As health expert Michael Bailey joins John Rush, listeners are treated to a compelling discussion on the intersection of physical health and estate arrangements. Stress is a theme throughout the episode, as the hosts discuss how significant life events can become manageable with proper planning. Real-life anecdotes highlight the impact of estate disputes and the peace of mind that can be achieved by handling these affairs with foresight and care.
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I’m sorry that I’m fat. All right, welcome. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560 Health and Wellness Wednesday Edition. Michael Bailey with us as well. We try to get him to hang around after his own program because this fits into health and wellness. And some would say, well, wait a minute, how’s estate planning? health and wellness? Well, it has to do with your overall health because at some point in time that ends. Right. But it really, Michael, in most cases, or in all cases, I should say, really has more to do with the health and wellness of those you’re leaving behind because stress is a… is a… Killer. Yep. Literally. We talk about that in this program this hour a lot. And trust me, having a death in the family is stressful enough already. Right. Nonetheless, not having things dialed in prior to that happening and then leaving all of that on the backs of the folks you leave behind. Yeah, that’s kind of the worst thing you could possibly do. I’ve unfortunately, unfortunately, you have way more than I, but I’ve seen it happen far too often. And yes, it is extremely stressful for those you leave behind.
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Yeah, I mean, you know, your losses that you’ve experienced and, you know, stressful and, you know, difficult on you, and you’re a very capable and resilient person, but you still, we can all see that it takes a toll on you. It does. It absolutely does. I mean, I think of the silliest example I can think of is when, so a little over six years ago, we lost a puppy dog. She was fine on Monday and gone on Tuesday. And my wife had never had puppy dogs live a whole life cycle at her parents’ house. They always were there for six months to a year, and then they went to live on the farm or just disappeared. Gotcha. But, you know, we’d had the puppy dog for 13 years. And then, you know, we had to let her go. You get pretty attached. Right. But the next day my wife was sad and she was crying. She’s like, I just want the dog so that I can sit and pet her. And so she’s like, so the thing that was causing her the stress would have been the thing that would have helped relieve the stress. Right. But the puppy dog was gone. So puppy dog was the cause of the stress and not the release of the stress. Great point. And, you know, just, you know, so if your parents are gone… usually your parents are there to help relieve your stress, not to make it worse. In a lot of cases. And so you’ve turned what was supposed to be helping you into something that suddenly is a drain on you. It’s a great point. And you don’t, you’ve lost that support system.
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You had never really thought about it that way here. You’re a hundred percent correct. That’s exactly what happens now. I know the reverse can happen and they always say that, you know, you’re not supposed to bury your kids. Sure. Well, that happens sometimes as well. And that’s not any fun either, because typically there’s also some comfort in that end of things going back and forth as well. So the same thing happens there.
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Yeah. I mean, and whether it’s your adult children, you know, we have we have a friend who her son was killed in Afghanistan. And there has been fights and controversies about the mom had taken out a life insurance policy on the son before he went off to Afghanistan. And his new wife, they’d been married about six months when he was killed. She thought the life insurance policy should pay out to her and not to mom, even though mom was the one who took the policy and was paying the premiums. And they had huge fights where they’ll probably never speak with each other about it again.
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Which is not what son wanted.
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No, it’s not. Guaranteed. I mean, son probably… I mean, I imagine he didn’t want to die in war. But he probably may not even have known or cared that mom took out a life insurance policy. But somehow you get death and then you get money involved. And so now you have death and money. And sometimes parents kept the peace about money. And now you’re going, what in the world? It just kind of all opens up and explodes all over everything. And you’re like, what are we supposed to do here?
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Some families do really well at the money and stuff. Other families, not so much, I guess I should say, Michael. And what I’ve learned also along those lines, and this I think is a misconception, some think, well, I don’t have that much to worry about, so it’s not a big deal. You would be surprised, and you wouldn’t because Michael has seen this.
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No, I would not.
