

Uh, but definitely adding some college and

into your daily mix can be a great idea in

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: 00:21:02

terms of helping to promote joint health.

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: 00:21:04

And actually here recently, I was

listening to a podcast with the founder of

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: 00:21:09

tri Amara, which is a colostrum company.

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: 00:21:13

Uh, which if you haven't been

listening to the last couple

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: 00:21:16

of episodes that I put out.

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: 00:21:18

It's something that I'm talking a

lot about because, uh, it's like the

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: 00:21:22

newest product I've added into my

little lineup and I absolutely love it.

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: 00:21:26

I started trying it for gut health

and turned out that it is incredible

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: 00:21:30

for your immunity, which makes

sense because over 70% of your

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: 00:21:35

immune system resides in your gut.

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: 00:21:37

But I will say I noticed a small

benefit in terms of my actual

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: 00:21:41

digestive gut health, but a massive

benefit in my immunity and, uh,

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: 00:21:45

kind of bolstering my immune system.

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: 00:21:47

So.

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: 00:21:48

Huge fan of claustrum, especially

from this brand, try Arora.

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: 00:21:51

But, uh, on this episode that I was

listening to the founder of tri Amara.

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: 00:21:56

Mara claustrum was

mentioning that if you take.

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: 00:22:00

The colostrum with collagen, they have

kind of like a synergistic, uh, kind of

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: 00:22:06

working where they can help each other.

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: 00:22:07

I think it was with better absorption

or something along those lines.

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: 00:22:10

I honestly don't remember.

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: 00:22:12

Uh, the exact specifics

of what she was saying.

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: 00:22:16

But nonetheless, the major takeaway was

to take the claustrum with the collagen.

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: 00:22:20

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

that prices and all that can kind of

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: 00:22:25

come in here and play a role because,

you know, if you start buying a ton

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: 00:22:28

of these different supplements and

stuff, they can start to add up.

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: 00:22:31

But if you are taking claustrum

and collagen, highly recommend that

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: 00:22:35

you take them at the same time or

very in a close window together.

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: 00:22:39

So for example, Claustrum I usually

just take it straight in the mouth.

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: 00:22:44

Um, just put a little scoop in there

and let it dissolve on its own.

431

: 00:22:47

And, uh, you're not supposed to

take it with anything hot because

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: 00:22:51

it is temperature sensitive.

433

: 00:22:53

Whereas collagen is not, you

can literally pour that in your

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: 00:22:55

coffee and just drink it that way.

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: 00:22:57

So, if you are drinking your, uh, collagen

in a hot beverage, you're going to want

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: 00:23:03

to kind of space those out a little bit.

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: 00:23:04

I would probably start with maybe the

college in and let that dissolve and

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: 00:23:08

then kind of maybe wait like 10 or 15

minutes and then have your coffee with a

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: 00:23:13

collagen or you can do it in the other.

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: 00:23:16

Uh, kind of direction there, but

whatever you get the point here.

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: 00:23:20

Basically, you don't want to take the

colostrum at, uh, with, with heat.

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: 00:23:24

If you're taking the college

in with something that is hot.

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: 00:23:26

So, yeah.

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: 00:23:27

Sorry, I'm getting all tongue tied

on that, but you guys get the point.

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: 00:23:30

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

claustrum I highly highly recommend it.

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: 00:23:35

If you feel that you, uh, are

needing it for immunity, immune

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: 00:23:38

health, or even for gut health, uh,

that I do definitely recommend it.

448

: 00:23:42

It's something that I am enjoying.

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: 00:23:44

Uh, once again, in the show notes,

little discount code as well.

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: 00:23:47

So feel free to check that out.

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: 00:23:48

Um, but definitely I would say the main

focus here would probably be the college.

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: 00:23:53

And so if you aren't taking college

and already, and you're able to take

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: 00:23:57

it due to your dietary preferences.

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: 00:23:59

Absolutely.

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: 00:24:00

Go ahead and check that out.

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: 00:24:01

Um, we're really going to want

to focus on getting a quality.

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: 00:24:05

College in here.

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: 00:24:06

So if you are taking college in that is.

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: 00:24:10

Coming from a cow, for example, you

want to make sure that it is grass fed.

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: 00:24:13

We don't want to have collagen.

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: 00:24:15

That's not grass fed really want

to focus on the quality here.

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: 00:24:19

And there are different types of colleges.

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: 00:24:21

So I know it's like type one type two

type three type four, something like that.

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: 00:24:25

And depending on the animal that

you're sourcing the collagen

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: 00:24:29

from, it's going to be different.

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: 00:24:30

So like collagen from fish, as

opposed to college and from cows

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: 00:24:34

is going to be in different forms.

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: 00:24:36

So.

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: 00:24:37

Finding one that maybe has

multiple, multiple forms of the

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: 00:24:40

collagen could be a good idea.

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: 00:24:42

Um, I know, I think it's

ancient nutrition by.

