Dr. Brannick Riggs: Supplements Simplified

<<0>> hello everyone and welcome to the do IU

<<2>> podcast I'm Ludo product education

<<5>> manager for Europe and joining me today

<<7>> is Dr Bry rigs vice president for

<<10>> essential oil education at Thea

<<12>> corporate together we'll be discussing

<<14>> all things supplements so let's get

<<20>> [Music]

<<23>> started brck thank you so much for being

<<25>> here with us today it's really great to

<<27>> have you thank you for the invitation

<<29>> Ludo I'm EX excited to be here and and

<<31>> have this great discussion so obviously

<<33>> we know the word of supplements is vast

<<36>> and can feel a little bit intimidating

<<39>> daunting and people uh listening to us

<<42>> and watching us might be a bit confused

<<44>> so I wanted to discuss with you where

<<46>> would a great starting point be for

<<49>> anybody approaching this uh very

<<53>> overwhelming word for the first time

<<55>> yeah you know it's interesting there's

<<57>> lots of ways that you might approach

<<59>> this and

<<60>> especially to kind of cut through the

<<62>> noise of

<<63>> supplementation you you have the

<<65>> challenge of everywhere you turn you can

<<67>> go to a gas station and buy supplements

<<69>> you can go to the grocery store and buy

<<70>> supplements and you can do the same with

<<73>> essential oils right you can go buy your

<<75>> pure frankincense for just uh just a

<<78>> little bit of of money and it's not pure

<<82>> and as a matter of fact it's probably

<<84>> not even any frankincense the same is

<<87>> true of supplements you can go by the

<<90>> gas station or the grocery store and buy

<<91>> your supplements for a very cheap amount

<<94>> but they're probably not going to have

<<96>> very much of that actual supplement in

<<98>> it so one thing you have to really look

<<101>> for is where is a good source to buy

<<103>> your supplements and how do you really

<<106>> tell whether or not it is a good

<<108>> supplement or not and um one of the ways

<<111>> that you can cut through the noise of

<<113>> that is when you take a supplement you

<<116>> should actually feel different right

<<120>> right um because that's what we're

<<121>> trying to do we're trying to give our

<<123>> body some of those essential co-actors

<<125>> our cells need them to function properly

<<128>> and you should feel that and so if

<<130>> you're taking a supplement and you're

<<131>> like well I've never really felt any

<<133>> different then perhaps um it's not a

<<136>> very good supplement the other thing is

<<138>> true is that typically quality things do

<<142>> cost a little bit more and so being

<<144>> aware that if you go buy your

<<146>> supplements and you can buy a 30-day

<<147>> supply for just a tiny amount of money

<<150>> it's probably not a great supplement and

<<153>> therefore um it's not really going to be

<<155>> benefiting you at all so kind of a

<<157>> couple of ways that you might be able to

<<159>> determine whether or not you uh you have

<<162>> a good quality supplement and to cut

<<164>> through some of the noise there and then

<<165>> also you've got to go with a company

<<167>> that you trust right we know that here

<<169>> at dotera we have cptg oils they go

<<174>> through rigorous testing to just

<<176>> determine is this a good oil and are we

<<179>> willing to put our name to the oil we

<<183>> get lots of batches of oils that we say

<<185>> no thank you that's not really the

<<186>> quality we're looking for the same is

<<188>> true of our supplements we actually go

<<190>> through rigorous testing of our

<<192>> supplements to make sure that they are

<<194>> the quality that we can stand behind and

<<196>> we can put our name dotera on those

<<198>> supplements that's amazing thank you

<<200>> branik and actually if I can take a step

<<203>> back um sometimes we hear you know that

<<207>> healthy eating is enough and that

<<209>> exercising is good enough to be

<<211>> considered healthy and have a perfectly

<<214>> beautiful uh long life but actually we

<<218>> know in the word of supplements that

<<220>> that might not be the case so when is a

<<224>> good moment when we should consider

<<225>> adding supplements to our routine and

<<228>> maybe can you address why is Health

<<231>> eating no longer enough technically in

<<234>> this um this modern times it's it's a

<<237>> it's a great question there Ludo and I

<<239>> think think really we have to we have to

<<242>> first recognize one thing so we're

<<244>> talking about Healthy Lifestyles and

<<246>> routines and do we need supplements but

<<247>> let me let me take it even a step back

<<250>> and that is well it's okay if I don't

<<253>> eat healthy it's okay if I don't have a

<<255>> healthy lifestyle I just take

<<257>> supplements it's fine well I'm going to

<<259>> tell you right now you can't outs

<<261>> supplement an unhealthy diet you can't

<<264>> outs supplement an unhealthy

<<267>> lifestyle um there is no such thing is

<<269>> sitting on the couch eating ice cream

<<272>> every day and I'm not going to be

<<274>> unhealthy because I take supplements it

<<276>> will be too easy right we actually have

<<278>> to right correct I mean if that were the

<<281>> case I wouldn't have to go for a mile

<<282>> run every morning I could just take the

<<284>> mile run pill and get the same benefits

<<286>> to my muscle and heart and and body

<<289>> right my metabolism but that just

<<290>> doesn't exist we have to pay

<<293>> supplementation with doing the best we

<<295>> can in the foods that we consume and the

<<300>> lifestyle that we live um we can't just

<<302>> take supplements and make up for that so

<<304>> your your second point there though is

<<306>> that well can I not take supplements and

<<309>> just live a healthy lifestyle well a

<<312>> couple of interesting things have

<<313>> happened in the last several years we've

<<315>> looked at data on the essential vitamins

<<319>> and minerals that we get from our

<<321>> food essential meaning we have to have

<<324>> them to survive right they're not like

<<326>> would be nice to have these are we have

<<329>> to have these things think about iron

<<331>> for our blood right so we looked at that

<<334>> nutrient content in the foods that we

<<337>> consume what we have found they did a

<<339>> study from 1950 to 1999 so that's 49

<<343>> years and they found that those

<<346>> essential nutrients fell anywhere from 6

<<349>> to

<<350>> 38% in just those 49 years and we've now

<<354>> had another 25 years since that study

<<357>> was completed for that nutrient cont

<<359>> content to continue to fall now we don't

<<362>> know what it was before

<<364>> 1950 but what we do know is the fruits

<<367>> and vegetables we were consuming even

<<369>> organically grown right even grown in

<<372>> our own Gardens those fruits and

<<374>> vegetables that are Grandparents were

<<376>> eating um we have to eat several times

<<380>> that amount to get the same nutrient

<<382>> content that our grandparents did in one

<<384>> apple or one orange now we're having to

<<386>> consume much larger amounts the other

<<388>> thing that's true is our our diet has

<<391>> become calorically dense so lots of

<<394>> calories in our diet and nutrient

<<398>> deficient and so we have to be taking

<<401>> some supplements every day to be able to

<<405>> help with the nutrients that we're just

<<407>> not getting from our diets anymore and

<<409>> that's that's kind of a sad fact but

<<411>> we're to that point in modern society

<<414>> where we just we have to do that and can

<<416>> I just um maybe expand on your last

<<418>> point that you said because I find

<<419>> extremely

<<420>> fascinating uh the fact that we um

<<423>> obviously the soil is depleted and we

<<425>> consume maybe too much calories compared

<<428>> to you know our vitamin minerals and

<<431>> what we what our body is able to to

<<434>> absorb really could this also be a

<<436>> reason why we sometimes feel this hunger

<<439>> that we cannot satisfy is it because we

<<442>> are lacking

<<444>> vitamins yeah as a matter of fact there

<<446>> was a study done about three years ago

<<450>> on fast food now we all have a hectic

<<452>> lifestyle it's very fast-paced and so

<<455>> sometimes we just think oh it's fine

<<457>> I'll just grab some fast food well the

<<460>> study was done to say well why is it

<<462>> that fast food doesn't satisfy us as

<<465>> much as other foods do if I were to go

<<468>> grab a couple of apples I may be Fuller

<<472>> or have satiety better than if I grab a

<<475>> hamburger and fries right and the reason

<<478>> is is because the brain picks up on how

<<481>> many nutrients we're consuming in the

<<483>> food and if we're not having enough

<<485>> nutrients in the food the brain sends a

<<487>> signal um that we need more nutrients

<<491>> not that we're hungry but we need more

<<493>> nutrients and so we're more likely to

<<495>> consume more highly processed foods than

<<499>> we are other types of foods and so to

<<501>> your point we do have to just be very

<<503>> careful of those nutrient deficient

<<506>> Foods because they can make us eat more

<<509>> of them therefore more calories and that

<<512>> contributes to our obesity problem that

<<514>> we're having literally around the world

<<516>> that's amazing and as I said it's

<<519>> incredibly fascinating for me to be able

<<522>> to educate myself better every day and

<<525>> and then hopefully go on and make

<<528>> healthier uh choices in what I decide to

<<530>> eat and what I decide to nourish my body

<<533>> with So yeah thank you I think that's a

<<535>> good point Ludo we're all on a journey

<<537>> right and and we all started somewhere

<<539>> so I I tend to within my practice as a

<<543>> physician I tend to not really condemn

<<546>> anyone walking through the doors the

<<548>> fact that they're approaching me tells

<<549>> me I'm interested in my health so

<<551>> wherever they are let's say they're

<<553>> eating fast food three meals a day okay

<<556>> we're not going to change that person to

<<557>> be eating all you know fruits and

<<560>> vegetables three meals a day organically

<<562>> grown Etc and be taking all of their

<<565>> supplements every day we have to

<<567>> celebrate the Journey of where they are