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But those of you listening, you would be surprised at the things people will fight over that even to the person that has left it, didn’t think much about it in the first place, but what got left behind is now all of a sudden a major deal. Right.
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And it’s silly things. I mean, I think of my wife’s… It can be a coffee mug. I mean, literally, Michael, it can be anything. Yeah. My wife’s grandfather, who’s deceased, he was a… traveling sales rep for like winchester okay and he had this big shadow case would be like the size of you know like almost one of the walls in the studio right and it had all sorts of knives and hatchets and all sorts of really just super cool things oh yeah and a guy like me that’s super cool yeah i mean it’s it’s it was just you know that’s cool all the antique things absolutely and you know oddly enough it was a it was a hot commodity well my mother-in-law picked it up one time when she was there and said, hey mom, can I have this? And mom said, sure. And so she took it and it was at their house. Well, then when grandma died and You know, sister was like, well, hey, where’s the knife collection? She’s like, well, grandma gave it to us. Well, that wasn’t grandma’s to give. It kind of was.
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Yeah.
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But, you know, suddenly. That’s how it happens. It’s a knife collection or, you know, the taxidermied marlin fish that he had caught.
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The jackalope. Yeah, exactly. Yesterday was National Jackalope Day, by the way. Oh, was it?
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Yeah. Okay.
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April Fool’s.
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Well, you know, I’ve hit a couple of jackalopes in Wyoming, so I can testify they’re real.
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I mean, we’re laughing only because, you know, you can make light of some of this and try to laugh through some of this. But I will tell you in all seriousness, when these things happen and this gets to rolling along and Michael knows this firsthand, nobody’s laughing. No. People are angry. They’re mad. They’re upset. There’s all sorts of things going on. Michael knows this as well. Emotions get really high, especially in these particular circumstances. Where we’re going with all this, by the way, is call Michael on the front side. Get your will and your estate all established and done and handled. And then you can avoid… all of those things as well. And not only that, but Michael, in my own story with, you know, like my mom and the situation we went through this last summer with her last fall, just having even the, you know, your DNRs and all of the things that you need to handle things, even while somebody is still alive, but there’s decisions that have to be made, having all of those things done on the front side makes everything for the family that much easier. It’s incredibly important.
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I mean, so your mom went through a medical procedure, if I remember correctly, and then never came out of it. Correct. Well, I mean, are we going to put that on? You are going to say, hey, why don’t you decide whether or not mom lives or dies? And you’re not the only kid. Right. So now other people are involved. And, you know, there’s usually there’s one who wants to be, oh, everything has to be, you know, you can’t ever let mom go because, you know, we’re going to do everything we can to save mom. Right. Up until the point where there’s absolutely nothing left to be able to do. Right. And then there’s a person who’s like, oh, well, mom’s not going to make it. Cool. Let her go. We need to move on with our lives. And that’s the spectrum. And everybody in between and getting everybody to agree can be almost impossible.
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Yep. We have a question, which is fine. We’ll take these very much. Steve, go ahead, man. What’s your question? Go for it.
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Good afternoon, gentlemen. And Counselor Barry, a quick question on conservatorships. The condensed version is we have a sister-in-law in the family. wife, sister, obviously, and she has been stroke impaired since 2010, seizure impaired since adolescence, and it’s going to become more and more important to get a conservatorship. She has the assets to be anywhere, and we’ve just got to get this thing done. And talking with the wife, my understanding is about $5,000 to $10,000 for a conservatorship. Is that your understanding?
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Yes. Um, somewhere in that neighborhood is what my friends who charge, who, who do conservatorships charge for that. Yes. And that is that something you do or no, I do not know.
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Okay. I guess Andrew said, thank you much. You’re very welcome. Okay. So it’s really quick. 10,000 foot version. What is all of that?
