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In this episode of 'The Elemental Evan Podcast,' host Evan Roberts explores the best affordable supplements to invest in for optimal health, especially given today's high costs. He identifies multivitamins, probiotics, and functional mushrooms as the top three choices for those on a budget and offers detailed advice on selecting the right options within each category. Evan reviews both traditional and innovative multivitamin options, discusses the importance of quality in probiotics, and champions the various health benefits of functional mushrooms like reishi and lion's mane. Additionally, he underscores the significance of viewing food as a primary source of essential nutrients and shares practical shopping tips for nutrient-dense foods. Tune in to discover how you can enhance your health without breaking the bank and get recommendations on trusted brands, complete with discount codes.
00:27 Essential Supplements Overview
00:58 Multivitamins: The Foundation
02:02 Choosing the Right Multivitamin
07:47 Probiotics: Gut Health Essentials
10:40 Functional Mushrooms: Nature's Boosters
13:39 Food as Your Best Supplement
18:48 Conclusion and Final Tips
DISCLAIMER
This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.
Transcript
What's going on, everybody.
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:Welcome to the elemental.
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:I've been podcast.
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:This is your host, Evan Roberts.
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:And on this show, I break down health
topics from a simplified and holistic
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:perspective to provide you with
accessible health knowledge that you
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:can walk away from these episodes
with and start applying to your life.
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:Today and start taking
control of your health.
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:Today's episode.
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:We are going to talk about if I had
to narrow it down to just a couple of.
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:Absolutely necessary supplements.
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:What would they be?
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:Um, especially with the cost of
everything, just being a little bit high.
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:For most people these days, right.
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:Uh, what are the most cost
effective supplements that we
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:could be purchasing right now?
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:And, uh, you know, what are going to
make the biggest difference in our lives?
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:So, First off.
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:Honestly to just, you
know, Pick one, I guess.
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:I would first start off
with a supplement that.
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:Is going to.
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:Cover the most bases, which
typically would come to you
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:in the form of a multivitamin.
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:Now, I think a lot of people are like,
are multivitamins really that great.
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:Did they do much for you?
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:Blah, blah, blah.
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:Like there's all these
questions around it.
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:I totally get it.
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:Um, it does appear that taking
multivitamins do have a good
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:benefit, even if it's just a
generic type of multivitamin.
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:But I will say quality
absolutely does matter.
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:And as well, you.
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:Then we can go down the
road of the sourcing.
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:Is it like synthetic?
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:Is it coming from a natural source?
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:You know, like there's all these
different nuances, but I would say that
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:if we were to just pick a supplement
to start off probably a multivitamin,
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:a multivitamin is going to be like the
biggest return on investment, essentially.
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:Now to that point, you can look at a
multivitamin in multiple different ways.
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:You could go the traditional route
of a multivitamin that is gonna
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:have your vitamin a, your vitamin D.
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:Your vitamin K your vitamin E your
vitamin C you know, all be all
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:the, all the different vitamins,
magnesium, all that good stuff.
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:Right.
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:Um, but then you can also look at a
multivitamin in terms of like a plant
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:food, for example, like we have, um, you
know, the really popular one athletic
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:greens, uh, that's a juice powder that
you can add to water and then shake up and
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:it's got like over a hundred and minerals
and vitamins and blah, blah, blah.
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:Right?
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:Like that's, that's also a
great form of getting in.
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:Um, Um, a multivitamin now.
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:People do ask question.
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:Oh, you know, Are you really
going to receive that much?
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:Like in that scoop, like, okay.
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:It says there's a hundred
different ingredients in there.
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:Uh, or minerals and vitamins
and like how much of that are
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:you actually getting per scoop?
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:That is a very valid question.
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:Um, I personally, when I do a green juice,
for example, um, I like to go with a green
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:juice that has less ingredients in it,
just because I feel like you're going to
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:get more of those ingredients per scoop.
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:Um, for me, I go Organify Organifi is.