<<569>> we should be doing the same we should

<<571>> say okay let me take a real assessment

<<574>> of where I am on my health journey and

<<576>> then I'm going to try to do a little bit

<<578>> better each day right Maya Angelou once

<<581>> said once we know better we do better

<<584>> and that's true for all of us I like

<<586>> that I really like that so I think um at

<<590>> the beginning you said something about

<<592>> the word supplement what what it means

<<595>> uh as in adding something to our diet

<<598>> enhancing our diet so um yeah how can we

<<603>> incorporate supplements maybe gradually

<<606>> for somebody who is um a starter let's

<<610>> say it's getting started with this word

<<612>> somebody who is a good user and then

<<615>> somebody who is a pro yeah so um I think

<<620>> for someone that's just beginning this

<<621>> journey and and you're right supplement

<<624>> means to complete or enhance right so if

<<626>> I have this healthy lifestyle I'm trying

<<628>> to do better at the things I'm consuming

<<630>> I'm trying to do better with my exercise

<<633>> and my metabolism and those sorts of

<<635>> things now to supplement means I'm just

<<637>> gonna add a little bit more to that and

<<640>> make it even better right um and so for

<<644>> those that are just beginning this I'm a

<<647>> fan of number one assess your diet make

<<650>> changes that you know you need to make

<<653>> nobody really needs to be told oh my

<<656>> gosh eating ice cream every day is bad

<<658>> for you right um no no everybody knows

<<661>> these things right now it's a yeah it's

<<664>> a wonderful little treat every once in a

<<666>> while but if if people know the things

<<668>> that are their weak spot and so assess

<<670>> where you are with your diet assess

<<673>> where you are with your movement right

<<675>> and then make those changes and add to

<<678>> that your vitamins and mineral

<<680>> supplements right so for us it would be

<<683>> our lifelong Vitality our microplex vmz

<<686>> our Alpha CRS and our X

<<689>> omegas um those things are helpful to

<<693>> supplement and I'm a fan of uh starting

<<697>> low and then moving up to that full dose

<<700>> so I'm a fan of just do one a day of

<<702>> each and do that for a few weeks make

<<704>> sure the system gets used to this make

<<706>> sure that we're doing okay with this if

<<708>> we're experiencing a little bit of GI

<<710>> upset when we first start that's okay

<<712>> push on and then let's wait until that

<<715>> goes away because it will go away and so

<<718>> once you've done that to to once a day

<<720>> and your systems used to it now you want

<<722>> to go to twice a day morning and evening

<<725>> with your dosing of one each and do that

<<728>> for a few weeks and building up to that

<<730>> full dose which is two in the morning

<<732>> and two in the evening or

<<734>> afternoon so that then you're taking

<<736>> four a day of your vmz your ex omegas

<<740>> and your Alpha CRS so morning and

<<743>> evening two each every day for those

<<745>> that are kind of Pros their lifestyle is

<<747>> really clean they've been on this

<<749>> journey for a while they've been doing

<<751>> great I have no problem with them just

<<752>> starting right off the bat with two in

<<754>> the morning two in the evening of each

<<756>> of those and uh they typically do pretty

<<758>> well with that because their system is

<<760>> already used to a clean lifestyle it's

<<762>> already used to exercising every day

<<763>> it's already used to having those

<<765>> nutrients in the foods that they're

<<767>> consuming they're not switching from

<<769>> three times a day of fast food to now

<<771>> all of a sudden eating more fruits and

<<773>> vegetables this individual is already

<<774>> eating a lot of fruits and vegetables

<<776>> their system knows those nutrients

<<778>> fairly well and so putting those

<<780>> straight on those individuals straight

<<782>> on the four um a day of each isn't a

<<786>> problem Bry can we talk a little bit

<<788>> about supplement quality and why it

<<790>> matters so much obviously we know we

<<793>> both know this word is vast is huge

<<795>> actually and every company now seems

<<798>> like they're starting to produce

<<800>> supplements uh which is uh a bit scary

<<804>> um so not supp not all supplements are

<<806>> created equals um

<<809>> yeah what do you think about that no

<<813>> yeah so I that's true we mentioned

<<815>> earlier the fact that you know typically

<<818>> if you're buying a very very cheap

<<819>> supplement it is not very good um

<<822>> unfortunately in the supplement World

<<824>> typically you you get what you pay for

<<828>> and so if you're buying something that's

<<830>> very inexpensive and you think oh my

<<832>> gosh I got a great deal this is only

<<833>> costing me you know a little bit every

<<836>> month well you're probably only getting

<<838>> a little bit of benefit from that every

<<841>> month and so knowing that a good

<<843>> supplement a good quality supplement if

<<845>> it's really going to help you is going

<<847>> to cost just a little bit more because

<<849>> of the fact that uh they have to bring

<<852>> some quality something that's very good

<<854>> for you now one of the things that sets

<<858>> uh our our um supplements apart is the

<<861>> fact

<<862>> that we actually have a couple of things

<<865>> that are unique to dotera in the

<<867>> supplement world so for in instance I'll

<<870>> give you the example of our tummy Tamer

<<871>> blend that is in our microplex

<<874>> vmz typically the GI track doesn't

<<877>> really enjoy vitamins and minerals and

<<880>> we'll talk a little bit about the

<<881>> uniqueness of our supplements here in a

<<883>> minute but because of that we put our

<<887>> tummy Tamer blend in of essential oils

<<890>> that consist of carow and peppermint and

<<894>> some others that help the GI tract calm

<<896>> down while we're taking these vitamins

<<898>> and mineral supplements and help them

<<900>> handle it a little bit better and then

<<901>> we also do some things that increase

<<903>> absorption of the vitamins and minerals

<<905>> you can go to some stores and they do

<<908>> cost a bit of money to buy some Mega

<<912>> doses of vitamins and minerals huge

<<915>> amounts right

<<917>> um and and the challenge there is there

<<921>> is an absorptive capacity within the GI

<<924>> tra there's only so much that the GI tra

<<927>> can absorb and the rest of the time

<<929>> those extras are just moving right on

<<931>> through you um and so knowing that those

<<935>> Mega doses don't really help you need

<<938>> the right amount and you need to be able

<<940>> to absorb the right amount and that's

<<942>> what our dotera LV does for you it helps

<<946>> you with that absorption of the correct

<<948>> amount of vitamins and minerals and

<<950>> those nutrients that are in there I love

<<951>> that you're talking about absorption um

<<954>> because often we hear the phrase you are

<<957>> what you eat but that fresh could be

<<960>> expanded to you are what you absorb cuz

<<964>> not everything that you ingest we in our

<<967>> body is able to absorb so um thank you

<<970>> for touching on

<<971>> that yeah yeah I I've often put it you

<<975>> aren't what you eat because we eat lots

<<978>> of things that we don't incorporate into

<<979>> the body but you are what you digest and

<<983>> digestion is that key or ingestion right

<<986>> but absorption is the key there there

<<989>> and so you have to digest the things we

<<991>> can put lots of stuff in us but if it

<<993>> never gets digested put into our system

<<996>> it doesn't really matter for us and I

<<998>> also find it really fascinating what you

<<1000>> said about those Mega does because um

<<1003>> let's face it if somebody is approaching

<<1005>> this word for the first time or they're

<<1007>> just getting started they might pick up

<<1009>> a supplement look at the ingredient list

<<1011>> or look at the dosage look at the

<<1013>> quantity and say oh this one has a

<<1015>> higher amount of vitamin C so I'll just

<<1018>> go for the a maximum dose that I can

<<1020>> obtain but then you mention it

<<1023>> beautifully if my body is not able to

<<1025>> absorb it properly then is it useful

<<1029>> yeah right then it doesn't matter yep

<<1032>> yeah and and I know you know people will

<<1034>> say well how can I tell one of the ways

<<1037>> to tell is when you are taking a

<<1040>> supplement that your body can't use

<<1042>> those

<<1043>> megadoses

<<1044>> typically uh you can tell in your

<<1047>> voiding when you're urinating if it is

<<1050>> bright yellow and remains bright yellow

<<1052>> throughout the day it either means your

<<1054>> system is getting rid of all of that

<<1056>> things that your cells can't absorb or

<<1058>> you're very dehydrated either one you

<<1061>> should do something about both you

<<1062>> should drink more fluid and you should

<<1064>> find a better supplement so that then

<<1066>> you know that it's being being absorbed

<<1068>> and the cells are utilizing this you

<<1071>> know we talked earlier about the fact

<<1072>> that really vitamins and minerals are

<<1075>> cell

<<1077>> co-actors they're things that the cells

<<1080>> require to do their job optimally so

<<1083>> we're not we're not artificially making

<<1085>> cells do things they wouldn't ordinarily

<<1087>> do really what we're doing is saying can

<<1089>> we provide you all the things you need

<<1091>> to do your job the right way and when

<<1094>> cells work well organs work well and

<<1098>> when organs work well systems work well

<<1101>> and when systems are doing well we are

<<1104>> well so it really starts at that

<<1106>> cellular Foundation of providing those

<<1109>> cells all those micronutrients and

<<1112>> co-actors that they need to do their job

<<1114>> so it's kind of this beautiful way of

<<1116>> saying I'm here supplementing to support

<<1119>> you cell if you'll just do the job you

<<1122>> were created to do then great now all of

<<1125>> a sudden I reap those benefits of just

<<1127>> helping you by doing this thing for you

<<1129>> every day and all of these uh talking

<<1133>> about foundation and foundational uh

<<1136>> make me think about our Wellness chart