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: 00:24:47

Dr.

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: 00:24:47

Josh Axe.

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: 00:24:48

I'm pretty sure that's the owner.

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: 00:24:50

Um, they have the collagen with multiple

forms in there, so that could definitely

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: 00:24:54

be an option, but like I said, I

don't really care which brand you do.

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: 00:24:59

Just make sure it's a high quality

brand that is using very high, like the

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: 00:25:03

highest quality possible ingredients.

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: 00:25:05

Um, as, as with most things right.

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: 00:25:08

So that's going to do it for collagen

and then two other little supplements or

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: 00:25:15

things that you can use for joint health.

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: 00:25:17

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

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: 00:25:20

So this typically just comes in a

capsule form and I have the name.

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: 00:25:27

Actually written out here.

485

: 00:25:28

So bear with me.

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: 00:25:29

It's methyl sulfate.

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: 00:25:32

So faunal methane.

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: 00:25:34

So methyl Stephano.

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: 00:25:35

Faunal methane.

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: 00:25:36

Pretty sure I'm saying that.

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: 00:25:37

Right.

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: 00:25:37

Um, but you'll see it in

the aisle as just M S M.

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: 00:25:41

And once again, it's in a capsule

form and very simple to take.

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: 00:25:45

It's just a normal supplement.

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: 00:25:46

It's actually something that is

found naturally in foods, such as

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: 00:25:51

meat, poultry, fish, uh, brussel

sprouts, asparagus, garlic.

497

: 00:25:55

But personally with my findings.

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: 00:25:57

Um, I have found MSM to be very

beneficial, taken in a supplement form.

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: 00:26:02

Of course, eating the

foods is going to be.

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: 00:26:04

You know, first and foremost, that's

what we really want to focus on.

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: 00:26:07

But if you are still having joint

pain, M S M has been a very beneficial

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: 00:26:12

thing for myself personally, and for

a few other people that I've spoken

503

: 00:26:15

to, they've all mirrored the benefits

of MSM when it comes to joint pain.

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: 00:26:20

So.

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: 00:26:21

Um, if you are experiencing

joint pain, give this a go.

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: 00:26:25

Uh, I, you know, I can only

speak for myself and what I've

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: 00:26:28

experienced, but I have found a

benefit, especially with my knee.

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: 00:26:32

Um, I, from time to time do have

a little pain in my right knee.

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: 00:26:37

And, uh, MSM has definitely

given me some relief.

510

: 00:26:42

And, uh, what I would say is

actually like benefit benefited

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: 00:26:46

me in the longterm from taking it.

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: 00:26:47

So, uh, definitely highly recommend it.

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: 00:26:50

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

worth a go, it's not super expensive.

514

: 00:26:53

You can find it at pretty

much any health food store.

515

: 00:26:56

So it's very accessible to try out.

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: 00:26:59

Um, and then the other

one would be magnesium.

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: 00:27:02

Topical cream or topical oil.

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: 00:27:04

So of course you've probably heard of

magnesium capsules, like a magnesium

519

: 00:27:09

supplement that you can ingest,

which is very beneficial as well.

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: 00:27:14

But when it comes to joint health

or joint pain, uh, it does seem

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: 00:27:18

that the topical forms of magnesium

do provide better relief and

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: 00:27:23

are a little bit more effective.

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: 00:27:24

And also another thing to note, you

cannot, you will not overdo it on.

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: 00:27:29

Um, putting too much magnesium topically

as opposed to ingesting it, because

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: 00:27:35

if you are taking a supplement that

has magnesium in it, just be aware

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: 00:27:39

that you can take too much magnesium.

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: 00:27:41

And if you do take too much, it is

going I pull a lot of liquid into

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: 00:27:46

your bowels, which is a good thing

for people who are constipated, but

529

: 00:27:50

it will literally flush you out.

530

: 00:27:52

So you could have diarrhea for an

entire evening, which might not be the

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: 00:27:57

most fun way to spend your evening.

532

: 00:27:59

Uh, so be careful with that.

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: 00:28:00

Just take the recommended amount,

but when it comes to topical

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: 00:28:03

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

absorbed, you will not overdo it.

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: 00:28:07

So, you know, Apply it liberally.

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: 00:28:10

If you see it fit, but

there's a brand called.

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: 00:28:14

Uh, SymbioticA I believe, and they do

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

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: 00:28:21

From their brand.

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: 00:28:22

Um, they're a pretty good brand.

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: 00:28:24

So that's why I'm just

mentioning them on here.

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: 00:28:26

Have no personal affiliation

with them in any shape or form.

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: 00:28:29

But, um, I do like their products and.

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: 00:28:32

I saw that they did have a magnesium oil.

544

: 00:28:34

I have not tried it myself, but they

do promote that it supports joint

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: 00:28:38

health and muscular health promotes

relaxation, decreases symptoms of

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: 00:28:43

even anxiety and helps to reduce

inflammation, uh, especially, you

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: 00:28:48

know, on our joints, which is.