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:Kind of the place for me, if I'm ever
looking for, um, like a plant powdered
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:form of anything, whether it be like a
green juice or they also have like their
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:red juice or like a tumeric one for sleep.
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:Um, that's, that's the
brand I tend to go with.
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:They're really super high quality
and they just don't overload it
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:with a ton of different ingredients,
which I personally really like.
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:Um, So that's my go-to brand.
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:Um, check out the show notes.
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:I do have a 20% discount code in
there just for being a listener.
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:Um, but as well, That's not to knock
athletic greens, like I'm sure it
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:does have and provide some benefit.
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:Um, maybe you're just not getting
as much as you would like to
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:have each of those minerals and
vitamins, but still not a bad choice.
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:Um, as well.
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:They're traditional.
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:The more traditional route.
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:I mean, you could literally go
and purchase are really cheap.
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:Like what's the brand like soul Ray or
Centrum or whatever multivitamin, um,
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:The only thing with that is some of
the ingredients that they use in there.
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:Are not favorable.
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:They're just not, um, they're
like the synthetic form, but
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:then it's also like the form.
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:That's just not that great for you.
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:Like, for example, if you
ever see a multivitamin with
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:folic acid in it, I would.
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:Kind of highly recommend
not going with that one.
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:Try to find one that has fully in it.
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:That's going to be the more
bioavailable format of, of a full, late.
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:Um, folic acid has to be
converted in the body.
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:A lot of people aren't able to convert it.
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:So then you ended up taking it.
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:Doesn't do anything for you.
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:There's even some people that say it
could actually be harmful for you.
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:So that's one thing I do tend to avoid.
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:Um, personally, I work for the company
ritual and they do have a multivitamin,
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:which is really awesome and well tested.
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:It's got bioavailable
forms of each ingredient.
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:So.
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:That's a really good one if to go
with, of course, you know, you're
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:going to pay a little bit more money
for it, but it is a good multivitamin.
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:Uh, or you could also go the
route of, they have a, like the.
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:You know, the more carnivore diet style
ones where it's like the beef organs.
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:And so they'll put like liver and
kidney and heart and all these
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:different desiccated Oregon's
into a capsule that you can take.
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:That's also, um, probably a really
great type of a multivitamin, right.
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:You're going to get.
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:Uh, especially with the liver, the
liver has so many different minerals
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:and vitamins and it's specifically
vitamin a it's super high in vitamin a.
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:So taking something like that could
also be a great form of a multivitamin.
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:Whatever one you choose.
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:I don't really care.
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:I mean, it's more, so
whatever works for you.
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:If you're looking for a vegan option,
then you're going to go with rich wall.
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:If you're going to look
for a vegetarian option.
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:Uh, it actually still
might still be vegan.
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:Um, and that's the organic option.
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:If you want something that's
more on the carnivore diet.
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:Okay.
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:Maybe you go for the, uh, the
desiccated Oregon's brand.
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:Um, I forget there's a few
different ones like ants and.
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:It's ancestral supplements or
something, something along those lines.
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:Anyways, there's a bunch of them.
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:Just check them out.
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:Um, so there's a bunch of different
ways you can go in terms of choosing
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:a multivitamin, but I would say.
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:If I was going to really look for return
on investment in terms of supplements.
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:Uh, multivitamin would
be a good place to start.
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:Now, beyond that I have pretty
much only two other sub.
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:Two to three other supplements
that I would go for.
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:Sorry.
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:And I also forgot to include in the,
um, like multivitamin style supplement.
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:Uh, I would also include spirulina
and chlorella, which are a.
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:Micro-algae uh, I get the, I
get the ones from energy bits.
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:That's my favorite brand personally.
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:And they are as well.
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:They're literally just an algae.
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:So they're a food essentially.
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:And they have over 40 vitamins
and minerals, someones.
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:Again, it's very similar to like,
you know, Organify or, um, like
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:the, the Oregon, the desiccated
organs, you're going to get a
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:ton of vitamins and minerals in.
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:This one product, right?
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:It just spirulina or chlorella.