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A conservatorship is if you don’t set up a financial power of attorney so that somebody can make decisions for you and then you become incapacitated, It’s too late to set up that power of attorney. But you’re still alive. But you’re still alive. Okay. So say like so my – I have set up a power of attorney so that my wife can make decisions for me. If not my wife, then my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Right. We’ve got it set up. Right. Well, if I hadn’t done that and I become unable to make my own decisions, then – You have to go to court to have the court appoint somebody to make your financial decisions for you. I see. So that’s what a conservatorship is. I see. And that process is lengthy and costly and so on. Anything that has court. Yes. When you have to go through the court to do things.
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Anything with that name in it ends up being expensive, right?
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Right. There we go. Because courts don’t exactly move quickly.
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No, and you’re not smart enough nor able to represent yourself in that case. You need somebody that knows the system, right? You might be able to do it. I’m not.
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I don’t know too many people that can, by the way. Right. But it’s so much easier to, like, hey, I’ve got a power of attorney. So I’m going to charge you $125 for a power of attorney. Cool. Now you don’t have to spend $5,000 to $10,000 on a conservatorship. That’s a great example. Given his situation that his sister may not have ever been able to execute a power of attorney, it’s nice that we have that extra thing there. Okay. But if we’re going to get the courts involved and we’re going to do it what I would consider the hard way, it becomes more difficult.
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Okay.
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Makes sense.
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How far out are you on getting things done? July 7th through the 11th. Okay. So those of you listening, get this done sooner than later because the schedule continues to fill up. Find Michael, by the way. Go to klzradio.com. Go to rushtoreason.com. You can go to drive-radio.com. Anywhere you find me, you’re going to find Michael. And what’s your number if they want to call you directly? 720-394-6887. And that’s 720-394-6887. Perfect. Thanks, as always.
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Appreciate you, Michael. Okay.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560 Health and Wellness Wednesday. Yesterday’s impossible question, which moon of Jupiter has the most liquid water beneath its surface? That would be Europa. And actually, somebody got that right yesterday and said we know that because we have sent vessels there to discover those things. So thank you, by the way, for saying that yesterday. I appreciate that. Today’s impossible question, what is the term for animals that are active during twilight hours? What is the term for animals that are active during twilight hours? That is the question of the day. Answer that again on our Facebook page, Rush to Reason Facebook page. And interesting article. I’ll squeeze this in here before we go to Troy Duell here at the bottom of the hour. Troy was going to be with us last week, had a late, you know, last-minute emergency that came up, so he agreed to join us today, which we’ll get to him here in just a little bit. But there is an article in, of all places, the… Atlantic, which we all know where the Atlantic stands. In fact, that was one of the reporters that was involved in the signal texting string and so on that we learned about here recently. Anyways. Article that I was reading today, America is done pretending about meat. Plant-based eating has lost its appeal. Now, first things first, we – really? I think maybe for – Some, it may have lost its appeal, or meat at some point might have lost its appeal, and people went over to the plant sides of things, but I was not one of those. And most of the people that I know, that wasn’t the case either. In fact, I can probably… I can probably list on, I’m not joking here, on one hand, the amount of people I know that don’t eat meat. I just don’t know that many. Nothing against those that choose not to, by the way. I just don’t know that many. Now, I know some that eat more meat than others, and I just happen to be – you all probably know that just from listening. I’m a meat eater. That’s just me. You put any kind of protein, meat in front of me, not tofu and all that nonsense, but chicken, salmon, any kind of good fish, a steak – On down the line we go. Pork, I’ll eat it. Absolutely. And I have to, at times, remember that, yes, I need to eat vegetables and things along those lines. But this whole article basically is talking about the fact that it seems like the – and I would call it a fad. I think that’s what Charlie and I a few years ago even would have called going to the vegan side. And being vegan is even, I know, different from even being a vegetarian, and I get that. But this whole idea that meat is bad – i think it’s starting to fizzle out this article is basically talking about that as well and i think