<<1139>> and the way we uh structured it in a

<<1141>> very clever way and obviously we have

<<1144>> nutrition and digestion at the B at base

<<1148>> at the bottom of the wellness chart so I

<<1151>> would like to talk a little bit about

<<1153>> that and how we combined and um how we

<<1157>> kind of placed categories of supplements

<<1159>> in each step of the wellness chart so

<<1162>> could you explain how to navigate that

<<1165>> uh that Wellness chart for us

<<1167>> please yeah for sure

<<1169>> yeah thank you for that I I really think

<<1171>> like you said it's so wise that we

<<1174>> started with this Foundation of

<<1175>> nutrition and digestion what I have

<<1178>> found in my own career as a physician is

<<1180>> that when I start addressing things

<<1183>> higher on the wellness chart let's say

<<1186>> for instance someone's having some

<<1187>> challenges with sleep and I say oh uh

<<1190>> you know we have some natural things

<<1192>> that are perfect for sleep let me help

<<1194>> you with lavender let me help you with

<<1196>> Serenity let me help you with some

<<1198>> things that'll support a good night's

<<1200>> sleep if I haven't found out that their

<<1204>> diet is really bad and they're eating at

<<1206>> 11:30 at night right before they go to

<<1208>> sleep and their and their lifestyle Is

<<1211>> Not Great by staying up and watching TV

<<1213>> right before they go to bed and all of

<<1215>> those things I haven't really gotten

<<1218>> down to the root of the problem I've

<<1220>> simply put a Band-Aid on the on the

<<1222>> issue that they're talking to me about

<<1224>> and not really finding out that here's

<<1226>> where our issue lies and so I really try

<<1229>> to dive down deeper in each time I'm

<<1232>> talking with someone to make sure that

<<1235>> if our foundation's correct if our

<<1237>> nutrition and digestion is good

<<1239>> wonderful now let's talk about movement

<<1241>> of metabolism what are the things you're

<<1244>> consuming how well is your metabolism

<<1246>> going um how often are you getting up

<<1248>> and moving um and now we have these

<<1250>> wonderful devices right that we can wear

<<1252>> on our wrist or we can have on our phone

<<1254>> to tell us how well we're doing at those

<<1256>> things and then we can move on up to our

<<1259>> rest and manage stress and look at all

<<1261>> right am I doing those things am I

<<1263>> managing my stress well and it's not

<<1266>> eliminating stress because we have lives

<<1269>> that are stressful right I remember a

<<1271>> patient one time she came in and we

<<1273>> realized that her biggest issue was

<<1275>> managing stress and I mistakenly told

<<1277>> her well we just need to get rid of

<<1279>> stress in your life and she said Dr IGS

<<1281>> I have nine

<<1284>> children well I guess we're not getting

<<1286>> rid of those so maybe we need to figure

<<1288>> out how to manage them right so we've

<<1290>> got to figure out how to make sure we're

<<1292>> getting our rest and we're managing our

<<1293>> stress and then once we have that under

<<1295>> control we move to the next thing which

<<1296>> is reducing toxicity in our lives and

<<1299>> that may be looking at the things that

<<1301>> we're using in our home those um even

<<1304>> devices within our home can be toxic to

<<1307>> our system um and making sure that all

<<1310>> of that is is under control once we get

<<1314>> there that's all the lifestyle part of

<<1315>> the wellness chart then we can move up

<<1319>> to the next section which is really um

<<1321>> inform selfcare what are those things I

<<1324>> can do for myself when there are

<<1325>> challenges when there are issues within

<<1327>> my home where I don't need to go access

<<1331>> outside resources I can actually just

<<1333>> simply look at what are the things I can

<<1336>> do for myself and we all have those

<<1337>> things right if if I have a little bit

<<1340>> of a scratch in my throat I might make

<<1342>> myself some wonderful tea to help soothe

<<1344>> that right that's informed self-care

<<1346>> simple example and then last lastly it's

<<1349>> proactive health care which is where we

<<1351>> do access others outside of ourselves

<<1353>> saying look can you help me assess

<<1356>> really how I'm doing from a health

<<1358>> perspective and can you help me see down

<<1361>> the road a little bit of those things

<<1363>> that might be coming that I might make

<<1365>> small tweaks now to avoid bigger

<<1368>> problems later that's really proactive

<<1370>> health care so how can we become better

<<1373>> educated individuals and be so in tune

<<1377>> with our body to

<<1379>> know where to start you know which step

<<1381>> of the wellness chart to assess because

<<1384>> we all have to start somewhere and the

<<1386>> way how we structure the wellness chart

<<1388>> is um is made to help us navigate the

<<1392>> word of supplements so how can one

<<1394>> become better in tune with this side um

<<1397>> of us yeah I think again great question

<<1400>> Ludo it really I'm amazed there are

<<1403>> individuals out there we've all met them

<<1405>> that are so in tune with their body that

<<1409>> they know when something is off even

<<1411>> just a little bit and I I am just so

<<1415>> very impressed by those folks I haven't

<<1417>> always been that way um I think of the

<<1421>> chaos that was going on in my life

<<1423>> during medical school and how how hard

<<1426>> that was constantly being in class

<<1428>> constantly studying I had very little

<<1430>> time to tune into my body it was really

<<1433>> once I got into a regular pace of Life

<<1437>> getting up going to work every day

<<1439>> Family Life having time in the evening

<<1442>> with the family Etc that those things

<<1445>> begin to come to the top of my

<<1447>> mindfulness of where am I and so the

<<1451>> first principle we probably ought to do

<<1454>> is um take time to

<<1457>> listen right I love

<<1460>> this sit down for moments every day and

<<1464>> listen to your body um learn to get in

<<1468>> tune with it how am I feeling from an

<<1470>> energy level how am I feeling from a

<<1473>> fatigue level how am I feeling in I call

<<1476>> it a body scan I teach

<<1478>> meditation um and one of the things that

<<1481>> we do is call a body scan which is just

<<1484>> assessing from the top of your body down

<<1486>> okay how's my head feeling do I feel

<<1488>> relaxed do I have any tension in the

<<1490>> head how's my neck feeling right um do I

<<1494>> need to move a little bit more and

<<1496>> stretch that how are the shoulders

<<1497>> feeling and drop those right and just

<<1500>> going on down the body and assessing and

<<1503>> listening to my system because it will

<<1505>> tell us if we'll just take a few moments

<<1509>> to listen and that means removing some

<<1512>> of the chaos of life and spending the

<<1514>> time to listen to that once we do that I

<<1518>> think the body is really good about

<<1519>> telling us what we need and as I said we

<<1523>> start with that Foundation of nutrition

<<1525>> and digestion and so spending the time

<<1529>> to say okay let me think about this how

<<1532>> really how good is my diet what are the

<<1535>> things that I'm consuming that I know

<<1537>> are good for me because we need to pay

<<1539>> attention to the positive as well and

<<1541>> what are the things that I'm consuming

<<1542>> that I know are causing damage to the

<<1545>> system now as I mentioned earlier on

<<1547>> occasion you can have a gelato and it

<<1549>> won't derail the system right that's

<<1553>> that's okay you're you're spending time

<<1555>> socially with friends or there's a

<<1556>> celebration of a birthday or something

<<1559>> like that every day is a problem right

<<1563>> and so assessing what are the things I'm

<<1565>> doing that are good for me what are the

<<1567>> things that I'm doing that are not good

<<1569>> for me and what changes am I going to

<<1571>> make in the coming 30 days to make

<<1574>> things better for my system um the same

<<1578>> thing with digestion how well am I doing

<<1580>> at digesting the foods I'm

<<1582>> consuming and those things that I'm not

<<1585>> digesting well are their concerns with

<<1587>> that and then adding to that as we

<<1590>> mentioned before no matter how healthy

<<1592>> the diet is no matter how well we're

<<1594>> doing we simply have to supplement and

<<1598>> so it's a great time to assess well

<<1600>> where am I in my lifestyle am I a let's

<<1602>> start at One A Day person and work up

<<1605>> from there or am I I can probably

<<1607>> because I'm have a healthy lifestyle

<<1609>> jump all in with my full dose of llv

<<1612>> every day and take those supplements

<<1614>> every day um it's just kind of a good

<<1616>> place to start so you got to listen

<<1618>> make changes number two and then number

<<1621>> three is absolutely add your supplements

<<1623>> in every day I love it and then

<<1626>> obviously we have created this

<<1628>> supplement guide to help um people

<<1632>> navigate their lifestyle their

<<1634>> challenges their issues and I hope that

<<1637>> this tool will educate and Empower

<<1639>> people to know they can jump through

<<1642>> chapters and they can pick what is

<<1644>> relevant at that specific moment when

<<1646>> they are sitting down with themselves

<<1649>> and maybe taking that scan and say okay

<<1651>> for the next three months I need to

<<1654>> focus on my nutrition and digestion

<<1656>> first and then I can move up or tackle

<<1658>> something else yeah for sure yeah and

<<1662>> and I appreciate that lud because

<<1664>> because if you think well I I want to

<<1666>> start with uh again we've kind of been

<<1669>> hammering on rest and man stress I want

<<1671>> to start with rest and man and stress

<<1673>> but if we know our nutrition and

<<1675>> digestion isn't

<<1676>> working my recommendation is we should

<<1679>> start there at the foundation don't

<<1681>> don't jump up the wellness chart um to a

<<1684>> section you're like oh well this is

<<1686>> something I can work on pretty easily if

<<1688>> you don't have this under control start

<<1690>> start here start at the foundation

<<1692>> because just like a house right um I

