John Rush kicks off Health and Wellness Wednesday with estate planning attorney Michael Bailey for a down-to-earth crash course in probate. Spoiler: dying without a will is a bureaucratic disaster. Then, Melissa Hill from the Archer Foundation shares the heartbreaking story of her son Archer’s battle with DIPG brain cancer, and how the foundation now helps other families walk that devastating road with dignity and support. Later, Troy Duell from Centurion Labs joins to talk about how heat affects your brain, how to protect your cognitive function this summer, and what makes a supplement trustworthy (hint: it’s not price
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I’m sorry that I’m fat. All right. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Welcome. Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush. KLZ 560. Yes, live program. I’m back. Andy filled in for me for a couple of days. Appreciate that very much. By the way, today is National Hamburger Day. I don’t know if that has anything to do with health and wellness. Michael Bailey’s with me.
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Is that today or was that yesterday?
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It said 28th is what I read this morning.
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Okay. My wife seemed to think it was yesterday, but…
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I got several deals in my inbox today. Oh, fair. Maybe we were off by a day. Yeah, so those of you, you might look in your inbox. Look in the junk folder, by the way. There might be a few good deals in there on a juicy hamburger if that’s something that you’re interested in. Now, to other things, I should say, Michael, because I’m not sure how we tie hamburgers into estate planning other than, I guess, if you’re eating one of those juicy hamburgers and you choke to death, you want to make sure you have your estate in order.
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Yes, but also if you eat enough hamburgers, then the last quote of I’m sorry that I’m fat from the intro. Good point. Could in fact be part of what happens. Good point.
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Okay, question for you. I didn’t preface this with you before coming on, so I hope this is okay. Sure. I have talked to I don’t know how many different people of late and for some odd reason the subject of probate with the states and stuff comes up. So would you explain what that is and when in fact does it get applied?
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So Probate is the legal process of getting assets from the deceased individual to the named beneficiaries or the heirs. Okay. So probate, the word itself comes from the Latin proving, to prove a will. Okay. So the idea is that when somebody dies and they have a will, you take the will to the probate court. Okay. and you go through the probate process. So, you know, there’s forms that you apply for probate and basically you go to the court and you say, okay, this person has died. We see that this person or whoever it is is supposed to be appointed as the personal representative so that they have legal authority to transfer assets out of the deceased individual’s name to the named beneficiaries of the heirs. And then they have to go through the process. So they have to, you know, kind of gather all the assets and pay off debts and all that type of stuff. So the probate process is the legal process of getting assets from the deceased individuals, the named beneficiaries, the heirs, when you have a will. Okay. If you don’t have one, you still have to involve them, right? It depends on what else you have. Okay. If you have a trust, then a trust is an alternative to a will. Got it. If you don’t have a will, then you go through what is called intestate probate. Okay. And intestate means you die without a will. Okay. And the state of Colorado, the state legislature, has written some statutes that say what’s supposed to happen to your assets when you die if you don’t have a will. So the state legislature has decided for you unless you decide for yourself. Last time I printed out the intestate statute, it was 88 pages long. So it’s very simple. It’s very straightforward. It’s written like you would expect statutes to be written from the state legislature. Good luck. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you can do the formulas. It’s okay. But as soon as you go and apply for probate and there’s no will, it’s going to be scrutinized at a much higher level by the court. You know, if you have a will and you go apply, the court’s like, cool, go ahead and do what you need to. Check in with us at the benchmarks where you’re supposed to. Tell us what’s in there. Tell us what you paid off. Tell us what’s left. And, you know, you check in with us every once in a while, informally, like it’s an administrative proceeding. You’re good. intestate probate they’re gonna be like oh hey so maybe you ought to come talk to us every week or so so that we know what’s going on In other words, have a will.
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Yes. Or a trust or whatever you need to do to have all of your things in order. It makes life so much easier. Because if not, everything you just said, by the way, side note, just sounds to me like an absolute hassle.
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Yes, and that’s why my friends who do probate administration make as much money as they do because they know how to navigate the hassle that you probably don’t want to take on yourself if you don’t have anything in place. If you do have things in place, you can find the forms online. You can submit them and go through it. It makes life easier. If you don’t… then you want somebody who can navigate the treacherous waters, so to speak.