what people are learning is types of individuals that have gone that direction and gone to a totally plant-based diet, they start having other health issues because there’s not enough protein in their diet when they do so. And what do I mean by other health issues? They can have everything from hair loss to other types of ailments that can come along their way from just not having enough protein in their diet. And no, and we all know this, Eating other types of protein, because yes, I know there’s protein in other things besides just meat, chicken, pork, red meat, and so on. But the reality is, I guess it’s the way God made things, they’re not the same. It’s not the same. So the more you start studying… the downsides of being a vegetarian and you know again no judgment if that’s something that you’ve chosen to do in your world and it works for you you know what that’s fine and if you’ve ended up being healthier and everything works for you that’s great and by the way you’re probably an anomaly when it comes to some of these things because by and large the majority of people that switch over to a plant-based diet only don’t fare as well as you think Now, I think the other thing that happens in that world, and I think Charlie would agree with me on this, is a lot of those folks, they wouldn’t tell you that they didn’t feel bad just because they don’t want anybody knowing they wouldn’t. In other words, maybe they don’t have the same energy they once had, or maybe they’re not as sharp or they’re not as focused as they once were, things along those lines. I’ll just say it straight up. A lot of them are not going to tell you that because they don’t want to admit that they’re wrong, by the way. Now, I’m always careful and cautious when it comes to different studies that say different things because you have to look at who actually did the study, who paid for the study, how are some of the questions worded, what did they actually study, how many people are actually participants in said study, so on and so forth. But I think what you’re starting to see, and there’s more and more data coming out on this, that a total plant-based diet – is not as good for people as what they first thought it was or what what they once thought it was and and again i’m not campaigning one way or the other against or for any particular way of of having you know having your diet go you have to do that on your own we talk about that a lot with the different people that i even interview here i am 100 percent against one size fits all In other words, well, my buddy in the cubicle next to me did such and such, and it worked really well for him, so I think I’ll go on that diet. Slow down. That may have worked extremely well for that particular person, but it may not for you. And I think you’ve even heard Dr. Kelly on Thursdays talk about this quite often. I mean, I think a lot of – far too many people – go the quick fix, and this is where Dr. Kelly and I agree, they’ll go the quick fix, and I want a shot of this, or I want this special pill, or I want that, or whatever the case may be. And no, I’m not for that. Without doing some of the work necessary, no, I don’t agree with doing it that way either. Now, the one thing where Dr. Kelly and I probably will disagree a little bit is I do think there are times where there are certain individuals and some of you know who you are, that you have done all the different types of diets. You have been disciplined. You have done all the things necessary, whether it be eating right, exercising, you name it. And for whatever reason, you just need a little extra kick to get things going. And that’s where I do believe that doctors like Dr. Scott, for example, can come into play and say, listen, maybe there’s something else we can do medically speaking. You know, drug wise, even even homopathic things that may help you kickstart your metabolism and get some things going in the right direction. And maybe there’s something else going on with your body that we better let’s find out. Let’s double check to make sure that everything is the way it should be. Or if it’s not, let’s fix that. And by the way, I don’t think Dr. Kelly would agree with me on what I just said there. I agree with her that far too many people just go the easy, quick fix without actually looking into what they’re actually doing. But I’m also one to say that I think there’s all sorts of things out there in the marketplace. Dr. Scott’s one of those that can even explain what these things are when it comes to losing weight, getting more healthy, doing all these different things. And no, I don’t think, like Dr. Kelly, that everybody needs to be on a GLP. On the same token, I think there’s some benefits to GLPs depending upon you, your body makeup, your DNA potentially, and some things along those lines. Now, going back to this article, I also think that you need to be very well-rounded in your diet, and nobody can live on one thing alone. You can’t live on just red meat. You can’t just live on chicken. You can’t just live on fish. You can’t just live on veggies. You need to have, and most every single nutritionist that we bring on this program on Wednesdays and talk to them, they will all tell you the same thing. It needs to be well-rounded. You need to have a variety. And by the way, I think you need to have a variety, personally speaking. I think your