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:It's a, micro-algae really super
easy to take and as well, super high.
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:Return on investment there.
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:Um, I use energy bits.
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:I also have a discount code for them.
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:So check out the show notes.
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:If you're interested in that one.
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:But yeah, starting there would be great.
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:Then moving in to the other
two, I would say probiotics is
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:a really good idea in terms of.
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:If I had to pick and choose just
like three supplements, you know?
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:Okay, we got your multivitamin,
but then you've got a probiotics.
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:Probiotics would be the second one.
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:And with probiotics, it does matter
the ones that you choose, unfortunately
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:like going the lower quality.
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:Really kind of will.
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:Um, you know, it will take down
the effectiveness of that product.
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:So looking for a probiotic that
has, you know, proven efficacy
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:on it is going to be important.
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:Um, so paying a little bit of a higher
price for it is definitely going to,
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:I think, pay out in the long run.
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:Um, with that said.
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:Probably better to take a
probiotic than none at all.
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:Although you could also just
really focus on diet here.
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:Um, and really try to get some of
these fermented foods into your
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:diet, but really taking a probiotic.
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:I see it as being worth the money.
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:Um, For me, I take rituals, probiotic,
which is a three in one it's pre pro and
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:post biotic all in one shelf, stable.
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:It's one of my favorites to take.
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:Uh, as well, bio K that's a really good.
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:Uh, probiotic, it comes in a drinkable.
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:Little container.
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:I don't know.
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:Um, and you can make it last.
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:I think like for, for like,
you could take a drink.
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:Separated into quarters.
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:So you could drink like a quarter
of it one day and then the next
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:day drink the next quarter of it.
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:And yeah, so it would
last me like four days.
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:Um, that's a really good one.
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:I personally have felt so, uh,
some good benefits with it.
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:So, yeah, so the rituals, uh,
symbiotic, uh, bio K, they have
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:a bunch of different flavors.
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:Those are really good ones as well.
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:Um, just thrive has some as well.
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:Um, they're spore based and, uh, I
hear really great things about them.
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:I've yet to try them, but
they're high on my list.
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:And there's also another one called Omni.
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:That one is a very highly
recommended as well.
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:Any of those are.
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:Probably going to be just
really great options.
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:And then of course do your own research,
but just overall, I would recommend.
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:Some kind of a probiotic.
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:Um, with your probiotic, you do typically
want to get a prebiotic with it as well.
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:Post biotic, if you can get that as
well with it, I mean, that's awesome.
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:You get all three in one.
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:But if you can at least get a pre
and a probiotic together, that's
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:pretty big because the prebiotic.
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:Helps to feed the probiotic
and the good gut bacteria.
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:So.
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:It is important to get those two together.
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:So those would be the first
two I would recommend.
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:So multivitamin, a probiotic
and then last but not least.
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:Some kind of functional mushroom.
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:I am.
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:The biggest fan of functional
mushrooms or medicinal mushrooms.
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:And these are anything from
lion's mane to Xanga to reishi,
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:cordyceps, to Turkey tail.
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:There's a ton of them out there, and
there's also a ton of brands out there.
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:So can also be tricky to
know which ones are good.
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:Um, typically a dual extracted
mushroom is going to be
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:something you want to look for.
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:Uh, I personally really
like real mushrooms.
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:Um, I had Lee Carroll on the show
here recently, and he works at a real
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:mushrooms and he just really broke down
some awesome topics like ergo thianine,
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:which is, um, a compound in mushrooms,
which is really great for your health.
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:But overall, I think mushrooms
just provide a huge return
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:on investment, right?
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:Like, For what you're paying for.
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:You're getting a lot of benefit out of it.
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:Of course each mushroom
does different things.
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:But they typically
provide multiple benefits.
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:And if you were really
just going to choose one.
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:Probably Rishi or Xanga would be one of
the top two, um, in terms of, you know,
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:biggest, biggest bang for its buck.
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:Um, but any of them are
going to be really great.
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:So real mushrooms is an awesome brand.
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:I highly recommend them.