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Okay, I’m also guessing that you die, there’s no estate plan, there’s no trust, no nothing, so it’s going to now go to the probate court, only it’s not with the will, it’s intestate. I’m guessing that’s not cheap, because you probably are going to have a hard time doing all of that by yourself unless you’ve got some legal background. Right. Am I thinking correctly?
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Usually, yes. And cheap is, there’s different types of costs. If you hire an attorney to do it, most of my friends who do probate administration, they charge a $6,000 to $8,000 to $10,000 retainer to start. And you know that’s the beginning, not the end. If you do it on your own, you’re like, well, Hey, I can figure this out. I’m like, well, what’s the cost in your time? How many hours in a day in a week do you have? That’s a good point. You know, if you’re working and you have a family and you do things, you know, most people. have all of those things that they have other things to do with their lives besides dedicate to trying to figure it out, the cost in time can be every bit as high as the cost in money.
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So, again, have this in order. Right. And, folks, trust me, I cannot… I cannot, if I were sitting down across from you, I don’t think I could say it enough times. Get this done. Get it in order. Because, you know, spoken from somebody that, you know, in my own family, some things, you know, happen. And it does for every family, by the way. When you don’t have these things in order, it just makes things that much harder.
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It really does.
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Losing someone’s heart enough.
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Yeah.
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Nonetheless, not having all of these other things in place.
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Yeah, but you lose your loved one. And that’s already a terrible thing. You’re like, oh, hey, let’s deal with their money. You’re like, seriously? Can we chill for a minute? Can we not have to jump right in? It needs to be done. And for a lot of you, it’s a lot less pleasant.
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It’s money. But keep in mind that that money isn’t always in liquid form. Right. So now you may have money. You may have IRAs. You might have some pension funds that you may have. There may be some rights to. There may be homes. And maybe there’s a couple of different homes. There could be cars and RVs and all sorts of other things, too, Michael.
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Yeah, I mean, the house is a big one. You know, I mean, how many people do we know who, you know, people they’ve aged, they get, you know, you’re going to go sell their house, but the house needs a lot of work. And so how are we going to, you know, then suddenly who’s going to do that work and how’s it going to go? Correct. Who’s paying for that? Who’s paying for it? Because, by the way, there’s, you know, you’ve got to have cash to make that happen. Right. So there’s all these things that go into it, and you’re like, the last thing you want to do is be like, oh, my gosh. Yep. It’s on the list of things you need to worry about. But it’s really not high on most people’s list.
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And I’ll tell you guys straight up because you know some of my history over the past 12 months or so. And things are already – I know I say it a lot. It’s not like a broken record. But things are stressful enough when people die that making things as smooth as possible makes it easier even though it’s still not an easy time. Is that a good way to say it? Exactly.
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You try to make it as easy as possible knowing full well it’s still going to be a tough time. I mean, you know, it’s still grieving. There’s all sorts of other things going on at that same time. I mean, if you’re the kind of person that when your parents die, you’re going to have a party and cheer and be excited. I don’t think I want you as a client. Thank you.
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I would agree with you on that one, Michael. All right. How far out are you? In other words, if people start calling you, how far away are you on getting a meeting set? Last week of August. Okay. So last week of August, meaning, folks, we’re getting close to the fall. Which means if we start last week of August… Will probably be done by the end of the year. Meaning if you want to be done by the end of the year, you better start now. Right.
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So we’re that far into the year already. So how do they do that, Michael? They can give me a call at 720-394-6887. Find me online at mobileestateplanning.com. Or I hear there’s a couple of places that I’m on for you.
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All right, we are back. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Thank you for joining us today. Melissa Hill joining us now. And Melissa, welcome. You are from the Archer Foundation. Brain Cancer Awareness Month is this month, of course. And Melissa, welcome.
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Thank you, John. I appreciate you guys having me on.
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We’ve had you on in the past. I appreciate you joining us again. Before we get going here, tell us what the Archer Foundation is and what they do.
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Absolutely. The Archer Foundation is named for my son, Archer Hill, who was the most incredible little six-year-old boy that ever walked the face of this earth, in my mom opinion, which may or may not be biased.