body recognizes… certain things and can get into certain patterns and will react accordingly if it gets used to the same thing over and over again changing things up keeps that from happening that’s my take I’m not a nutritionist I am NOT a dietitian but I do know enough from interviewing people and studying it and losing a lot of weight well over 10 years ago actually it’s been 15 years ago now I do know that there are certain things that can go on in your body to where your body can even plateau And having something change up in your diet to get away from that plateau is exactly what you need to be doing to keep things moving forward. So, again, interesting article in The Atlantic. I didn’t read this entire thing word for word. I’ll be straight up honest because, again, it is. the Atlantic. But I thought it was very interesting that they were actually writing and publishing an article talking about the benefits of actually eating meat and not having just a straight plant-based diet. And basically, even they closed this whole article out talking about the decline of plant-based eating was inevitable. Yeah, because it doesn’t work. That’s my words, not theirs. Bottom line is, no, you’ve got to have some real protein in your diet. Yes, You can supplement and do some things along those lines, which we’re going to talk to Troy Duell about here in a moment. But at the end of the day, you still need to be eating red meat, fish, chicken, pork, even lamb, things along those lines. You need that other source of protein because otherwise you’re not going to get enough protein. in your diet. Golden Eagle Financial coming up next. Al Smith wants to help you with your financial future. And folks, whatever you need, Al is there for you. 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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us. Troy Duhl joining us now. Troy, welcome back. How are you?
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Good, John.
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How are you, man? I’m doing great. Always enjoy having you. I appreciate it very much. As we enter into the springtime, A, allergies are at an all-time high, as you can tell from listening to me. But let’s talk about the good, the bad, and the not worth it when it comes to treats, health, wellness, all of that as we head down this stretch in the summer.
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that’s a tough one to tackle, especially when we’ve got Easter coming up and a lot of people jumping into some jelly beans and other treats that are out there.
SPEAKER 20 :
You certainly want to be careful. And, you know, Troy, it’s funny because – well, maybe it’s not funny. I think it’s by design. It seems like every single time, you know, you and I talk, there is some sort of a – holiday event something coming along that involves this so it’s like well wait a minute i just got done trying to be good for thanksgiving and then it’s christmas so i just get done being really good for christmas and new year’s and then it’s uh you know this whole valentine’s thing and then we go from that into where we are now and then pretty soon as memorial i mean really troy this is something we have to learn because it’s ongoing right uh you are absolutely correct and
SPEAKER 07 :
It seems like one of the biggest celebration events we can have as individuals is food, and the sweet tooth seems to win the day because it is so addictive, and sugar is certainly that way.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, yeah, we talk about that a lot during this hour. That is, I believe, you know, by design not in what sugar is, but what has been done with sugar by sugar lobbyist groups and others. I mean, I think the reality is once people, you know, once… Once an industry, let me say it this way, Troy, learned how much money they could make off of that drug, they soon realized that, wait a minute, time out. We can make more money on this than these guys selling cocaine and other things they’re doing, which back in those days was legal. Reality is sugar won out.
SPEAKER 07 :
It definitely did. And if you look at our foods, there is no doubt that sugar has been added because they know that it increases our desire for it. So there are studies out there that show sugar – lights up the same area of the brain that cocaine does, which is what you mentioned earlier. So because of that, the more sugar we add into our foods, the more addicted we become, and it’s amazing what it’s in. I mean, you’ve got it in salad dressings. For whatever reason, they add sugar into that and pastas and cheeses. I mean, you name it, and they’ve put sugar in it because they know that it keeps us coming back for more.
SPEAKER 20 :
I don’t think folks realize this. Maybe some do. Maybe some do, Troy. But the majority of dishes that you eat out – and, folks, hear me out when I say this. And, Troy, you can correct me if I’m wrong. But the majority of dishes that you eat out – so say, for example, you go and get XYZ at the restaurant versus what you would make at home – The chances of it having not only sugar but a substantial amount of it at the restaurant versus what you make at home, it’s probably, Troy, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ll bet it’s four, five to one. You know, one being home, five being the restaurant. Am I wrong?