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:Um, but there's a slew of other brands.
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:Some of the ones that I
have tried, and I do like.
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:Would be rainbow mushrooms.
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:That's rainbow without the
w at the end four Sigmatic.
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:That's another one.
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:That's really good.
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:Um, Paul Stamets has one as well.
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:And the name is escaping me right now,
but here it's like, it's everywhere.
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:Wow, host defense.
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:There we go.
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:Host defense.
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:Uh, that's Paul, Stamets a brand and
that's also a pretty good one, but you
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:know, these are a few different brands.
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:I would recommend a real
mushrooms is pretty much top of
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:my list when it comes to that.
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:Um, but any of those
would be pretty solid.
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:And yeah, those are, those are
my three that I would personally
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:go to when it comes to, if I
had to really just narrow down.
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:Okay.
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:Like you don't have a ton of money.
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:What are going to be the best things
you could possibly buy for yourself
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:without this is the caveat here without
knowing your levels of different
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:mineral and vitamin deficiencies.
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:Because obviously if you're deficient
like heavily deficient in something.
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:Go towards that for sure.
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:Um, which by the way, vitamin
D tends to be a pretty big one
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:that people are deficient in.
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:Um, if you take vitamin D three, you
want to take it with vitamin K2 as well.
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:Um, those are very
important to take together.
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:And if you have a multivitamin,
they're typically going to have
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:D three and K2 together in there.
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:So once again, pretty good one to take.
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:Um, but yeah, those are going to
be the three now my other little.
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:Caveat to that as well would be that.
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:If you are pressed for money or for
whatever reason yet, you're just
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:not able to get some supplements.
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:I also remember that the
food you were eating.
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:Is.
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:You know, it's, it's the
best supplement possible.
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:Right?
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:So focusing on the quality of
the food that you're purchasing
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:and the type of food you're
purchasing is also very important.
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:And you can literally look at them
as your quote unquote supplements.
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:So for example, If you're at the store.
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:And you want a multivitamin
and guess what?
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:Go buy some.
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:You know, uh, different veggies,
like get a variety of veggies, get
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:some cauliflower, get some broccoli.
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:Get some, um, beats gets, uh,
You know, like mix it up, get
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:some dark leafy greens in there.
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:Like these are going to have a lot
of minerals and vitamins in them.
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:Also a note on that.
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:If you're going to have dark leafy greens.
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:I have it with a oil like olive oil,
for example, um, it helps to absorb
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:some of those fat soluble, uh, vitamins
that can come in the dark leafy greens.
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:And then on top of that, if you're
a meat eater, Go get some liver.
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:I know it does not taste that.
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:Great.
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:I am on board with you.
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:Um, I have yet to cook a liver where
I'm like, damn, that's delicious.
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:Uh, I will say if you take
liver, chop it up very finely
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:and then mix it with ground beef.
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:It's actually pretty good.
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:Like you don't even
really notice it's there.
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:So that's a good one.
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:Um, heart heart is wa uh, an Oregon meet.
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:That tends to be easiest for me
to eat and, um, not get the eggs
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:from because it's more of a muscle.
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:Like I won't, it is a muscle,
so it's more like muscle meat.
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:Um, and as well, the flavor, it can be
a little irony obviously from, from the
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:blood, but, uh, it tends to not have.
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:Uh, super harsh flavor for me, but once
again, Chop that bad boy up, mince it
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:up and throw it in some ground beef.
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:And that's a really great
way to get that in kidneys.
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:I have yet to try.
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:I hear they taste like.
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:Well, pice.
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:I mean that's to be expected, I guess.
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:Right.
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:Um, not to say that they don't
have benefit, but a liver.
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:Absolutely is a great one to go
to just because it's so high in
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:so many minerals and vitamins.
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:That it truly is like
nature's multivitamin.
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:So when you're shopping, Look for
those things, you know, look for
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:veggies, look for a variety of veggies.
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:Organ meats are a great option,
specifically liver and as well,
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:you can typically find like grass
fed liver for a pretty good price.