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Oh, I think you’re probably correct in what you’re saying as well. I would feel the same way.
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Yes, good. I knew we were going to get along great. We exist for the reason of brain cancer, but really specifically a type of brain cancer that impacts A small number of kids, but it’s absolutely devastating and devastated our family. And it’s called DIPG, and it really just stands for the worst possible diagnosis for parents. It’s a tumor in their brainstem, which means it’s immediately terminal, that there’s no real treatment. And it’s so aggressive that the average lifespan is nine months.
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Wow.
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And it mostly impacts kids between the ages of five and nine. And Archer was five when we were diagnosed, and our world just stopped. Sure, sure. And so since that diagnosis, and Archer’s journey, unfortunately, was only about six months after his diagnosis happened. Our family just realized that there is work to be done in this world in making the lives better of families like ours that feel like there’s no hope for them. And we are a family of faith, and we believe that that is never true.
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Amen.
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I agree. And we just decided to dedicate our lives in His honor and in His legacy for making sure that families who are walking this road… can worry less about finances and worry more about what matters most, which is spending time with their kids.
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Amen. Well, you’re in good company on all of the above of everything that you have said, and it’s partly why we appreciate having you here, bringing awareness to this. Now, a question that I have, is this something that, you know, just not to get into the gory details, but is it something that there was any indication of previous? Is this something that’s genetic, or does it just happen to certain kids?
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It’s just crazy. And I now know all about it, and we’ve never heard of it before, and I’m sure most of your listeners have never and would never if they weren’t listening today. But there is no genetic indication. There’s nothing hereditary. It just seems like it’s only certain kids, and it happens so quickly. For Archer, he played in – he was the most incredible athlete you would have ever met. He would be the first to play you. In kindergarten, he played in two baseball games and a flag football game, and a week later was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. And it happens that quickly and is that aggressive. And so there’s no catching it early. By the time they show symptoms, that clock is ticking, and it just ticks so very fast.
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Awesome. Well, again, I appreciate you guys being here. And, yeah, these are things that most of us have no clue on. In fact, most people when it comes to brain cancer, Melissa, cancer I know affects a lot of different individuals, but there’s lots of different forms of cancer. Our family, I lost my brother a few years ago to a geoblastoma, which is – a you know type of cancer but it happens mostly in in adults but yet he was not that old even for that type of cancer so you know we’re we’re kind of aware not to your extent my brother lived almost two years and so it’s a little bit longer he was in a trial typically he would have been about a year But because of the trial, he was able to extend his life a little bit longer. But the one thing I do understand is the toll that it puts on families, the amount of things that are going on and the travel and the trying to have treatments and at least making the patient more comfortable and just all these things that are going on. It is a stressful time for a family, no doubt.
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It absolutely is. And that’s one of the worst things that we realize, my husband and I, is. It felt like our world stopped completely, but somehow the world around us still went on. So bills still had to be paid, and that just didn’t seem fair and didn’t seem right because everything should have stopped that day when Archer was diagnosed. And every family feels that way. And I appreciate you sharing the experience with your brother, and two years is not long enough.
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No, it isn’t, but neither is five months, Melissa, so I can only imagine that time goes by so quickly, especially in the life of a child. I mean, honestly, I can’t imagine. It would just be so difficult. Now, you guys come along, though, with the Archer Foundation, folks that are in similar situations. What do you specifically help them with?
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We focus on three things, which is, well, direct financial support. because there’s so few organizations, we realized in our own experience, that can step in really quickly without a lot of red tape and say, tell us what your needs are and make those payments, pay rent, catch them up on car payments, whatever it is. That family can tell us, here’s what we need to keep going. We cover the costs. You mentioned clinical trials. There are trials out there. Archer didn’t quite make it to his, but we tried. But The travel to that is never covered by insurance, ever. Housing is never covered. All of it is just the medicines and the treatment is what a trial will cover, and that can be incredibly expensive for a family. Most brain cancer families, at least one parent has to quit their job or significantly cut back on work in order to care for their child full-time. And then the third thing that we do is we want our families to make memories. And if that means that it’s taking a trip or doing a cool experience and they’re worried about how to make ends meet, we want to take that burden off of them and say, you only have a set number of days left. And only God knows how many that is, but it’s not going to be enough with this diagnosis. And so we want them to really have some fun together, and so we cover that, too, in the money that we raise.
