Tune in to a riveting episode of Rush to Reason as Host John Rush tackles life’s toughest challenges with no-nonsense advice. Learn why facing fear head-on is crucial and why there’s ‘no magical fix’ for life’s hurdles. In Health and Wellness Wednesdays, John dives deep into brain health, sharing insights from Harvard brain expert Dr. Rudolph Tanzi on slowing down the aging process with simple lifestyle tweaks. Join estate planning attorney Michael Bailey as he walks us through the intricacies of estate planning, revealing the impact administration changes have on taxes. Michael shares essential tips on structuring your finances
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And it is Health and Wellness Wednesday. Thanks for tuning in today. We appreciate it greatly. Michael Bailey joining us to get things fired off. Michael, how are you today, sir? I’m good. John, how are you? I’m always good. Normally you’re in studio with me, but Michael’s got an appointment, so he’s calling in today. And what is new on the estate front, on the estate planning front is what I should say.
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You know, estate planning is one of those things that There’s not a lot new that happens because it’s a fairly stable place for things to be, which is a good deal because you want your estate plan to be able to stick around for a long time. I mean, kind of the newer developments are usually, hey, how is the estate tax going? Because that can swing back and forth with administrations. So, you know, currently we have a $15 million per person estate tax limit, which means most people… don’t have more than 15 million dollars so we’re not super worried about planning for their estate taxes whereas you know 10 15 years ago we had a million dollar estate tax plan their estate tax number we’re like well that’s for people who have like my parents who bought a house for 104 000 30 years ago and now it’s worth like 800 000 they’re like they didn’t do anything they didn’t suddenly get hugely rich, but the estate tax limit was such that they’re starting to bump up against it and thinking, well, you know, they’ve saved $400,000 in an IRA or a 401k, and then they have an $800,000 house, and suddenly it’s $1.2 million, and they’re like, are we really going to owe $100,000 in tax because of this? That’s kind of silly. So it’s not that it applies to everybody, but because the tax rules change and because regime, you know, who’s in charge change and, you know, the left wants to tax everything and leave nothing and the right wants to leave everything and tax nothing. You know, it’s just, you know, paying attention to what are the tax rules and maybe it’s state tax rules are not the ones we’re worried about. Maybe it’s more the income tax rules because a couple of years ago, the Senate or the U S Congress passed the secure act was said, Oh, well, you know, all you people who thought you were billing being so brilliant and you saved, you know, a million dollars in your IRAs. Cool. When you die, that has to be paid out and we want our tax on it. Whereas before it was, you could pass it on to kids and stretch it out over their lifetimes and things like that. So, you know, that’s, is that estate tax? No. Is it income tax? Yes. Does it need to be planned for an estate plan? Yes. Because there’s, as you know, and we all feel there’s a million different types of taxes that we want to pay attention to in our estate tax, in our estate planning. And hopefully… Pay as little as possible, legally possible, but as little as possible.
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Yes.
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No, take advantage.
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And I say this all the time, even to clients that I have, Michael. The idea is to make as much money as you can, pay the least amount of taxes that you can legally, of course. There’s all sorts of ways to do that. There’s structures out there. This is where you come into play. Things can be structured in such a way whereby you just do things differently tax-wise, which at the end of the day, in this case, saves the estate and your heirs money.
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Right. You want to pass morons. Most people I know want to pass more of their money on to their kids than to the IRS or the state.
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And really quick, and the reason for that, not to get off on a tangent, Michael, but because government does nothing but waste the dollars that we give them, there’s such distrust in government that that’s really the sentiment pretty much across the board. I meet very, very few people on either side of the aisle that just say, okay, Mr. Government, here’s more of my money.
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Well, the government is… Kind of like the rest of us, once they have money, they don’t want to give it back. That’s right. And they always want more. That’s right. You know, when somebody says, well, how much money would you like to make? The answer is always more. Right. Doesn’t matter how much or how little you make. The answer is always more. So the government wants more. So we look at it and say, how can we give you what you need without giving you too much so that we can get it to where we want it to go instead of just to the government?