<<1695>> used to do construction and so I know a

<<1696>> bit about building things and if you

<<1699>> build the most beautiful house in the

<<1700>> world but it is not on a solid

<<1704>> foundation very shortly that house is

<<1706>> going to come down because it has to

<<1709>> have something to rest on it has to have

<<1711>> something to build walls and roof and

<<1714>> all of those beautiful parts of the

<<1716>> house it has to have that Foundation if

<<1718>> your foundation isn't any good starting

<<1721>> to build up higher is going to be a

<<1722>> problem and it wouldn't work and I'm

<<1724>> guess it won't last long because people

<<1727>> might not be feeling or seeing the

<<1729>> results that they they wish is that

<<1732>> correct yep yes or or they'll feel it in

<<1735>> the short term they'll get short gains

<<1738>> from it but eventually it will stop

<<1740>> working because they haven't really

<<1742>> addressed the underlying issue of

<<1743>> nutrition so another question that I

<<1745>> have in mind is how to take supplement

<<1748>> together to maybe maximize absorption

<<1751>> but also just generally how to take

<<1753>> supplements together um we know that for

<<1756>> example vitamin C uh is enhancing ion

<<1760>> absorption I know it because I am uh ion

<<1763>> deficient uh so I've learned that the

<<1766>> hard way um

<<1768>> is there anything that we should keep in

<<1770>> mind when taking supplements together

<<1773>> yeah so it's a great question there are

<<1776>> nutrients that are required for uh

<<1779>> enhanced absorption so when you look at

<<1782>> you use the example of vitamin C and

<<1783>> iron we need that vitamin C to make sure

<<1786>> that we're absorbing our iron from both

<<1788>> our food and from the supplements that

<<1791>> we're using another good example of that

<<1793>> is we need Vitamin D to absorb our

<<1795>> calcium to make sure our bones stay

<<1797>> healthy and strong

<<1798>> um as well as magnesium so vitamin D

<<1801>> calcium vitamin k um all and magnesium

<<1806>> all need to be together so that we're

<<1808>> making sure we're absorbing all of those

<<1810>> nutrients and maximizing those and so

<<1813>> we've really Tak a look at all of the

<<1815>> science and dotera is very much a

<<1817>> science company and and realized or or

<<1822>> recognize that that does require these

<<1824>> co-actors for absorption and we've done

<<1827>> the thing to make sure that we're

<<1828>> absorbing them the other thing that I

<<1831>> really love about our vitamins and

<<1833>> minerals is that we've keeled our

<<1836>> minerals um chelation is a very

<<1839>> important concept because we don't

<<1842>> absorb minerals very well at all most

<<1845>> minerals come from dirt and rocks right

<<1848>> and so if I were to say Ludo all you

<<1849>> need to do every day is go out and just

<<1851>> a teaspoon of dirt every day just take

<<1854>> it in how do you think your GI tract

<<1856>> would would react to that not very happy

<<1859>> yeah not very happy because you're going

<<1862>> to have a hard time absorbing those

<<1863>> minerals from the dirt and rocks right

<<1866>> and so we've taken those minerals out

<<1870>> we've packaged them and then what we've

<<1872>> done is we have chelated them which

<<1875>> means they have been bound to organic

<<1878>> compounds which our body does absorb

<<1881>> very well it recognizes those organic

<<1883>> compounds and says oh we know what that

<<1886>> is and we know what to do with it so

<<1887>> there therefore we get those chelated

<<1890>> minerals into the system and they're

<<1891>> absorb very well through that little

<<1894>> process and then the other thing that

<<1896>> we've done is we've done something

<<1897>> called a glycoprotein

<<1900>> matrix um so well let me go back to the

<<1902>> concept of chelation I grew up watching

<<1905>> fun movies um the story that I use is um

<<1910>> Mary poppin do you remember the movie

<<1912>> Mary Poppins I do yeah right so we were

<<1916>> all kind of raised on this magical idea

<<1918>> of the nanny Mary Poppins and she's in

<<1921>> the nursery with Jane and Michael Banks

<<1923>> and she's singing the song A spoonful of

<<1926>> sugar makes the medicine go down now I

<<1929>> love that song because it was teaching a

<<1931>> principle of and she even says it in the

<<1933>> song with every job that must be done

<<1937>> there is an element of fun find the fun

<<1940>> and snap the jobs a game which means

<<1944>> look there are things that we don't want

<<1945>> to do in life but if we look for the fun

<<1948>> aspects of those or the more enjoyable

<<1950>> aspects of those then we can get the job

<<1952>> done and it's not so hard the same

<<1955>> principle is true of minerals our body

<<1958>> doesn't absorb minerals very well it

<<1960>> needs a little bit of a boost and so our

<<1962>> body does enjoy organic things and so

<<1966>> binding those minerals that the body

<<1968>> doesn't really react well to but

<<1971>> needs to something that is organic now

<<1974>> of a sudden we absorb those very well

<<1977>> that's the spoon full of sugar makes the

<<1978>> medicine go down we're able to get the

<<1980>> things that are good for us in and then

<<1983>> we move on to that glycoprotein Matrix

<<1985>> which is also some minerals that we get

<<1987>> from food sources right and

<<1990>> vitamins we actually use those and we

<<1994>> put them in some yeast some baker's

<<1998>> yeast the yeast absorb those nutrients

<<2001>> then we freeze dry the yeast and we're

<<2004>> able to get a higher density of those

<<2006>> nutrients in

<<2008>> this glycoprotein Matrix that the yeast

<<2010>> has made and we absorb those much better

<<2013>> and so absorption we've done a couple of

<<2015>> things there to make sure that our

<<2017>> absorption of those are fantastic for us

<<2021>> so I really appreciate the fact that

<<2023>> dotera follows the science very well we

<<2025>> make sure that we're using the latest

<<2027>> technology in getting those nutrients to

<<2030>> the cells where they need to be and

<<2032>> we're absorbing them much better through

<<2034>> those and we've done that with really

<<2036>> every supplement that you can think

<<2038>> we've figured out how to optimize that

<<2040>> absorption of it um another thing I

<<2043>> think um comes up um quite often is when

<<2047>> is the best time to take a supplement

<<2049>> right is it the morning should I be on

<<2051>> an empty stomach should I be eating fast

<<2054>> should I be eating this and that to

<<2056>> complement my supplement routine so

<<2060>> could we talk about that please so

<<2062>> here's let me let me just tell you my my

<<2064>> cheeky answer for that one okay the best

<<2067>> best time to take a supplement is when

<<2069>> you remember to take it and need fair

<<2071>> game right let's let's not

<<2075>> sacrifice um better for good right um

<<2080>> meaning meaning we we should or let's

<<2083>> sorry let's not sacrifice good for

<<2085>> better meaning that we should just say

<<2087>> okay if I remember to take it right now

<<2089>> that's the best time to take it now

<<2092>> optimizing it we absorb things better

<<2094>> when we take it with food and we absorb

<<2097>> things better when we take it with a

<<2098>> little bit of healthy fats so if you

<<2100>> think about eating an avocado like an

<<2102>> avocado toast for breakfast and taking

<<2104>> your morning dose then that would be

<<2107>> fine now my own personal Lifestyle the

<<2109>> things that I've chosen to do I do

<<2111>> intermittent fasting so I'm not a

<<2113>> breakfast eater I don't eat breakfast in

<<2114>> the morning um and so I but if I don't

<<2119>> take my morning dose of supplements I'm

<<2122>> going to forget later in the day so I

<<2124>> take my morning dose on an empty stomach

<<2126>> stomach just because for me that fits in

<<2129>> my lifestyle now a little trick I've

<<2131>> learned over time because I was always

<<2133>> forgetting that afternoon dose I put my

<<2137>> afternoon dose in my left pocket and I

<<2140>> carry that around with me all day so

<<2143>> that if it's lunchtime or midday or

<<2145>> dinner time it's with me when I remember

<<2148>> it's with me it's not oh yeah when I get

<<2151>> home I need to grab my afternoon dose of

<<2154>> my supplements it's just whenever it

<<2156>> occurs to me it's it's already here I

<<2158>> pull it out of my pocket and I take it

<<2161>> so um yes optimally you take it with

<<2164>> food but just take it that's that's the

<<2167>> better thing is make sure that you're

<<2169>> just taking it every day that twice a

<<2171>> day dosing and I know some that are like

<<2172>> well Dr RS I can't take it a second time

<<2175>> well then take all of them at one time

<<2177>> if that's all you can do I would rather

<<2180>> have all of them taken at one time than

<<2183>> not taking any at

<<2184>> all that is a perfect answer sometimes

<<2188>> we get a bit stuck on the how and when

<<2190>> but really the fact that we're taking

<<2192>> supplements and we taking care of our

<<2194>> body is a good starting point so um yeah

<<2197>> I appreciate you sure keeping you real

<<2204>> also so uh Rik can I get a little bit

<<2207>> more specific in talking about maybe

<<2209>> your routine so can I ask you a few

<<2210>> questions about um sure still the word

<<2213>> of supplements obviously yeah um yeah

<<2216>> what are your top three supplements and

<<2220>> how would you personally take them sure

<<2223>> so here's the thing that I take every

<<2226>> single day um this is this is not

<<2228>> negotiable for me like I am I am

<<2231>> probably

<<2234>> 99% uh routine on this I I hit this

<<2237>> almost every single day so it is my llv

<<2241>> which consists of our microplex vmz our

<<2244>> X Omega and our Alpha CRS M so those are

<<2248>> every single day I take metap power

<<2251>> Advantage every single day you might

<<2254>> have noticed I'm slightly over the age

<<2256>> of 25 which means that I am

<<2259>> aging and and met power Advantage I

<<2262>> would have say 24 so thank you for comp

<<2264>> thank you so much I appreciate that so

<<2267>> metap power Advantage for anybody over

<<2269>> the age of 25 so that's for me and I