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Nice, nice. Now, I also know because of our affiliation with Southern Recipe, Small Batch, you know, porkgrinds.com, we’re very familiar with them. We do all sorts of different things back and forth throughout the year. Their affiliation with you guys is huge as well because, if I’m not mistaken, they kind of helped get this kicked off. Am I correct in that?
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They are a tremendous partner with the Archer Foundation. And first, we love pork rinds. Archer loved pork rinds, and his favorite place to eat them was on a boat fishing.
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There we go.
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So just shout out to that special time. And so Rudolph Foods has been such an amazing partner for us in getting us off the ground and letting us dive in immediately with helping these families and saying, what can we do to make sure that, We are where we need to be to say we don’t have to turn a family away. And we’re so thankful to them and are excited about our future. That’s awesome.
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And, you know, your comment a moment ago, and I think a lot of folks listening may understand this, but maybe not. When you have that type of a terminal illness, you’re correct. Even adult cancer, even like my brother, for example. Yeah. You the whole work thing and what you’re concentrating on and the needs that are there and so on reality, as you know, Melissa, you you do have to make a huge shift in that end of things. And it can be a huge financial burden. And I mean, I can’t imagine, you know, going through that and. And in you guys’ case, you know, that five months, I mean, A, just devastating. B, I guess the plus side of this, though, is what you guys have done with it, which, you know, it’s part of what we do here at Rush to Reason all the time is, okay, what are some of the solutions? We get it. We can be down about it. We can be sad, which we all need to be. There’s that grieving time. But on the same token, okay, great. After all that’s said and done, how do we go help others that are involved in this as well?
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Absolutely. And we talk a lot about that. We have two older teenage boys, Archer with our baby of three boys, and we talk a lot about what we can do and what we can’t do. And we cannot change the outcome. And we couldn’t change it for Archer. But what we can do is decide how we spend our time between heaven and earth.
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That’s right.
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And that’s where we choose to live out that legacy and love big because we can do that. That’s within our control. And raising this money and supporting these families, is something that we absolutely can do, and that’s what is moving us forward every single day. Because otherwise, just living in this world without him is too hard.
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Well, you guys are doing a tremendous job, and I appreciate that very much. I know the families, I feel like I can speak on behalf of those families. I guarantee you they are extremely thankful for what you guys are doing, and that is the way to do it, by the way, at the end of the day. And I, like you, yes, have deep faith. know where i’m going at some point in time we’ll all be together again i know that’s a cliche but that is the reality of it that’s the one plus side to this that we can look forward to but to your point in the meantime there are many many other things that we can do while we have this time left on earth to help other families absolutely absolutely we agree well we appreciate you very much now before i let you go how if there’s folks out there listening uh they feel touched by this they want to help out any way they can how do they do that
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You guys can find us. We would love for you to visit our website. It’s www.archer-foundation.org. And selfishly, you can see some of the cutest photos ever of my little guy living his best life. But you can find out ways to support us. You can learn more about this type of cancer. And even more importantly than all of that is you can see profiles of the most courageous kids you would ever imagine meeting are featured on our website. Just these warriors that are out there doing this every single day. And so we are so honored to tell their stories and the stories of their family. And so your listeners can see all of that on our website and learn some more about us.
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Folks, we’ll have all of that in our show notes. You’ll be able to see that a little bit later this afternoon, this evening. Melissa, again, thank you so much for joining us. And tell all the folks at Southern Recipe Small Batch, you know, Rudolph Foods, thank you again as well. We appreciate them. We have a good time with them throughout the rest of the year, but this is a special time of the year with you.
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Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me on again.