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Very well said. And again, folks listening, please, all of this, and I know Michael, I say this a lot, but all this can be planned out in your estate plan. And I think where people get… a little bit sideways and i’ve talked to individuals so i know this to be true i’m not even in your seat and you hear it far more than i do but i hear a lot of people they’ll be like i just need a simple plan okay do you um you you know you you have a business you’ve got kids you’ve got property maybe several properties at the end of the day no you don’t just need a simple plan anymore right well and and when people say they mean this they want a simple plan
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What they mean is, I want an inexpensive, cheap one. Yeah, here you go. Because they don’t want to pay any more for it. And I get that that’s the word people use. That’s the code. I totally get it. True. And I understand what they’re saying. And I say, yes, we’ll keep it as simple as possible to make sure it accomplishes what you want and get your beneficiaries, your heirs, what you need. Right. Because simple is sometimes in the eye of the beholder. Right. And… Setting something up that might be more complex to set up now, like a trust or a family LLC or a family limited partnership or something like that, you go, okay, this seems like it’s got to be complex now. I’m like, right. But when you die, everything’s all set up. You don’t have to go deal with the courts. You don’t have to deal with the tax man. It all just flows to your kids. So we did the work on the front end so that it doesn’t take anything on the back end and it’s all good. And they’re like, oh, I guess that makes sense. So again, in the eye of the beholder, where are we doing the work? Front end, back end, what are we trying to accomplish? For me, with my kids, I’m like, I don’t want my kids to have to go through probate here and in Idaho because I own property in both states. So I’m like, well, I’m going to set up a trust so that we don’t have to do that. Makes life easier on my kids. Maybe if you’re not in that situation, you’re like, well, hey, the only thing I have is an IRA and a 401k and I’m renting an apartment because the house became too big to clean, and I’m like, cool, those have beneficiary designations. Set those up properly, they go to the kids, and then, you know, we don’t have to worry about then, you know, but everybody’s situation is different enough that simple is very much in the eye of the beholder, and I don’t want to do
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ridiculously complicated things just because i learned how to do it once and i’m like oh look at me i’m so cool right it’s uh what’s best for you right great point and i think also point being is true with finances it’s true with what you’re talking about bottom line is every situation is different they’re not all created equal so what your you know co you know cohort at work might have done versus a family member versus you know somebody else you’re close to may or may not even apply to what you have going on
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Right. Or your next door neighbor who says, oh yes, we did a trust. You need to do a trust. It’s the best thing ever. Right. And your next door neighbor, you know, happened to have inherited a family farm in Kansas that they are now renting out to a corporate farmer. And I’m like, well, that’s going to be a very different situation than you that has your house and your IRA and your 401k. So everybody’s is just figuring out what is best for you and how can we implement that so that it can be done more And, you know, passing as much money on to the people that you can without running afoul of the rules. Right.
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Right. Again, folks, this is where you need solid expertise. That’s where Michael comes into play. Michael, number one, what’s it look like time-wise for you and how do folks get a hold of you?
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So I am scheduling appointments the last week of May right now. And you can reach me by calling me at 720-394-6887. One more time, that’s 720-394-6887. Or you can find me online at michaelbaileylawllc.com. Or I hear there’s a KLZ Rush to Reason. Anywhere they can find you, they can find me.
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Absolutely. They find me, they’re going to find you. You can find them at all of my websites, including klzradio.com. Michael, as always, I appreciate it. Off to a start here in the spring. We’ll talk to you next month. All right. Sounds good. You bet. Have a great one. Appreciate it very much. And again, Michael Bailey, he is our mobile estate planner. Find him again at klzradio.com. Veteran Windows and Doors coming up next. Make sure you save money on your windows and doors by going right to the source. That’s what Veteran Windows and Doors does. They cut out that middleman. Find them at klzradio.com.