548

: 00:28:49

Super important and obviously the

focus of this podcast episode.

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: 00:28:53

So.

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: 00:28:54

Those are going to be the

supplements that I would recommend.

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: 00:28:57

There are more out there.

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: 00:28:59

And of course you can go down that road.

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: 00:29:02

But once again, I just really want to

hammer in the fact that it's the lifestyle

554

: 00:29:07

changes that are going to have some of the

more profound effects, in my opinion, it's

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: 00:29:11

the things that we're doing all day long.

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: 00:29:13

So how you live your life

is obviously going to have a

557

: 00:29:16

great impact on how your body.

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: 00:29:18

Is physically, spiritually,

emotionally, mentally, everything.

559

: 00:29:21

Right.

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: 00:29:22

Um, so really focusing on

those first steps first.

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: 00:29:25

Is going to be key here.

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: 00:29:27

And once again, When it comes

to movement, we want to make

563

: 00:29:30

sure we're doing things that are

beneficial for the joints like yoga.

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: 00:29:35

Because once again, that's

going to get into like the deep

565

: 00:29:38

myofascial areas and really help to.

566

: 00:29:42

Lengthen, all of those areas get

fluids into where they need to go and

567

: 00:29:46

just truly provide a huge benefit.

568

: 00:29:48

Uh, speaking from experience, that's where

I found a ton of benefit was through yoga

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: 00:29:53

and really just helped out with my joints.

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: 00:29:55

So if you haven't done that before,

Um, I know yoga is pretty popular,

571

: 00:29:59

but find a really good class that does

some good stretching and hop in there.

572

: 00:30:03

And real quickly, just going to go over.

573

: 00:30:06

These points one more time, but in

a more concise form for all of you.

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: 00:30:10

So you have some actionable

steps to refer to here.

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: 00:30:12

So you can note whatever time

this is on the podcast and

576

: 00:30:15

come back to it if you need.

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: 00:30:16

But we want to first off, if we

are overweight, we want to lose

578

: 00:30:21

that weight because remember.

579

: 00:30:23

For every pound of body weight,

you are putting a pound and

580

: 00:30:26

a half of body weight on.

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: 00:30:28

Of pressure on your knees.

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: 00:30:30

So a 200 pound person.

583

: 00:30:32

Has 300 pounds of pressure on their knees.

584

: 00:30:34

So first and foremost, we want to lose

the excess weight because we don't

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: 00:30:38

need to put that additional weight

on our joints if they don't need it.

586

: 00:30:42

And the number two is going to

be to have a movement practice.

587

: 00:30:45

Once again, people struggle to even get 30

minutes of low level exercise in each day.

588

: 00:30:52

So if we can at least get that 30

minute movement practicing every

589

: 00:30:56

single day, that would be incredible.

590

: 00:30:58

Or at least most days, right.

591

: 00:31:00

Uh, if it can be.

592

: 00:31:01

A form of a yoga or stretching that would

be incredible and super beneficial for the

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: 00:31:06

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

which is also really good for the joints.

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: 00:31:11

And if you're ever walking and you see

a hill go up that bad boy backwards,

595

: 00:31:15

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

596

: 00:31:17

No worries.

597

: 00:31:18

You know that it has benefit.

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: 00:31:20

Um, and then number three is going to

be that we need to clean up our diets.

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: 00:31:24

There are a ton of inflammatory

causing foods out there, and they're

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: 00:31:28

doing zero benefit for our joints.

601

: 00:31:31

In fact, they're causing harm to them.

602

: 00:31:33

So we want to make sure we're not

putting those foods into our body.

603

: 00:31:36

And we want to make sure that

we're eating foods that are going

604

: 00:31:38

to nourish our joints, provide

them with the proper minerals and

605

: 00:31:42

vitamins, and also provide a level of.

606

: 00:31:47

You know, anti-inflammatory

causing agents, right.

607

: 00:31:49

We want to decrease that inflammation.

608

: 00:31:52

So things like omega-3 fatty acids.

609

: 00:31:55

You know, things like ginger and tumeric

are all really good for joint health.

610

: 00:32:00

And then last but not least

we have our supplements.

611

: 00:32:03

So if you are really just in pain than

doing something like an ice bath, You

612

: 00:32:09

know, or heat therapy or an Epsom Epsom

salt bath can be a great way to relieve

613

: 00:32:15

the pain, at least in the immediate sense.

614

: 00:32:17

And then for supplements, you can

take things like collagen, which are

615

: 00:32:22

really beneficial for our joints.

616

: 00:32:24

Uh, you might want to up the

dose depending on your joint

617

: 00:32:28

health and kind of how much help

you really need on the joints.

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: 00:32:32

And if you are already taking colostrum,

then pair your claustrum with your

619

: 00:32:37

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

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Um, You know, it's really.

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Just kind of my way to

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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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