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You’re very welcome, Melissa. Thank you guys very much. And again, folks, we’ll put that link up on our website as well, but it’s easy. It’s archer-foundation.org. You go there, you can see all the different things that she was just talking about, and a lot of the pictures of the kids are up there. As well. Ridgeline Auto Brokers coming up next, folks. And again, if you’re looking for a new used car, as you head into these summer months, you may find yourself wanting something different, needing something different. If that’s the case, go to RidgelineAutoBrokers.com.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Troy Duell should be joining us here any moment. Charlie’s getting him rounded up. Yesterday’s possible question of the day. What ancient Sumerian city is often regarded as the world’s first true city in recorded history? Uruk. U-R-U-K is the answer. Today’s impossible question. If you add these to your eggs, it will provide you with fiber, vitamins B2, B3, B6, B9, B12, iron, and potassium. It will also give your eggs a nice cheesy flavor. What is that? So if you add these to the eggs, your eggs, you end up with all those additional vitamins, the fiber and so on that I just mentioned a moment ago. If you do that or if you do use this particular and it’s a it’s a food product, it’s not some fancy ingredient or anything like that. But if you do put this on. your eggs what is that particular product and and by the way i didn’t know any of this so i’m learning something new when it comes to this particular question of the day those of you that do know the answer by all means go to our facebook page and answer that question there a lot of times by the way you guys will go ahead and text those in and do things along those lines which i appreciate as well i’ll pass those on to producer and when you do and i appreciate that in a lot of cases you guys get those right right off the bat which means you’re much smarter than i troy dual joining us now troy welcome how are you sir Good, John. How are you, man? I’m doing good. Welcome back. Hope you had a great holiday. The heat, we have not been that hot here in Colorado yet, although it will come. It’s not going to be cool forever. We did have a cool Memorial Day weekend, but things will change. It’ll get intense. And one subject that we’re going to talk about today is when the heat gets going and we get these heat waves, how do we keep our brain health up? In other words, how do we protect our cognitive function when things get hot?
SPEAKER 11 :
That is a great question and certainly something that we all need to think about and talk about because there was one study in particular in 2018 that showed on a 90-degree day that the heat could actually affect our educational performance, and they saw a 14% drop. in those people who took the test when they compared to heat. But what they noticed was the brain really got inflamed because a lot of times there’s dehydration that’s going on, there’s more stress because you’re hot, so you have all those things that come into play and it seems to really affect our memory, our focus, and a lot of us can get a little irritable. and the study actually showed that that is not uncommon, along with some anxiety.
SPEAKER 05 :
So, not to get, you know, I’m not making a joke here, I’m trying to be serious, so the old Western movies we’d watch as kids where they see the guy out in the middle of the desert and he’s hallucinating that there’s this big body of water or some beautiful woman is walking towards him or whatever the case may be, it’s not as crazy as it seemed in the movies, I guess.
SPEAKER 11 :
Not at all, and it goes even back to those who are on the ship, right? They’ve been out there forever, and they didn’t have water, and they start to hallucinate, and they see the mermaids. So same thing. It’s all about that dehydration and the inflammation in the brain, and it’s a powerful thing when we’re under stress.
SPEAKER 05 :
So our brains literally are, you know, they say, you know, playing tricks on your mind. Not necessarily tricks. It’s just your brain isn’t able to function at the cognitive level that it normally would be because of the heat, the dehydration, and so on.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s right. And your brain’s also working overtime to try to keep everything else functioning because we’re trying to stay alive and keep going. It’s one of those things that we’ve done for years. We don’t really think about it that often now because it’s rare that we’re too far from water or too far from air conditioning. to really think about it, but it still affects us, and it’s something we need to be cognizant of.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, as you know, I’m a car guy, so this is like going up one of our large passes we would have here in Colorado, running up to 11,000 feet. As it gets hotter outside, everything is working that much harder. The engine’s trying to perform better, the transmission even. All sorts of components in the car are working overtime. And in some cases, Troy, they don’t. They collapse on the way up. They can’t make it all the way up. You see them over on the side of the road. There’s steam coming out of the radiator or out from underneath the hood or whatever the case may be. And reality is it couldn’t perform because we overloaded it too much.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s right. Either overloaded it or we didn’t have the right components to begin with.
SPEAKER 05 :
True. Good point. We didn’t prep well enough on the front side. Yeah, good point.