SPEAKER 07 :
I would say you are probably dead on, and especially in the case of any of those processed foods or prepackaged foods that you get from the grocery store. So restaurants can vary from restaurant to restaurant in what you get, but certainly going to have more sugar in that than you will at home because – we’re not usually in the habit of adding sugar to all of our foods at the house.
SPEAKER 20 :
You mentioned the pasta dish, and I just know that typically at a restaurant, they’re going to add some sugar to that dish whereby your recipe at home probably isn’t going to have that. They’re going to sugar and salt that dish up because it makes you want more of it. It makes you want to keep coming back for more, I guess, Troy, is the best way for me to say that, and the restaurant industry knows that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Absolutely. And I mean, we’re all privy to that and we’re all going to fall prey to it because it does taste better. Anytime there’s sugar in there, it tastes better and it is lighting up that pleasure center in our brains that make us happy. Want to keep on coming back for more.
SPEAKER 20 :
And a little tip to all of you listening, by the way, is if you’re out or if you’re somebody that’s wanting to really be, you know, aware of what you’re eating and really be healthy and you’re trying to cut some weight or do some things along those lines and try and just know some of this from… losing weight over 15 years ago, you can order things out and say, for example, you want to order the salmon or you want to order that steak. Just make sure you say, listen, all I want is some seasoning and nothing else added because what’s going on back in the kitchen, trust me, there’s a lot of things that that’s getting cooked in unless you do what I just said.
SPEAKER 07 :
You are absolutely correct. And, you know, on top of that, making sure that if it’s a dressing, put it on the side because you won’t put as much dressing on your food as the restaurant does. That’s right. That’s certainly one good trick as well.
SPEAKER 20 :
So for all of you listening, please, just as another note here, and Troy, I’ve not found too many restaurants that wouldn’t, because they understand the dietary restrictions and different things that are going on in the marketplace and so on. I’ve yet to find a restaurant that won’t do those things, but you have to ask. If you don’t, they’re just going to throw it on like they always do.
SPEAKER 07 :
You got that right, because it is a system. And in the back, they’ve got a process of doing things, and they don’t want to change that system unless you make them change it. And they will accommodate you because they don’t want you to be upset, and they know the benefits. the happier you are with your food, the more likely you are to come back. So don’t be afraid to do that. I think they’re used to it and getting more used to it. But if you don’t say anything, they certainly won’t change a thing.
SPEAKER 20 :
By the way, that includes, hey, instead of having that hamburger with a bun, can you put that between two pieces of lettuce for me? And instead of having fries, can you throw some extra veggies on there for me instead? And you know what, Troy? The majority of restaurants will say, sure, we can do that, because really at the end of the day, their cost didn’t change.
SPEAKER 07 :
You got that right. And a lot of times, especially if you get that side salad or you get those veggies, they may charge you an extra dollar. But ultimately, if you pay an extra dollar and you’ve got better health, that’s a good way to go.
SPEAKER 20 :
All right. So now, when it comes to, though, the savory sides of things, and I am not a… ogre. I’m not going to tell somebody, never have a dessert, never have this, never have that. I am one, Troy, that believes you can do all of this, still enjoy some things periodically. It has to be done with balance, of course. You can’t just have a cupcake for every meal, of course, but can you have a cupcake periodically or have that piece of chocolate cake periodically? I think you can, and my recommendation, too, on that, and I want to get your thoughts on this. Let’s say that you’re out… You’re out for that Easter dinner, and you’re going to have that dessert, and it’s a big, nice, you know, large-sized piece of cake. You know what? Trim off one sliver of it, eat that, box the rest up, and have that over the next several days.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think that’s a great strategy. You know, the other one that I always like to put in place is I’m not going to have desserts unless it’s Saturday, or I won’t have desserts the full week prior until that Easter celebration or Easter dinner. So they’re great. certainly different ways to skin the cat. But one thing that I think everybody needs to understand is just because it may have some artificial sweeteners in it or other things, it does not necessarily mean that it’s going to be healthy. I always say you can’t make something that’s unhealthy healthy by substituting some other false sugar in there. So always remember that.