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:Although I see you whole foods you're
catching on to the whole trend that's
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:happening here because they have Jack
their prices up on grassfed liver.
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:Like.
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:Threefold in literally
the last, like two years.
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:So.
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:That's a bummer.
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:Um, but anyway, still typically
it's generally a pretty
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:well-priced, um, Meat to purchase.
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:And, uh, you know, just kind of look at
all of your groceries in that manner.
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:Like if you're low on something,
try to go for that type of food.
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:So for example, if you're looking
for a good probiotic, You can
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:also buy fermented foods, right?
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:If you can buy.
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:Um, for example, I really
love this new brand.
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:I forget the name, but
they do a thing called C G.
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:And so it's like kimchi,
but with seaweed and if you.
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:Don't typically consume seaweed.
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:I highly recommend you do, because it
does have a ton of minerals and vitamins,
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:specifically iodine in it, which is
very important for us to be getting.
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:And it's super delicious.
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:I mean, it's literally
kimchi with seaweed.
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:Like it is insane.
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:It will elevate most savory
meals that you consume.
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:So look for a good probiotic as well.
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:Um, things like Kiefer.
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:Um, you know, unsweetened,
Kiefer, unsweetened yogurt.
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:Those are great, uh, great things
to add into your diet as well.
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:If you need more fiber, which
most of us do, you know,
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:upping your chia seed intake.
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:Uh, upping your legume intake, like some
black beans, for example, or some lentils.
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:Those are really great options.
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:Um, to up your fiber intake, I
will say, uh, the way in which
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:you cook your beans does matter.
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:Uh, use, soak your beans
and use a pressure cooker.
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:It tends to make your beans lower in.
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:Is it lectins, I think is what it was.
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:Uh, don't don't quote me on that one.
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:Sorry about that.
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:Um, but that is the best way to cook
your beans is to soak them first and then
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:do, uh, cook them in a pressure cooker.
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:Um, and that will give you a
very solid amount of fiber.
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:So once again, Like, those are
my top three things to look
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:for in terms of supplements.
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:Like if I really had to pick or
choose and, you know, constrained
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:on budget or whatever it might be.
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:But then to the next degree, I would also
really focus on making sure I'm purchasing
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:foods that are essentially multivitamins
and supplements in their own.
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:Right.
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:Um, so yeah, highly
recommend doing it that way.
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:Uh, check out the show notes.
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:I do have a few of the brands
that I mentioned in there.
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:They all come with discount codes.
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:So if you wanted to check
some of them out, feel free.
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:Um, Organifi is going to be a
great one to check out for all of
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:their green powders, red powders,
um, their gold formula as well.
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:They have, uh, they do use
functional mushrooms in there.
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:So that's a great way of kind of
getting multiple things in one.
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:And they're all really
high quality as well.
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:The energy bits is in there.
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:So.
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:Feel free to check those out.
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:And when you're shopping, remember
shop, like if you can't purchase some
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:multivitamins or you feel like they're
too expensive, then just shop for your
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:multivitamins in the food that you're
consuming, because they are literally
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:the best way to get any of your.
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:Uh, minerals or vitamins or daily
nutrients that you should be getting
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:supplements are just that they
supplement the meals that you're eating.
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:So anyways, That's going
to do it for today.
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:Thank you all so much
for tapping in with me.
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:I hope this was beneficial.
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:If you are balling on a budget and trying
to be healthy, I feel this struggle.
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:Y'all.
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:So please.
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:Um, no, you're not alone out there.
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:Feel free to reach out.
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:I'll give you more.
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:Tips and tricks on things that
I do to save a little bit of
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:money here and there, but still.
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:Uh, keep that healthy lifestyle going.
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:And, uh, anyways, that's going
to do it for today's episode.
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:Thank you for tapping in.
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:Oh, see you on next week's episode,
have a beautiful rest of your day.
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:Do everything with good intentions.
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:Connect to your elements.
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:I love you guys so much.
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:Have a beautiful one.
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:Peace.