SPEAKER 11 :
Good point. So all those things… can certainly add up and our body is no different. If we’re low and we’re dehydrated or we’re low in certain vitamins or we’re straining our body by drinking too much alcohol or smoking too much, all those things come around and they affect us long term, especially when we’re under stress like heat.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, give us some tips on the front side. You know, just like your vehicle, there’s things we can do to prep not only our vehicle, but in this case, our bodies to be ready for these things. In a lot of cases, folks, especially now, Troy, you can pretty much look and know, okay, I’m going to be doing this activity. It’s going to be this temperature outside. Oh, by the way, I might be in the sun versus the shade because that’s a big factor, especially for those of us in the Mile High City. And as you get further up the pass, as I was just saying a moment ago, the closer you get to the sun, the worse this can get. My point is it doesn’t have to be super hot outside to still have that intensity of the sun sucking the life out of you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. And the best way to get prepared is to stay well hydrated. And that is obviously by drinking water, but it also has to do with what we eat. So if we’re going to eat meals, try to eat meals that are high in water content. So fruits and vegetables, stay away from those things that are really dry and go after high water content type foods. So dark leafy greens, you want to go after those fatty fish and even eggs are a great thing to eat because they’re full of the vitamins, vitamin B in particular, that we know are beneficial for the brain. And it’s going to help your brain function at its absolute best. So always looking for blueberries, blackberries, great thing to do this time of year anyway, because they’re usually in season and you get better fruit and vegetables during the summer months. So I think it’s a pretty cool way that God has kind of designed nature for us to have those fruits and vegetables. with all the water content when we need it the most.
SPEAKER 05 :
Great point. Is there other things? Okay, I guess here’s a question. I mean, it’s sort of like we have this water tank, if you would, but on the same token, Troy, I also know that you can’t, like, overfill it because there is a point in time where it’s like, all right, you’re hydrated, you keep drinking and doing other things, and it’s really not adding anything to it. On the same token, as it starts to deplete, you need to be able to refill it, so you need to be cognitive of that as well, I’m guessing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. So as you’re out, especially the hotter it gets, have a bottle of water with you and continue to sip on that bottle of water throughout the day. Every hour, make sure that you’re drinking a glass of water or half a glass of water and stay well hydrated because that’s only going to benefit you. And then I think the next thing is if you’re exercising and staying in shape, your body is going to be much more balanced able to handle any temperature extremes or any stress moments that may come up. Whether that’s heat, whether that’s cold, whether that’s some stressful event that you’re going through, the more you exercise and you strain your body in an intentional way, then you’re going to have that much better of a chance when you come under extreme heat or extreme cold.
SPEAKER 05 :
There’s one thing in my notes, which this one also makes sense, although for some they do better at this than others, and that is quality sleep. So you know you’ve got a big event coming up or you’re going to be doing some sort of an outdoor whatever. It could just be chores around the house. I guess, Troy, what you’re saying in my notes here is make sure you get a good night’s sleep ahead of time.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. I mean, sleep is one of those things that – it is the time for our body really to recharge and to rekindle and to get back to that homeostasis where we can rest, our muscles are resting, our body’s resting, our brain is basically clearing itself out. It’s kind of like turning off your computer. You have to turn off your computer every once in a while. Otherwise, it just kind of gets filled up with so many things. Our brains are very similar. And if we’re not getting enough sleep or we’re not turning it off and taking that total rest, then it can really slow us down cognitively, especially during times of heat.