SPEAKER 20 :
Oh, no, in fact, Troy, my wife and I have this discussion quite often. There are some of the, and I hope I’m okay in saying this again, if not, correct me, but I will go as far as to say that there are some sugar substitutes that, frankly, folks, you’re better off just having the sugar than you would be having the sugar substitute. That’s my theory.
SPEAKER 07 :
I totally agree, and I think the evidence shows that. They show that those people who drink more diet drinks actually have greater belly fat, and they have other issues that go along with it, much like the issues that come along with having too much sugar itself. So you’re not getting away from those cravings. We know that the sucralose and the other things are about 700 times stronger sweeter to the palate so it gets you craving it even more so a lot of times we would we can cool ourselves into thinking well this is a diet thing so i can eat more of it well then you’ve just defeated the whole purpose of of having that item okay are there certain this is one thing i’m not really up on so if you can help us with this it would even help me are there certain types of
SPEAKER 20 :
foods that we can let’s say we’re going to dinner we know that we’re out we may have a dessert a little bit later we’ve prepared for that by some of the things that you’ve even mentioned i don’t have dessert for the you know previous two weeks or longer but i might go ahead and splurge that particular this particular event but are there other things that we can do even in the meal we order or that we have in preparation for in other words are there different types of foods that would even make us not want to eat as much of that dessert as we normally would
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I think if you limit the amount of sugar you’re getting in your normal diet in your meal prior to that dessert, you’ve already reduced that craving a considerable amount. So definitely don’t have sodas with your meals because, you know, I don’t think we’ve talked about it, but the average American consumes about 77 grams of added sugar per day. One Coke, one Coke, eight-ounce Coke gets you 39 grams. Wow. recommendation that the American Heart Association has is 36 grams a day for a male and 24 grams per day for a female. So that one Coke blows that whole number. So avoid any sugary foods or that creamed corn that may come with your meal or the sweet potatoes or the mashed potatoes that may have some other sweet piece to it because The more you take it in, the greater your craving is going to be, and then you’ll finish that plus the dessert. So prepare yourself well.
SPEAKER 20 :
Before I forget, since you’re from Centurion Labs and you guys have all sorts of great supplements and they’re just fabulous, we’ve talked about that in the past, and for those of you maybe that don’t know what these are, just go to the website, check it out, Centurion Labs. And I guess the question that I’ve got along those lines, though, Troy, is, Are there certain supplements that help with everything that we’re talking about? In other words, are there supplements that I can be taking daily that would help reduce some of those cravings? Are there things that I can follow up with after a particular meal like we’re talking about? How can we use some of what you have and offer to help us in this?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I think there are definitely those that are out there that we know certain ingredients are going to help. So they’ve done plenty of studies on cinnamon, for instance. And we know that cinnamon can help control blood sugar. It can help really regulate that blood sugar. So that’s a great way to do it. There are things like licorice root, bitter melon, all those type little pieces that you can put together. And they have studied each of those ingredients to say, hey, there are ways that we can help control our blood sugar and not get to the point of of having some kind of issue with diabetes or prediabetes or any of those other things. But it all starts. Obviously, those things are great. But if you’re still eating poorly, it’s only going to help so much. So you’ve got to help by changing the diet and then coming in and adding some of these things. to really minimize the consequences of the sugar that we do eat, that sometimes we aren’t aware of, and to minimize some of those things like genes that we have that may make us a little predisposed to some of that kind of stuff.
SPEAKER 20 :
I had a question that came in on the text line, too, asking about raw honey and specifically manuka honey. Is there anything to any of that as far as the health benefits go?