<<2271>> actually take two sachets a day of metap

<<2273>> power Advantage I also take PB assist

<<2278>> every single day or now PB restore um

<<2281>> just because there are so many things

<<2283>> that can disrupt the microbiome even

<<2286>> eating a fast food meal or um not

<<2289>> sleeping well one night or even a bad

<<2293>> attitude or negative emotions affects

<<2295>> our microme just small things like that

<<2297>> and so therefore to take a a probiotic

<<2301>> every single day that I know will help

<<2303>> support my microbiome not of just of my

<<2306>> GI tract but my oral microbiome my skin

<<2309>> microbiome Etc that supplement every

<<2312>> single day as a non-negotiable for me

<<2314>> and then from there I kind of pick and

<<2316>> choose based on what I'm doing most days

<<2320>> I do a metap Power recharge which is our

<<2323>> electrolyt string um and I do that

<<2326>> because I know the data on some of the

<<2328>> electrolytes and know that most of us

<<2331>> walk around dehydrated every day and so

<<2334>> um uh I just do that every single

<<2337>> morning so so I actually add my recharge

<<2339>> with my two metap power advantages that

<<2341>> I take every single day mix them up

<<2343>> together it makes a wonderful drink and

<<2346>> uh and I'm ready to go and then as I

<<2348>> said from there then I pick and choose

<<2349>> our other supplements based on

<<2351>> individual need what's going on that day

<<2354>> what's been happening in my life I may

<<2355>> choose adaptive I may choose turmeric I

<<2358>> may choose deep blue polyphenols um you

<<2362>> know Copa soft gels that list goes on

<<2365>> and on and on based upon what's

<<2367>> happening I was recently backpacking uh

<<2370>> in the mountains with a bunch of of

<<2372>> young people we did um 11 miles in one

<<2375>> day and I enjoyed my ciba and my deep

<<2379>> blue polyphenols oh I bet for the next

<<2381>> couple of days so yeah so just choosing

<<2386>> based on what your lifestyle is is

<<2387>> really that great option of then looking

<<2390>> at all right what else do I add to to

<<2392>> help support the activities that I'm

<<2394>> doing I love that um I also feel like

<<2398>> sometimes the supplement that we take

<<2400>> are specific to the person that we are

<<2403>> so obviously you know um our age our

<<2406>> genes our sex our activity level plays a

<<2409>> huge role and we're not all equal so

<<2412>> we're different and the supplements that

<<2413>> we take uh how we take them might be

<<2416>> different and also we change we evolve

<<2418>> in time so we and the beauty of it is

<<2421>> that we can adopt right yeah yeah for

<<2424>> sure yeah for instance as I mentioned

<<2427>> before before an individual that's 20

<<2429>> years old really doesn't have a strong

<<2431>> need for metap power Advantage now they

<<2434>> may want to use our metap power assist

<<2436>> product right because maybe they're

<<2438>> dealing with a metabolism issue and and

<<2441>> not an aging issue because biologically

<<2443>> we really don't start aging until 25 and

<<2446>> so for that individual they may say well

<<2448>> I need metap power assist for women more

<<2452>> than men they may want to use bone

<<2454>> nutrient every day because genetic Al

<<2457>> based upon gender they're at higher risk

<<2461>> for having challenges with bones as they

<<2463>> age more than men are so therefore

<<2466>> taking bone nutrient every day can be

<<2468>> extremely helpful for those individuals

<<2470>> so um just kind of knowing who we are

<<2473>> where we are and the issues that we're

<<2476>> dealing with someone that may have a

<<2478>> very hectic lifestyle very fast-paced

<<2481>> may want to be on our adaptive every

<<2484>> single day to help them deal with some

<<2487>> of those feelings and some of those

<<2489>> issues that they may have challenges

<<2490>> with somebody that has a very physically

<<2493>> difficult job um where they're doing

<<2496>> hard labor every day um may want to be

<<2499>> saying well for me every day I need to

<<2502>> be on deep blue polyphenols or turmeric

<<2504>> every day or you know our copias soft

<<2508>> gels every day to make sure that I'm

<<2510>> supporting a system for the physical job

<<2513>> that I do so knowing what each does and

<<2517>> the lifestyle that I live then I can

<<2520>> know which ones I should be grabbing for

<<2523>> to supplement my Foundation that we've

<<2525>> already talked about yeah beautiful um

<<2530>> like a second ago you mentioned metap

<<2532>> power assist and that triggered my next

<<2535>> question you probably already know where

<<2536>> I'm going with this but I keep receiving

<<2540>> a lot of question of are the supplements

<<2543>> that interact with each other and yeah

<<2546>> do we have a rule of you know

<<2548>> supplements that are best to to be taken

<<2551>> together and some that are best to be

<<2553>> taken

<<2554>> separately right so here's the deal let

<<2558>> and let me just tell you this is a

<<2559>> testament to me that dotera is a

<<2562>> science-based company okay um when uh

<<2568>> metap power assist first came out and

<<2570>> remember metap power assist has in it

<<2573>> mberry extract which has a compound in

<<2576>> it called DNA J now D&J inhibits a

<<2580>> digestive enzyme in our GI tract in

<<2583>> which we that digestive enzyme breaks

<<2586>> down carbohydrates so if D&J binds that

<<2589>> enzyme then all of a sudden we're not

<<2592>> breaking down carbohydrates and they

<<2594>> pass through the system better and

<<2596>> therefore we keep better control of our

<<2599>> blood sugar okay now people would say

<<2602>> well Dr Riggs um if I take terme which

<<2606>> is digestive enzymes and I take my metap

<<2610>> power assyst wouldn't that cancel each

<<2612>> other out and we said absolutely yes it

<<2614>> probably does just scientifically

<<2617>> thinking about the principles here uh

<<2620>> those two together would cancel each

<<2622>> other out but we said you know what and

<<2624>> we're going to do a study to show what

<<2627>> happens there okay so we did a small

<<2630>> pilot study oh wow and we found that

<<2635>> taking them together actually in

<<2637>> enhances the power of metap power assist

<<2641>> it does not diminish it and so now we

<<2644>> have to and and everyone that's on the

<<2646>> research team right we all took a look

<<2649>> at the data and said can we explain this

<<2652>> no it doesn't make any sense

<<2654>> scientifically but observationally what

<<2657>> we found is when you take terasme and

<<2659>> metap Paris together you have better

<<2663>> control of your blood sugars not

<<2665>> worse and so we're now telling people

<<2668>> you can take those two together it's

<<2670>> actually probably better to take those

<<2672>> two together than taking them separately

<<2674>> now we hope at some point to be able to

<<2676>> figure out why exactly that's happening

<<2678>> that's more for us that are on the

<<2680>> science side of wow what are we learning

<<2683>> here from this because we don't

<<2685>> understand it but we're willing to tell

<<2687>> you we were wrong in what we told you at

<<2691>> first and science has shown that and so

<<2694>> therefore we're now quite comfortable

<<2695>> saying you can take those supplements

<<2697>> together no problem uh it wouldn't be an

<<2699>> issue I really don't know of other

<<2703>> supplements that you can't take together

<<2706>> you can take many supplements together

<<2708>> keeping in

<<2709>> mind the GI tract yeah if we overload

<<2714>> the system that might not be a good

<<2716>> thing and so think about like microplex

<<2719>> vmz um and our X omegas and our bone

<<2723>> nutrient all have vitamin D in them and

<<2725>> so therefore maybe all three of those at

<<2728>> the same time so if if someone were to

<<2730>> ask me well you you could take them all

<<2732>> at the same time but if you're having

<<2733>> some issues with that maybe take your

<<2735>> bone nutrient at a different time than

<<2737>> you're taking your vmz and your ex

<<2739>> omegas just so that you get better

<<2741>> absorption of that vitamin D as you as

<<2744>> you deal with that but um there are some

<<2747>> cautions with um certain type of

<<2750>> medications and supplements so for

<<2752>> instance if you're on a blood thinner

<<2755>> you probably shouldn't be taking

<<2757>> turmeric Duo caps very often turmeric

<<2760>> can actually thin the blood a little bit

<<2762>> and if you're already having a medicine

<<2764>> that's doing that just be aware that

<<2766>> turmeric may make that blood too thin it

<<2769>> may put you in a little bit of a tough

<<2770>> predicament so there are other things

<<2772>> you might choose deep blue polyphenols

<<2774>> copias soft gels that don't have that

<<2776>> blood thinning effect but for instance

<<2778>> turmeric and blood thinner is probably

<<2780>> not a wise decision to take

<<2782>> together thank you I feel like our

<<2786>> viewers and listener will be uh mind

<<2789>> blown to say the least to realize that

<<2791>> actually they can take metapo assist and

<<2794>> Theos together because I promise you

<<2797>> branik this has been the most received

<<2800>> question of the year at least yeah I get

<<2804>> asked that very very frequently and and

<<2806>> to be honest with you I'm I'm actually I

<<2809>> like it when our science Pro something

<<2811>> new and and that despite not making

<<2815>> sense to us scientific speically if

<<2818>> we're seeing it we're going to tell you

<<2821>> and be very upfront with you we were

<<2823>> wrong I I don't have you know I'm not

<<2826>> worried about saying I was wrong I've

<<2828>> been wrong lots of times before I'm

<<2830>> going to be wrong in the future we all

<<2832>> do the best we can and I'm happy to tell

<<2834>> you when we find out something that we

<<2837>> weren't sure about and then let you know

<<2840>> yep we were incorrect on that and to me

<<2842>> it it is a testament to the company that

<<2844>> we're with which is we're always looking

<<2847>> at the science we're always interested

<<2850>> in data to prove or to show what we

<<2853>> think is happening um and constantly

<<2857>> looking at the science to determine do