SPEAKER 05 :
One thing that, and I guess because I am, partly because of what I do here on a daily basis as well, staying socially active, engaging with friends and family, helping to maintain that cognitive function and your emotional well-being, that is one, I’ll just tell you straight up, Troy, I wouldn’t have thought of that as a part of a life hack in regards to heat and the stress they’re in.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I mean, again, it’s all about making sure that your brain is as active as possible, whether you’re under heat or not. So that’s why you have the social interactions that you have. You’re always exercising your brain through whatever that may be, kind of like you’re working out your biceps. You’re doing the same thing with your brain by doing crossword puzzles, playing games. Whatever it is to give you a little greater mental challenge will only help your brain when it becomes under stress.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, and you are, that one I get fully, that whole keeping your brain exercised. And no, folks, I’m not being critical here, Troy, but it’s not turning on the TV and vegging. I know there are times where that is what some people need. They need that rest. They need that relaxation and so on. But I think at times people think, well, I’m challenged by watching the TV. Well, unless it’s Jeopardy and you’re trying to figure out and solve whatever that question is, Troy, probably not.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. Now, there are some videos that you could take maybe for a language course that has a video that goes along with it that could be a challenging opportunity for your brain. But for the most part, I’d say 98% of the time, turning off the TV is a good thing. Picking up a book, picking up a podcast or something else to help challenge your brain, that’s a great way to go over the TV for sure.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, and again, folks, all of you are a little bit different. Everybody’s brain, you know, Troy, you would know this, is a little bit different. You need to know and master what are those things that challenge you. I mean, some of you might be bored stiff doing, like me, Troy, I’ll just tell you straight up, crossword puzzles for me, yeah, yeah, I mean. That’s a myth for me. They don’t do much for me at all. Now, some of the other brain games that are out there, I do really well with. But crossword puzzles and me personally, just never been my thing. But I know people that can sit there, Troy, they buy a book and they get started and they just keep rolling. Again, pick your poison. Pick whatever works for you and go do that. And at the same time, Troy, I think it needs to be fun and challenging.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. And I’m right there with you. A crossword puzzle doesn’t really excite me much, but maybe trying to pick up the guitar and learn how to play that or a new language. Those are all things that you can do to really help challenge yourself. And, you know, on a hot day, if you’re out on the porch or you’re inside and you have a guitar. oftentimes that could make you feel just that much better. So go ahead and challenge yourself with something musical as well because those are great things that we know really expand the mind.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. You’re from Centurion Labs, a founder of which they have, for all of you listening, great line of supplements for just about anything you can think of. Now, along those lines, Troy, are there things that we could be taking all the time, not just on the front side of an event like this, but all the time? And then are there certain things we can do if we know we’re going to have a stressful encounter coming up?
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. I think we’ve already touched on two of the things, which are diet and exercise, staying well hydrated. But then if there are supplements that you’re looking for, there are certain supplements that certainly seem to support the brain more than others. And I think it starts with the B vitamins. So you’ve got to have methylfolate, which is folic acid or folate itself. You want to stay away from folic acid because it is a synthetic form, so you want to go after methylfolate. You want to go after methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, which are vitamin B12. And then you want to go after riboflavin 5-phosphate. So those are the main B vitamins you want to go after. And then if you want to look at things like saffron, which I know sounds like a cooking spice, but what they’ve found is it has a great, great effect on the brain, really helps with blood flow to the brain. And it also has head-to-head. with some antidepressant products has actually performed as well or better than those antidepressant products. So it helps with just brain development overall and kind of regulating some of that neurotransmitter activity that’s going on in your brain. And then the final thing I would say is look for fatty acids. So we all know that omega fatty acids are some of the best, omega-3s, but there are certain things out of those omegas that you want to pick out. So Anything with phosphatidylserine or phosphatidylcholine in it, we know that those are going to help with the neurons and really the membrane integrity of your brain itself and those nerves in the brain.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, now we want people to go to Centurion Labs to buy their supplements and so on, Troy, but let’s say that there’s some folks that are listening and maybe they’ve got some items kicking around and they’re wondering, okay, are these good supplements that I’ve actually been taking or are they bad? And I guess the question for you, I know we’ve talked about this in the past, but as a refresher, how do folks know the difference?
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s a great question, and really it comes down to trust of the company that you’re working with. So if you’ve had products with them and you know that they’re Quality products, if they’re made in the U.S., that’s a first start. You want to make sure that all your supplements are made here in the States because a lot of them come in from overseas. And then you want to make sure that it’s from a company that has been manufacturing their products at a CGMP, a quality-controlled manufacturing facility, and that the ingredients are have been tested and that even the final product has been tested itself to make sure that it has what it says is in it and that it doesn’t have any of those bacteria or other things that can sometimes get in product if it hasn’t been in a great facility.
SPEAKER 05 :
And the reason why we need to do this and be a little more careful is because it’s not regulated like what you would think other pharmaceuticals are. Am I right in saying that, Troy?
SPEAKER 11 :
That is true. They’re regulated, but they’re not looked at on a daily basis by the FDA. So they will come in and do inspections. They’ll look at the facilities and make sure that everything’s clean. But they won’t necessarily come in and say that this product is able to do whatever it’s saying.