SPEAKER 07 :
There are a ton of studies out there that are showing – that honey is actually a beneficial sugar in many ways. Now, I probably wouldn’t drink honey on a regular basis, but if you’re going to have some kind of sweetener, then they’ve found that honey is probably one of the best because – It’s got things that have shown to lower fasting blood sugar levels. It’s reduced bad cholesterol, and it’s increased good cholesterol. So we know that that fructose that’s in honey is totally different than the processed fructose that we get in all the other foods and processed foods that we have.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, and I have read some of those same studies, and I also am a believer, and some of you listening might think I’m crazy, but I’m also a believer in if you can find local unfiltered honey and you really struggle with allergies, which I will be the first to tell you that prior to Losing a bunch of weight back in 2010, I was one of those that had an allergy problem pretty much year-round, 12 months out of the year. In fact, at one point in time, Troy, I did the whole, you know, they prick your back and mark it all up and on and on you go. And it was awful. All I can say is that was one of the most awful experiences as a young adult that I could ever imagine. It’s one of those things I struggled with forever. I will say, though, eating correctly… losing weight, and then on top of that, I do have a tablespoon or two every morning of local unfiltered honey that I do think, and maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s a placebo, I don’t know if it actually works or not, but for me, I have about two weeks out of the year, which is right now that I struggle the most with allergies, and outside of that, I don’t have much issues with them anymore.
SPEAKER 07 :
And you’re dead on because I think studies have verified that All that anecdotal evidence that we’ve had over the years and that we’ve heard that local honey, because they’re pulling in all the pollen from the local plants, seems to really be a benefit on the allergy side. A quick throw in, I know we’re talking about sugar, but quercetin is one that we talked a lot about during COVID. Well, quercetin is one of those that a lot of even ENTs, especially older ENTs, use to give a natural defense against allergies. So if you’re not taking a quercetin supplement this time of year, maybe a good thing to add into the mix.
SPEAKER 20 :
Good to know. Troy, give us your website so folks can find you, sir.
SPEAKER 07 :
Actually, we have just changed it, so it is now centurion.health, so it makes it a little bit easier. So it’s C-E-N-T-U-R-I-O-N dot health, H-E-A-L-T-H.
SPEAKER 20 :
All right, perfect. I will put that in our notes, and we’ll make that change. And, Troy, as always, I appreciate you. You’re always gracious. Appreciate you very, very much and all that you do for us.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, thank you, sir.
SPEAKER 20 :
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SPEAKER 20 :
All right, we are back. A couple of minutes left here of this Health and Wellness Wednesday, which I always appreciate you guys listening, all the text messages that come in as well, and all the different guests that we have on. And one thing else that I would throw out to all of you as well, if there’s somebody that you follow or somebody that… you think might be a great guest. I can’t guarantee you that we can have them on, but I will do my very best to at least check into it and find out exactly what’s going on and what we could do there and so on, and I’m always welcome for that. So if you’ve got anybody along those lines that you think would be a good fit for us, please, please let us know. And I got a question that came in late on the text line about Quercetin, which I think he answered okay if not by the way i will say this also about troy if you have a specific question about any of his supplements or whatever the case just go to his website send in a message and they he will answer it and and you know take it from there he is that kind of an individual or he has no problem uh answering questions anything along those lines uh he is an absolute uh joy to work with i will say that immensely and troy’s just a great guy so if you’ve ever got a question specifically about any of his different products or even a product he doesn’t carry but you have a question you’d like to have answered and you feel like he’d be a good source for that answer by all means reach out to troy and i can tell you right now that he will have no problem and answering your question especially if you tell him that you’re one of our listeners I will tell you straight up that he will have no problem taking care of you and answering those questions and that’s true by the way for all the folks that we have on on a routine basis they will do the exact same thing but I know that Troy especially is just one of those individuals he’s just so gracious to us and just love having him on on a regular basis All right, that’s it for this first hour of Health and Wellness Wednesday. As I say all the time, if you want to go back and listen to a previous episode, go right to the website, RushToReason.com. You can listen to our previous episodes. I know a lot of folks do because the National Crawford Roundtable plays in Hour 3 on Wednesday. So if you want to listen to this hour or send it on to somebody else, just again, go to our website, RushToReason.com. That’s it for this hour. We’ll be right back. This is Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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