<<2858>> we need to update products are we

<<2860>> learning something new about a product

<<2863>> that we should now incorporate into that

<<2865>> product or are we Lear learning

<<2867>> something new about an ingredient that

<<2869>> we should be getting rid of because the

<<2871>> science is now showing this particular

<<2874>> ingredient causes problems and then

<<2876>> we're happy to update that product now

<<2879>> the challenge is 50% of our audience is

<<2882>> thrilled when we update a product and

<<2885>> 50% of the audience is so mad they just

<<2887>> want to beat us up in a dark alley

<<2890>> right but but please know we don't take

<<2894>> product updates lightly we really do try

<<2897>> to follow our science and those things

<<2900>> that are coming out in the scientific

<<2901>> literature to really make sure that

<<2903>> we're on The Cutting Edge of the

<<2906>> technology vitamins minerals

<<2908>> supplements and that we make those

<<2910>> product changes not likely lightly we

<<2912>> really take a look at them and once

<<2915>> there's enough science to either remove

<<2916>> ingredients or to to change the

<<2919>> technology of it we're going to update

<<2921>> that product and we hope that as you

<<2924>> adapt and get over that change I know

<<2926>> there's a little bit of shock with

<<2927>> change and other people are better with

<<2929>> change and other people not so great

<<2931>> with you no everyone loves change but

<<2934>> it's part of the human nature correct

<<2936>> it's inevitable right change is

<<2938>> inevitable and so therefore when we get

<<2940>> an updated product we hope that you'll

<<2942>> receive that recognize that we're we're

<<2944>> really trying to follow The Cutting Edge

<<2946>> of Science and get you the best product

<<2947>> that we can with what we have and so um

<<2951>> it's a it's a beautiful thing when we

<<2952>> change products it's really as I said

<<2955>> either eliminating something that new

<<2957>> science is coming out saying we should

<<2958>> not be having that or it's adding some

<<2962>> things that need to be added that

<<2964>> science is saying now is very important

<<2966>> for us another question that comes up

<<2968>> quite often is um about safety use of

<<2972>> essential oils and the question is how

<<2974>> many supplement can I safely take

<<2977>> without exceeding the um you know the

<<2980>> the threshold for internal use if I'm

<<2983>> also maybe uh diffusing oils or taking

<<2986>> oils uh in any other way yeah it's a

<<2991>> it's a good question there are

<<2993>> challenges with that question I'll be

<<2994>> honest with you science not yet figured

<<2998>> out how to answer that question I'll

<<3000>> give you the example from the medical

<<3002>> world um we know with a large amount of

<<3006>> confidence how a medication interacts

<<3009>> with the human body we're quite

<<3011>> comfortable with saying if you're taking

<<3013>> this particular thing we know how it

<<3015>> acts in the body yeah we

<<3018>> know fairly

<<3021>> well how two different medications

<<3024>> interact in the body because now you

<<3026>> have how this one's working in the body

<<3029>> how this one's working in the body and

<<3031>> now you have the complication to figure

<<3033>> out what are the interactions they're

<<3035>> having on each other in the human body

<<3038>> we're okay with understanding that once

<<3042>> you get Beyond two of

<<3045>> anything we don't really have the

<<3048>> science to understand how all of those

<<3051>> things are interacting in the body if

<<3053>> you add a third medication to that and

<<3055>> many of our older generation are taking

<<3059>> multiple

<<3060>> medications and we have no idea zero

<<3064>> insight into how all those things are

<<3066>> working together now we do it doctors

<<3069>> prescribe those medications all the time

<<3071>> in numerous amounts to patients because

<<3074>> they're addressing issues that really

<<3075>> can't be addressed or they don't know of

<<3077>> a way to address them in another way and

<<3080>> so thankfully they're there and can be

<<3083>> helpful for individuals now when it

<<3084>> comes to our supplements now let's turn

<<3086>> away from traditional Western medicine

<<3087>> and turn to our supplements when we're

<<3090>> talking about our supplements we know

<<3092>> fairly well how a couple of supplements

<<3094>> do in the body once you add essential

<<3098>> oils to that mix let's say that I am um

<<3102>> putting deep blue on my knee every

<<3104>> single day we know that's absorbed

<<3106>> through the skin it gets into my

<<3108>> system but we don't have a way to

<<3111>> measure scientifically what's happening

<<3114>> with my XY Omega my Alpha CRS my vmz and

<<3117>> that amount of Deep Blue that gets

<<3119>> absorbed in the bloodstream to see what

<<3121>> is that interaction like we just don't

<<3124>> have the technology science has not

<<3126>> gotten good enough so let me teach a

<<3128>> principle about this because I do know

<<3130>> people that say well I'm taking all the

<<3134>> things right yeah they'll come up to me

<<3136>> and say Dr RS I'm taking all the stuff

<<3139>> that DOA makes and you go well tell me

<<3142>> why and they say well because dotera

<<3145>> makes it mhm and so my thought is just

<<3148>> because dotera makes it doesn't mean you

<<3151>> have to take it I absolutely love this

<<3154>> quote of yours that's Branny Craigs I

<<3156>> love

<<3157>> it so the issue is this start with your

<<3160>> foundation right I don't know a single

<<3162>> person that doesn't need llv take it

<<3164>> every single day if you're over the age

<<3166>> of 25 take your metap power Advantage

<<3169>> every single day if you oh well and

<<3172>> everyone from kids on up should be

<<3175>> taking a probio every day PB restore PB

<<3179>> assist right um those things are

<<3182>> foundational beyond that choose the

<<3185>> things that you need to address like we

<<3188>> talked earlier what your particular

<<3191>> lifestyle is as I said if you have a

<<3193>> physically demanding job choose the

<<3195>> things that are going to support you

<<3197>> continuing to do that physically

<<3198>> demanding job right um choose your your

<<3201>> copias soft gels choose your deep blue

<<3204>> polyphenols choose your t Duo caps that

<<3207>> support the system due to the physical

<<3210>> demands you're placing on your body if

<<3212>> you're a woman and you're middle-aged

<<3213>> and childbearing age then you may want

<<3215>> to choose the um bone nutrient to make

<<3218>> sure you're supporting bone a healthy

<<3220>> bone life throughout your life if you

<<3223>> are

<<3224>> um as an example dealing with hormonal

<<3228>> issues or you're saying look I really

<<3230>> want to support a regular hormonal uh

<<3233>> cycle then you may need to choose are

<<3236>> phytoestrogens as an example because

<<3238>> you're addressing some of those concerns

<<3240>> that you have and saying I need more

<<3243>> hormonal support and my phytoestrogens

<<3245>> are going to be great but if you're a

<<3247>> female and you have a system that's

<<3248>> working perfectly right you're having

<<3251>> normal Cycles there's no issues with it

<<3253>> you're doing great then you probably

<<3256>> don't need phytoestrogen just because

<<3258>> your system is already making the

<<3260>> estrogens it needs it's doing healthy

<<3263>> you don't have a whole lot of exogenous

<<3265>> or external

<<3267>> estrogens getting into the system you

<<3269>> can actually just based on the system

<<3272>> that you already have you're producing

<<3274>> those naturally so make sure that you're

<<3276>> choosing your supplements based on you

<<3280>> yourself it goes back to the principle

<<3281>> that we talked about Ludo is listen yeah

<<3284>> listen to your body and if you tune in

<<3287>> if you take a few moments every day to

<<3289>> just listen to your body your body will

<<3291>> tell you what it needs I have a belief

<<3295>> that we've been given this amazing

<<3296>> physical body right this is a very

<<3298>> complicated machine that we're just

<<3300>> beginning to scratch the surface in

<<3303>> understanding but with that physical

<<3305>> body we've been given the opportunity to

<<3308>> listen to it as well there is a voice

<<3311>> inside of us that will tell us what we

<<3313>> should be doing if we'll simply take

<<3316>> Quiet Moments to listen to it and figure

<<3318>> out all right here's what I need right

<<3320>> now and then we can pick and choose from

<<3323>> these amazing supplements we've been

<<3325>> given I'll tell you in probably any

<<3327>> given month I'm using all of our

<<3330>> supplements but just not all at the same

<<3331>> time I'm using this one or that one or

<<3335>> this one on any given day based upon

<<3337>> what's going on in my life and what I'm

<<3339>> doing um because say for instance

<<3342>> Saturdays like when I'm here in the

<<3344>> office I'm going to meetings and I'm

<<3345>> sitting in behind desks and I'm being on

<<3348>> Zoom calls and all of those things

<<3351>> that's a very different day than

<<3352>> Saturdays when I'm working in our

<<3354>> Orchard working in our garden the lawn

<<3357>> those are much more physically demanding

<<3359>> days in which I'm going to need very

<<3361>> different supplements than I will with a

<<3363>> day in the office

<<3366>> right I love everything that you said

<<3368>> and that quote I wish we could just

<<3370>> print it everywhere and just have it on

<<3373>> the wall um I think it's a testament to

<<3375>> the company again to show that you know

<<3378>> there are companies out there that just

<<3379>> want to push products out and we say no

<<3382>> listen to your body start to educate

<<3385>> yourself and really learn how we

<<3387>> function to make better choices um and

<<3391>> not just taking 100 supplements in in

<<3395>> one go so yeah yeah for instance yeah I

<<3398>> love that and to be honest with you if I

<<3400>> could and I appreciate I guess from a

<<3403>> business perspective I appreciate those

<<3404>> that are out there taking everything we

<<3406>> make but if I could take a magic wand

<<3408>> and sacrifice those that mindset for the

<<3412>> mindset of foundational wellness and say