SPEAKER 05 :
Whatever its claims are.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. Yep. So you can’t… That’s really the major difference. So when you’re talking about cleanliness, they should have about the same level of cleanliness between any product that is made that we consume. Now, we know that the FDA is not always able to get into places. So you do have some that sneak in and are unfortunately bad actors within the industry. But you always want to look for those that have been around for a while. have some good reviews, and certainly have been testing their products.
SPEAKER 05 :
Now, assumption on my part, maybe this is the wrong assumption, can they do that with out-of-country product? It sounds to me like that’s why you want to make sure they’re made in the USA, because if they’re shipped in from somewhere else, there is no FDA quality control in that particular case. Am I thinking correctly?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, it makes it much harder. So the FDA… does say that they can go over and they can start inspecting facilities overseas. And this is even true within the pharmaceutical realm, but it’s less often, and oftentimes it’s not being done to the level that I would think as Americans we would want it to be done, that we would expect it to be done.
SPEAKER 05 :
Interesting. I again, these are things that I’m learning because I mean, that makes sense. And I also know that depending upon where those are and what country it’s in and how easy the access is and so on. Also, I would think come into play with some of what you just mentioned a moment ago.
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. And then you also have. the language issues, you’ve got lots of other things that come into play, and cultural issues that they may think are up to speed in their culture, but for us, we would say it’s not quite where we want it to be.
SPEAKER 05 :
Folks, Interian Labs is the place to go. Look no further than that. And, Troy, as always, I always learn so much when you’re with us. I appreciate it very much. You’re a wealth of information. And I also assume, one thing we don’t mention enough, but if folks have questions along any of these lines, I’m assuming they can go right to the website and ask questions, right?
SPEAKER 11 :
Absolutely. We would be happy to help. You can find the phone number there. You can either call or send us an email, and we’ll be happy to answer any way we can.
SPEAKER 05 :
Troy, as always, I learn something every time you’re on with us, and I appreciate your time greatly.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thanks, John.
SPEAKER 05 :
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SPEAKER 08 :
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SPEAKER 05 :
All right. And we are back Health and Wellness Wednesday. And I appreciate you all joining us on Health and Wellness on Wednesdays. And also, by the way, I should mention this. Thank you to a lot of you will actually send me different articles on health and wellness. So I know this hour is valuable to a lot of you listening because you pick up different things and send me different articles and give me ideas or tell me that, hey, I read this about such and such or hey, I saw one of your guests on another nationally syndicated show or podcast or something along those lines. So I appreciate that. I do mean that sincerely. When you guys give me that type of feedback, that’s helpful. Not that I don’t think we need health and wellness on these Wednesdays. I do think we need it. I’ve learned a ton in this particular hour over the past whatever we’ve done at eight, nine, ten years almost now. And it’s, again, the information that I learn on a regular basis is fabulous. I did have somebody ask me specifically, please ask Troy what the difference between a high-quality supplement and a low-quality supplement. And again, as I was saying a moment ago, Troy is very humble and not as – how should I say this? I guarantee you, because I know Troy and I’ve studied his products and so on, his supplements are second to none. Now, one other thing he didn’t mention, but I will tell you, there’s a difference in cost like with anything else. Now, it’s not always true that the more a supplement costs, the better quality it is. But I will tell you that the really, really cheap stuff, it is cheap. And I can guarantee you, in a lot of cases, it’s doing nothing for you. It may not even have the ingredients in it that it even claims that it has. whereby a high-quality supplement and a high-quality product, yes, you’re going to pay a little bit more money for it, but you’re going to know exactly what’s in that product and the quality control behind it and a lot of the things that Troy expressed as well. So I would just tell you this. Just go to Centurion Labs and buy your supplements there and avoid a lot of the other, how should I say, a lot of the other not knowing what’s actually there. Just go to Centurion Labs instead, and you will know everything that’s inside of that particular product. All right, that’s it for this first hour. Health and Wellness Wednesday. We’ll be back with hour number two. Richard Battle joined us here in just one moment. Don’t go anywhere. This is Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 07 :
Bye. Bye.
