177. Health Uncomplicated: Thriving With Simple Practices

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Yo what's going on, everybody.

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Welcome to the elemental Ivan podcast.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts on this

show, I break down health topics from

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a simplified and holistic perspective

so that you can walk away from each

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episode with some tools in your belt.

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That way you can actually apply

some of the knowledge from

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these episodes to your life.

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And on today's episode, we're going

to be talking about how to not.

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Over-complicate health because

it definitely seems like it's

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a really easy thing to do.

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We can see too many opposing views

on health and, you know, there's all

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this new health tech gear coming out

and, you know, the newest supplements

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and all these different things.

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When I think it's really important

for us to realize that health is.

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You know, pretty much just

going back to the basics is

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going to be the most beneficial.

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Um, and don't get me wrong.

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I get caught up in this all the time.

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Um, being that I'm pretty big into the

health field and, uh, I love to see

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all the new stuff that's coming out.

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It's easy for me to get really

sucked up in, you know, the newest

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supplement or tech gear for, you

know, fill in the blank basically.

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And, uh, yeah, it's super

easy to fall into that ended

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up spending a bunch of money.

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And of course it might

be great for you, but.

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Really at the end of the day, a lot of

the health practices that are going to

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have the biggest effect on your health.

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Are going to be the things that

you can do on a daily basis.

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And I think it's really important

for us to always remember

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that and to not get too.

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You know, Too absorbed in all of

the new stuff that's coming out.

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Now, of course there are certain

supplements that truly can make a pretty

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big difference for someone, especially

if they have a very targeted goal.

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We can think of things like brain

health and lion's mane mushroom, for

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example, like that's definitely going

to help, but at the end of the day,

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really, if we just focus on the basics,

that's going to be the biggest thing.

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So what are the basics?

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The basics are things like good food.

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Good.

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Sleep good movement.

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Good relationships.

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These are going to be some of the

biggest things that we can do, right?

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Our lifestyle practices are going to

have the biggest effect on our health.

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Uh, because we do them every single day.

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Right?

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, you have habits that you build and

those habits are going to be far

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more effective than anything else.

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In my opinion.

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And typically with my supplements.

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Um, a while ago, I tried to

decrease the amount of supplements

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that I was actually taking.

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I tried to narrow them down to primarily

like food-based supplements was my goal.

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Um, there's a couple of things that

maybe aren't exactly food-based

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supplements, but, you know, I take

things like spirulina and chlorella.

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It's like one of the biggest things

that I take on a, on a common

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basis and that's just micro algae.

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Um, Organifi, I take some of

their green juices as well.

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Lion's mane, it's literally a mushroom.

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So these are like typically

whole food based products.

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Um, with probably the one that I

feel like I enjoy the most and I

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take the most is the spirulina

and chlorella from energy bits.

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That's typically one of my favorites

just because it's like in a

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way, almost like a multivitamin.

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So.

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It's usually one of the ones that I

really usually stick with, um, by the

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way, check them out during the show

notes or the description and you get

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20% discount, um, love energy bits, but

typically that's the main one that I take.

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And aside from that, I try to just

really focus on being as intentional

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with my habits as possible.

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So, you know, one of the biggest or.

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There's actually a, sorry, there's

a lot of big things that we can do,

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but one of the biggest ones that

I've noticed recently, I should, I

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should say is I've really focused

on my sleep lately and it has been.

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Such an absolute game changer.

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So I get up at five o'clock every day,

typically, um, with the exception of

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a few days out throughout the week.

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And so, you know, it's a relatively early

wake up time, which means that I do have

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to get to bed at a decent time as well.

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Right.

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Like I typically try to shoot for

being in bed somewhere between

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nine and nine 30, if I can.

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Um, but I'm not going to lie

that doesn't always happen.

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Uh there's times where it's 10

30 or 11 o'clock before I'm in

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bed, which is just honestly not

enough time for me personally,

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to get in a really solid sleep.

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So I've focused here recently

on getting to bed earlier.

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I'm also, I've also been really.

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Really religious with my mouth taping,

which has been super beneficial.

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Um, I've also included a little bit

of magnesium to help with my sleep.

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. And the sleep has been incredible.

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And I wake up feeling.

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So rested and ready to take on the day.

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And it helps with everything.

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It helps with my energy levels.

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It helps with my cognition.

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So I'm.

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Honestly, I just feel sharp as attack,

like much more on top of things.

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And, uh, yeah, sleep has

been incredible lately.

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Um, for some, for me to focus on.

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And then aside from that,

you know, movement has been

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really beneficial as well.

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I've been including, uh, more of

a movement practice throughout my

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week, three to four times a week.

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And that has been really beneficial as

well, , in my mood, in my productivity.

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And honestly, just my

overall way that I feel.

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So those have been really huge

food has always been something

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that I've been pretty focused on.

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So I wouldn't say there's been a

massive change in that for me, but.

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Nonetheless, these are the basics.

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These are the fundamentals.

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And then also having good relationships.

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I don't want to exclude that one.

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That one is very important.

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, at least for longevity.

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And honestly, I think quality

of life , relationships play

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a big role in that as well.

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So those are the core things

that really we need to focus on.

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And honestly, these are the things

that I tell myself when I see

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myself like adding things to a cart.

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And it's, you know, starting to

add up a couple hundred dollars.

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Like, oh my God.

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Like, am I really gonna drop

all this money right now?

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And sometimes I'll just think to myself.

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Okay, look.

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What am I trying to fix here?

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And how can I, you know, adjust the

lifestyle and habits that I already

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have to try to support that better.

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And I'll usually go that method first.

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And, uh, there's so much benefit.