<<3415>> look what I want everyone to be doing

<<3418>> every single person that's listening to

<<3420>> this is to take your llv every day take

<<3422>> your metap power Advantage every day

<<3424>> take your PB restore every day those

<<3427>> things are more

<<3430>> important than taking everything all the

<<3433>> time we actually have less need for all

<<3436>> the other things right because these are

<<3440>> supporting ourselves and if these things

<<3442>> are supporting ourselves then I don't

<<3445>> need those other things nearly as often

<<3447>> as I used

<<3449>> to beautiful and another key word that

<<3451>> you just use is consistency sometimes if

<<3454>> feel like uh people would like to have

<<3456>> that magic want that you mentioned and

<<3458>> just seeing results this quick and the

<<3461>> truth is that that is not possible so I

<<3463>> guess my question is how long can we

<<3466>> expect uh or how long do we need to

<<3468>> allocate before we can start seeing a

<<3471>> result or before we can start feeling

<<3473>> any difference in our body it's a great

<<3476>> question question great question I I

<<3478>> would say once you're on the maximum

<<3481>> dose of llv right the 2 in the morning

<<3484>> two in the evening of everything um give

<<3487>> that 30 days okay you may not feel it if

<<3490>> you're starting at that one a day um you

<<3493>> may not feel it in that first two weeks

<<3495>> because you're just taking one a day

<<3496>> it's a very small amount but one you're

<<3498>> once you're on the full dose and you're

<<3501>> taking that every day within 30 days you

<<3503>> should feel different now I often also

<<3506>> hear from our long-term Wellness

<<3508>> Advocates that have been taking llv for

<<3511>> years and years and years and they say

<<3513>> Dr Riggs I just don't feel any different

<<3516>> on llv

<<3517>> anymore and you know what I tell them

<<3519>> Ludo what do you tell them I say great

<<3523>> stop taking it okay they're like what

<<3525>> what they say yeah stop taking it and

<<3528>> they say why I said because you

<<3529>> forgotten what you felt like before your

<<3533>> new Norm is feeling good when you feel

<<3536>> good every single day it's not like

<<3538>> you're like oh yeah I remember eight

<<3540>> years ago when I wasn't feeling good

<<3542>> every day right yeah so when you're

<<3545>> feeling great every day that's the norm

<<3547>> right I'm just used to feeling this good

<<3549>> all the time and so therefore I don't

<<3551>> feel this anymore I just feel this say

<<3554>> great just become the Norms right

<<3557>> correct and so if you stop taking it

<<3559>> every single one has come back to me

<<3561>> that's done this now not everybody does

<<3563>> it but every single one that's done this

<<3565>> have said within a week or two I

<<3568>> remembered why I was taking

<<3570>> llv I wasn't feeling good anymore and I

<<3574>> remembered how I used to feel and now

<<3576>> I'm back on it because I feel so much

<<3579>> better on it than off of it yeah

<<3581>> sometimes we have to be reminded we

<<3583>> here's where we were and now we're here

<<3586>> right but once that becomes a new norm

<<3589>> and we forget what it felt like to be

<<3591>> here maybe a little reminder every once

<<3594>> in a while right like oh yeah

<<3596>> I used to not take this and this is how

<<3598>> I felt so I love it it's a nice test

<<3602>> that we can all try every now and then

<<3604>> yeah yeah although for me you know be

<<3607>> maybe just because I get the opportunity

<<3609>> to talk to so many amazing Wellness

<<3611>> Advocates and people out there um for me

<<3614>> I don't need to do that because I have

<<3616>> lots of people that have already done

<<3617>> that test for me and have come back and

<<3620>> said oh I I I remember I didn't feel

<<3622>> good so when I get the thought in my

<<3623>> head boy am I am I real feeling much

<<3626>> better on this I can go back to their

<<3629>> experience and go oh yeah if I stop

<<3632>> taking this I know how I'll feel because

<<3635>> they've done that experiment and I don't

<<3637>> need to do that I just stay on it and

<<3640>> I'm very very religious about it so

<<3643>> that's beautiful learning from somebody

<<3645>> else's experience sounds sounds pretty

<<3648>> good yes

<<3650>> yes and this brings me to another Point

<<3653>> um and another question for you are

<<3656>> there any moments in our life where we

<<3658>> should maybe consider stopping the

<<3661>> supplements or posing for a short a

<<3663>> short moment in time yeah I've heard

<<3666>> this theory of perhaps if we stop taking

<<3670>> it for a better for a period of time

<<3672>> then we'll better absorb it when we take

<<3675>> it again um I would say I don't have any

<<3678>> science to back that up I'm not aware of

<<3680>> any literature that says a pause in

<<3683>> taking supplements makes it it better

<<3686>> for us later on and so um I'm actually

<<3691>> not a a fan of that um now there are

<<3695>> times in which we may want to um

<<3699>> decrease our supplement so for instance

<<3702>> um my father is 83 years old today today

<<3706>> is his birthday he and I were talking on

<<3708>> the phone this morning and having a

<<3711>> conversation of at

<<3713>> 83 perhaps you don't need the full dose

<<3717>> of what you're taking he's taking his

<<3719>> llv every day I want you to go down to

<<3722>> three pills a day because as we age our

<<3725>> lives are getting a little bit less

<<3727>> vigorous we're doing less things um Etc

<<3732>> uh and so therefore he probably could

<<3735>> deal with a little bit less um for

<<3737>> instance also my children so I still we

<<3740>> have five children two of which are

<<3742>> still at home the two youngest um Are

<<3745>> Young is a 10-year-old girl and then we

<<3747>> have a 12-year-old boy they don't take

<<3750>> the full dose of llv they take a half

<<3753>> dose of llv every day and so as they get

<<3755>> a little bit older as Canyon our 12-y

<<3758>> old gets to be about 14 15 years old

<<3761>> he'll take three pills of everything

<<3763>> every day and then as he hits about 18

<<3765>> or 19 he'll go on the full dose so we

<<3768>> can as long as our children can take

<<3770>> pills we may want to kind of taper them

<<3772>> up based upon their uh particular age

<<3777>> and how big they are um and then of

<<3780>> course for individuals that are even

<<3782>> adults let's say for instance that we

<<3784>> have an adult that um is very slight and

<<3788>> petite you know I know adults that are

<<3790>> like this tall and very very thin they

<<3793>> probably don't need the full dose of llv

<<3796>> they're probably find it two or three a

<<3799>> day depending upon their size this is

<<3801>> really based upon our recommendations

<<3803>> are based upon the typical adult May and

<<3806>> female so somewhere between 150 and 200

<<3809>> pound so if you've got an adult that

<<3811>> only weighs 100 pound because they're

<<3813>> genetics are they very slight as an

<<3815>> individual then you probably don't need

<<3817>> the full adult dose and you must have

<<3819>> read my mind because my next question

<<3821>> was going to be about children um so

<<3825>> yeah mind

<<3827>> connection um and that's all about

<<3829>> that's all about really whether they can

<<3830>> swallow pills or not if they can swallow

<<3833>> pills of course they can be on llv if

<<3836>> can't um then you may want to go to some

<<3838>> liquid vitamins or um something that

<<3842>> they can chew right a chewable vitamin

<<3844>> for them they still need vitamins though

<<3847>> we we tend to think well just adults

<<3849>> need those co-actors but the fact is

<<3851>> probably more importantly as children

<<3853>> are developing to get them the

<<3856>> co-factors like the healthy fats for

<<3858>> brain development AB the the healthy

<<3861>> minerals and vitamins for cellular

<<3863>> development they're still developing in

<<3865>> growing organs and so it's probably more

<<3869>> important for them even to have good

<<3871>> supplementation and so let's not leave

<<3874>> them out of those great benefits that

<<3875>> they can have of having good healthy

<<3878>> Omega-3s and our vitamins minerals etc

<<3882>> for them to be to grow up to be healthy

<<3884>> and strong are those the supplements

<<3886>> that you would um recommend um our

<<3890>> audience should give to their kids and

<<3891>> is this what you are suggesting or

<<3894>> nudging your kids

<<3896>> TOS yeah yes for sure so a chewable

<<3899>> vitamin in the morning when they're when

<<3901>> they were younger that's what we did and

<<3903>> we did liquid Omega fatty acids every

<<3905>> day so they had their vitamins minerals

<<3908>> and Omega fatty acids every day when

<<3910>> they were younger now that they're able

<<3911>> to swallow pills of 10 and 12 I've

<<3913>> simply moved them to the llv where

<<3916>> they've started to transition to that

<<3917>> and take that every single day um and so

<<3921>> yes for sure that's very

<<3923>> important I know we talked about safety

<<3926>> uh but are there any phases any

<<3928>> particular phases in life where somebody

<<3931>> should not take supplements or

<<3934>> should completely stop what do you think

<<3936>> yeah so typically what we find is that

<<3941>> with individuals that are under so for

<<3943>> instance if they're undergoing surgery

<<3945>> stopping if they're taking turmeric Duo

<<3947>> caps because again I mentioned that it

<<3949>> does thin the blood a little bit

<<3951>> stopping those turmeric Duo caps about

<<3953>> five to seven days before the surgery

<<3955>> would be helpful it's not absolutely

<<3957>> necessary if we go into an emergent

<<3959>> surgery and we have those on board uh

<<3962>> it's going to make the surgery a little

<<3964>> bit more difficult and the surgeon's

<<3966>> going to have to deal with that so it's

<<3967>> not a gam stopper but when given the

<<3970>> choice if we're having an elective

<<3971>> surgery being aware stopping those um

<<3975>> five to seven days before the surgery

<<3976>> would be wise probably stopping our llv

<<3980>> a few days before the surgery would be

<<3982>> wise as well um and so just kind of

<<3985>> knowing those things other than that

<<3988>> like for instance when you think about

<<3990>> pregnancy I get the question quite

<<3991>> commonly okay Dr rigs I'm pregnant do I

<<3994>> have to stop taking this no actually now

<<3997>> you have another person on board that

<<4000>> needs those minerals as well remember we

<<4002>> talked about the importance of

<<4003>> developing organs and how much they rely

<<4006>> on our healthy fats and our vitamins and

<<4008>> minerals to develop those now you're

<<4011>> growing a person in you and so therefore

<<4015>> it's even more important that you're

<<4017>> taking your llv as a matter of fact for

<<4019>> a lot of individuals I'll recommend they

<<4021>> take a dose and a half of our lovv

<<4024>> during pregnancy because that baby

<<4029>> amazingly will take from Mom what it

<<4032>> needs that's its job is to say look I

<<4036>> need this we know that's what children

<<4038>> do they take what they need right and

<<4040>> our job as parents is to give them what

<<4042>> they need not always what they want but

<<4045>> what they need need right and so for

<<4048>> instance that when that baby is taking

<<4050>> everything that it needs from Mom Mom

<<4052>> can sometimes be left after the

<<4054>> pregnancy with pretty significant

<<4057>> challenges due to the fact the baby has

<<4059>> stripped some of those nutrients from

<<4061>> her and so making sure that she's

<<4063>> supplying enough nutrients not only for

<<4065>> herself but for that developing person

<<4068>> in her can be extremely helpful for her

<<4069>> to be taking that llv during pregnancy

<<4072>> at that time perfect thank you and is it

<<4076>> correct is it safe to say that when in

<<4078>> doubt uh obviously we always encourage

<<4080>> people to speak with their GP their

<<4083>> health professional the doctors uh if

<<4085>> they need extra guidance absolutely yes

<<4089>> yes your physician your physician should

<<4091>> know and and I always recommend when

<<4093>> talking to your physician about these

<<4095>> things saying look doctor I'm I'm taking

<<4097>> these things and I just want to make

<<4098>> sure that this is okay with what we're

<<4102>> doing sometimes doctors push back simply

<<4105>> because they don't know they just they

<<4107>> just don't know much about that when

<<4111>> they say oh stop taking that my

<<4113>> recommendation for you as a patient is

<<4115>> to say can you help me understand why

<<4118>> push a little bit harder because

<<4121>> sometimes doctors will have enough

<<4123>> training to say here's why here's what

<<4124>> my concern is this this and this can

<<4127>> cause problems with this and so

<<4128>> therefore I need you to stop taking this

<<4131>> for whatever period of time but uh if

<<4134>> they don't know if they don't have any

<<4136>> training or education they may simply be

<<4138>> saying that just out of fear just stop

<<4141>> taking this well why because I don't

<<4143>> know anything about it well that's not

<<4145>> really a good reason what I need to know

<<4147>> is please can you help me understand the

<<4149>> reason I'm this is my health I'm the

<<4152>> patient I'm dealing with the challenges

<<4155>> that I'm seeking your advice on as a

<<4158>> physician so please educate me as to why

<<4161>> you're recommending that I don't do

<<4163>> these things and that puts it back on

<<4165>> the physician or GP to come up with the

<<4170>> reasons and educate them and help people

<<4172>> understand the science of here's why I'm

<<4175>> concerned about this and that's okay I

<<4177>> think that's wonderful when they can

<<4179>> come back with an answer for us but when

<<4180>> they just say stop yeah often it's

<<4183>> because of fear and they don't really

<<4184>> have any understanding of what this is

<<4186>> doing and all these goes back to

<<4189>> education right correct so yeah yeah

<<4193>> this is why I'm so passionate about what

<<4195>> I do here at dotera is when I can help

<<4197>> Physicians understand when I can help

<<4200>> individuals understand the value of what

<<4202>> we have here and really help them

<<4205>> understand why we're recommending what

<<4207>> we recommend now of a sudden when I

<<4210>> understand the why as an individual I'm

<<4212>> more likely to do what I've been asked

<<4214>> to do when someone just simply says go

<<4216>> and do this and I don't understand the

<<4219>> underlying reason why or what the

<<4221>> expectation is or what's going to happen

<<4223>> I'm really not likely to do it when I'm

<<4225>> just told to do this thing but when I

<<4227>> understand the why when a physician can

<<4229>> sit down and help us understand why he's

<<4232>> recommending whatever it is he's

<<4234>> recommending our compliance to that

<<4236>> thing goes way up because now of a

<<4238>> sudden I'm invested and understand here

<<4241>> I get what the goal is I understand what

<<4244>> I'm trying to do and what my physician

<<4246>> is trying to help me accomplish with

<<4248>> this thing that he's

<<4250>> asked you couldn't have said it better

<<4252>> bik so thank you and this is a exactly

<<4255>> why I wanted to have this webinar with

<<4258>> you to welcome people in the supplement

<<4260>> guide and hopefully have this well two

<<4263>> tools the physical guide the the eBook

<<4267>> The PDF and also us

<<4269>> forever living on forever with this

<<4272>> webinar that people can go back and

<<4274>> refer to whenever they're in doubt and

<<4277>> uh they might need to relisten because

<<4279>> we have unpacked quite a bit and

<<4282>> hopefully we'll have more in the future

<<4284>> who knows yeah

<<4285>> um but before we close um any last words

<<4289>> of wisdom uh golden nuggets something

<<4292>> that we should um keep in our minds

<<4296>> forever i' I'd like to just hit we've

<<4298>> talked a lot about vitamins and minerals

<<4300>> here I want to talk for just a second

<<4303>> about Omega fatty

<<4305>> acids we we sometimes Overlook those and

<<4309>> we you know I think vitamins and

<<4310>> minerals gets all the Press whereas

<<4312>> Omega fatty acids don't really we don't

<<4315>> really really talk about those Omega

<<4317>> fatty acids are so important for us and

<<4321>> I want to kind of help us understand why

<<4324>> and maybe some uniqueness of our Omega

<<4327>> fatty acids that may help us understand

<<4330>> again that reason why I should be taking

<<4333>> them Omega fatty acids particularly

<<4335>> Omega-3s are so helpful for our system

<<4339>> there's Omega-3s Omega 6s and Omega 9s

<<4342>> now those fatty acids are long

<<4346>> chains okay of fatty acids but the

<<4350>> reason that Omega-3s Omega sixes and

<<4352>> Omega 9s are so important is because

<<4354>> those chains of fatty acids don't just

<<4357>> look like this they don't just fall in a

<<4359>> line

<<4360>> here in which they can stack on top of

<<4363>> each other really well I think about egg

<<4365>> cartons we have chickens so I think

<<4367>> about kind of simple things if you put

<<4370>> egg cartons on top of each other they

<<4371>> just stack right on top of each other

<<4374>> and then you try to twist that egg

<<4375>> carton it's not very pliable it doesn't

<<4379>> move very well but Omega fatty acids 3

<<4382>> sixes and nines three sixes and nines

<<4385>> they don't stack because they have these

<<4388>> double bonds and now of a sudden when

<<4390>> you put things that don't stack very

<<4392>> well on top of each other now all of a

<<4394>> sudden they move very easily right think

<<4397>> about putting eggs in the egg cartons

<<4399>> and then stacking them on top of each

<<4401>> other now they're

<<4403>> bendable our cells are made of fatty

<<4407>> acids the cell walls are yeah we need

<<4410>> those cells to be really pliable and be

<<4413>> able to move very fluidly and they work

<<4416>> better that way and so therefore making

<<4420>> sure that we're having Omega-3s Omega

<<4422>> sixes and Omega 9es in our diet is very

<<4425>> helpful for us and so having things like

<<4427>> cold water fish Etc helpful for our diet

<<4430>> but also and and avocados I mentioned

<<4433>> earlier great source of healthy

<<4435>> fats but also making sure that we're

<<4438>> supplementing with a goat Omega fatty

<<4439>> acid supplement is extremely helpful and

<<4442>> here's the uniqueness of our Omega fatty

<<4445>> acids we have a carotenoid blend in ours

<<4450>> carotenoids are those things like

<<4452>> lycopene lutein aanin and zanthin which

<<4456>> all play a significant role in our body

<<4459>> very helpful for us and so therefore

<<4462>> it's really a beautiful combination of

<<4465>> having our Omega fatty acids and our our

<<4470>> carotenoid blend in our llv or in our X

<<4473>> Omega so helpful for the human body

<<4476>> again something I take every single day

<<4479>> I actually take a dose and a half I take

<<4482>> six tablets a day of that one six

<<4483>> capsules a day because I've read the

<<4485>> literature so helpful for us um and so I

<<4489>> don't want to have those kind of take a

<<4491>> back shelf to the other things we've

<<4493>> talked about because they to play an

<<4496>> important role in our bodies and we need

<<4498>> to make sure that we're having those

<<4501>> both as part of our diet as well as

<<4503>> supplementation to make sure that we're

<<4505>> healthy and can have a long and healthy

<<4507>> life so that's the last thing I want to

<<4509>> leave you

<<4511>> with Dr rigs thank you so much for being

<<4515>> here with us today for welcoming people

<<4518>> uh to this very vast and at times

<<4521>> confusing word I've I feel like I've

<<4524>> gained a lot of knowledge as every time

<<4526>> I'm speaking with you so I hope that

<<4528>> this is uh what we created today is

<<4531>> truly a unique resource for our audience

<<4535>> and our members that they can keep on

<<4537>> using and using um endless time so again

<<4541>> thank you so much for your time it's

<<4543>> been a pleasure to have you here and

<<4545>> maybe next time we can have a meditation

<<4547>> session together that sounds great thank

<<4550>> you Ludo I appreciate it been pleasure

<<4552>> to be with you today

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