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Every time I focus on any of these

categories, whether it be sleep

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food movement, or relationships.

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Something in my life gets

better, like for sure.

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Um, And it helps out in

so many different ways.

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I would definitely say

though, sleep and movement.

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Those have been the two things I've

been focusing on lately and they've

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been absolutely game changer.

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I feel really, really good.

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Having focused on both of those.

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But there's so much that we can

do without spending any money.

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And it can really benefit us greatly.

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So I don't like it when people think

that like, food is, or sorry, not food,

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but like health and being healthy is

kind of this, like, I don't know, , hi

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class only reserved type thing.

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Like I'm not high class.

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At least not when it comes to

like money or anything like that.

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So.

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Uh, no, honestly, I'm not high

class on, I'm like straight

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up Neanderthal over here.

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But honestly, um, I think it's ridiculous

when, when we look at it that way, and I

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think people have that idea because when

you see organic food being more expensive

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and you see all these supplements and

you know, the different gadgets that

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you can buy for your health, like, it

definitely feels like it can be very

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exclusive, but it shouldn't be that way.

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Good health is available to everybody.

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It just requires a little bit of

know-how and some knowledge on, you

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know, things that we can do to become

more healthy in our day-to-day life.

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And so.

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Just wanting to re highlight

that to everybody that you

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don't need a supplement.

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You don't have to take a supplement.

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Um, you can obtain so much through your

daily practices and I think supplements

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should really actually come second.

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Like after you have updated your habits

and your lifestyle, then you can look into

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supplements and allow them to kind of.

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Working cohesion with.

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You know, your actual lifestyle

practices, but I don't think

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they should be the first go-to.

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So even for example, like I was

mentioning spirulina and chlorella.

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I love spirulina and chlorella.

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The energy bit stuff is amazing.

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Like it's one of my favorite

supplements that I ever.

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I literally take daily, but if, for

example, I was not eating a healthy diet.

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Like I can't just rely on the spirulina.

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With, you know, okay.

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Yeah.

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It has 40 vitamins and minerals in it,

but if I'm just relying on the spirulina,

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like that's not, not the way to go.

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Like I have to have a good diet.

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And then that spirulina is going to,

you know, combined with a good diet

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is going to make sure that I'm really

covering all of my bases and getting

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the nutrients that I actually need.

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I can't just rely on spirulina.

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Like I take spirulina one time in

the morning and as many vitamins and

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minerals as it may have, it's not

going to make up for a poor diet.

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So we really have to focus on these basics

first, even with sleep, for example.

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You know, I mentioned magnesium, magnesium

can help with sleep and it definitely

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seems to benefit my sleep, but I've also

had really, really good sleeps when I

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just made sure that I wasn't watching TV,

like right up to the minute that I went

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to bed and I didn't have a meal, you know?

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Uh, two hours before going to bed.

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And I took a nice hot shower and

did a nighttime routine to kind

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of get myself prepared for bed.

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And then, you know, I get into bed and,

uh, give myself enough time to sleep

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before I have to wake up and guess what?

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I have an incredible sleep and

I wake up feeling like a million

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dollars and I did it without any.

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Supplements or spending of money at all.

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Right.

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It was just good health practices.

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And I think that's like literally the

most important thing for us to focus on

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and it falls into all categories we can

think of even like movement, for example.

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When it comes to movement.

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Uh, people are so focused on taking

all these different supplements to.

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You know, gain muscle and this

and that, and blah, blah, blah.

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And sure.

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Of course like taking creatine and taking

essential aminos and protein, like all

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of that is going to help, but you know,

what is at the core of that is actually

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getting the movement in, like, you can't

just take the supplements and get buffed.

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Like you actually got to do the movement

and then the movement, even if you just

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paired movement with a good diet that

had high protein in it, That's going to

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be super beneficial right there and the

additional protein shakes or essential

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amino acids, they're going to be great.

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And they're going to also maybe

put you over the top and really

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get you to that next level.

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But at the core of it, it really

just starts with good habits.

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So.

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Anyways, that's what I

really wanted to focus on.

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I feel like everyone over-complicates

health myself included.

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I start falling into the trap of

like, there's something externally

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that I need to be taking to

help me be better at something.

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And really at the core of it, we have

pretty much everything we need internally.

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You know, we can do these practices and

habits and, um, you know, really just

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live a super healthy lifestyle without

having to spend a ton of money and looking

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for external things to make us better.

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Um, it all starts with ourselves and

just creating really good habits.

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So.

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Anyways, I just want to

highlight that point.

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It was something I saw myself

getting caught up in, uh, just

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about a week ago, actually.

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And then, um, I really had to

reevaluate and look at things

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and say, hold up, hold up.

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Like, what are the core

principles of health here?

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And, you know, it comes back to

these core habits and our lifestyle

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practices that we have that really

makes the biggest impact on our health.

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So anyways, I just wanted to mention

that everybody, and I hope that you

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guys all have some really great.

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Uh, health practices.

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Uh, you know, lifestyle practices

and, um, you know, Start there.

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That's always the place to start before

you take any supplement, start there.

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Check.

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How are you eating?

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How are you sleeping?

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Uh, are you moving enough?

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Do you have good relationships?

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Um, you know, are you getting sunlight?

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Are you staying hydrated?

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Like all these different things?

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They're going to make

the biggest impact first.

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And then we can go from there.

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So.

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Anyways, y'all I hope you guys enjoyed

this episode and found some benefit in it.

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Don't overcomplicate health.

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It's much more simple than we think.

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And, uh, yeah, so anyways, I hope you

all have a great rest of your week.

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I'll see you on next week's episode.

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And until then do everything with

good intentions, connect to the

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elements and much love y'all peace.