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listen online klz radio.com back to rush to reason and we are back thanks for joining us today rush to reason denver’s afternoon rush klz 560 health and wellness edition okay i’ve got an article don’t have a guest this particular slot normally i do but today it’s just me and i had something i want to talk about anyways because it ties into our next guest where we’re going to talk about daylight saving time sleep, how to get adjusted, and so on. I thought that’d be a really good topic for today, given the fact that we just entered into it, really, Sunday morning. But for most people, their workday Monday a couple of days ago was the first day they really felt the effects of that time change. And some people are affected by it greater than others. We’ll talk about that with our next guest, doctor, by the way. So six daily habits. This is coming out of the Washington Post. Six daily habits to slow aging. from a Harvard brain expert. Now, I’ve had lots of folks on in this particular segment over the course of the past decade or so, talking about brain health and so on. In this particular case, this is a Harvard scientist, Rudolph Tanzi. He shares his plan for brain health and aging well, including habits for sleep stress and social interaction. Long before brain health became a buzzword, Rudolph Tanzi was rewriting the science behind it. The Harvard neurological professor and co-director of the Henry and Allison McCain Center for Brain Health of Massachusetts General Hospital is known for discovering three key Alzheimer’s genes. I talked about that, by the way. not the genes, but Alzheimer’s itself on Al’s show, which I was on with Al today, Golden Eagle Financial from 2 to 2.30. If you get a chance to listen to Al’s program I was on today, and that’ll replay again Saturday morning from 8.30 to 9, right before Fix It Radio. If you want to tune in then, be sure to do so. I was on with Al talking about this very subject. This doctor also has written hundreds of journals and articles in his 46-year career that helped shape modern understanding of neurodegenerative illnesses. So he teamed up with a holistic health guru, Deepak Chopra, to write Superbrain, which was published in 2012 and challenged conventional thinking about the limits of the brain. Their work argued that the mind’s potential for growth and creativity far exceeds everyday use and that people can consciously shape their brains to have superhuman capabilities and improve their own well-being at the same time. He is also the architect of lifestyle intervention plan for brain health known as SHIELD that emphasizes the importance of sleep, handling stress, interaction with others, exercise, eating well, and learning. That’s what SHIELD stands for. He’s now 67. He credits his research with helping him stay mentally sharp, physically active, and deeply engaged I’m doing more work and having more fun and excitement than ever in my life, he said. Your world can be a young world or a stable world completely based on the health of your brain, and people don’t realize that. Again, this is a subject that we’ve covered here on Rush to Reason numerous times in the past, and probably for me. I mean, is there a, you know, do I have a stake in the game, if you would? Yeah, you guys all know my story. My father passed away this last October. He had late-stage dementia and Alzheimer’s. Both had that for several years. Finally got the point in October that it took his life. And it’s not a fun disease, folks. I’ll just tell you that straight up. And it’s not fun not only for the patient. Frankly, they don’t know what’s going on. I can’t say whether it’s fun or not fun for them because they really don’t know. Mentally, they don’t have a clue. The people around them sure do. And it’s really hard on the people around them because it becomes 24-7 care for that particular individual that finds themselves in that situation. So sleep. Sleep’s a big deal. Aim for seven to eight hours of high-quality sleep each night. Adequate rest is essential for brain function and memory. In fact… And I believe God set this up the way he created the earth. Six days he worked, seventh day he rested. That seventh day, he didn’t need the rest. That was by design for us, so we could rest because our human frail bodies need it. And again, I’ve done studies on this or done shows on this during this particular hour, and that sleep time that you get, it’s literally a reset of your brain. There’s things even chemically happening in your brain that reset. You wake up typically, not all, but typically refreshed, ready for the day. It’s also why they tell you don’t make really large financial decisions at night. Always make those the next morning when you’re fresh. That’s why I always tell people never, ever, ever buy a car on a Friday night. Sorry, Mr. Dealership, but never buy a car on a Friday night. Worst time you could ever buy one. In fact, I would tell you don’t buy a car in the evening, period. Worst time to buy one because you’re not mentally as sharp in the evenings as you are during the day. And that doesn’t mean that there can’t be brainstorming meetings and things. And a lot of companies have evening meetings and so on. And I’m not saying that you can’t do that. But typically speaking. When you’re really trying to be sharp and learn, that’s the next morning when you wake up. And I get it, some people are different, some people operate a little bit differently. I’m talking in generalities. Each person is a little bit different. When you sleep, this is in my notes here, You not only consolidate memories, but you drain toxins out of your brain, much like I said a moment ago, that chemical reaction. You actually clean amyloid toxins. That’s the sticky material that triggers Alzheimer’s disease, and it usually does so two decades in advance of symptoms. Think about that, two decades, 20 years in advance of symptoms. Every time you go into deep sleep, it’s a rinse cycle for your brain. You know, and for me personally, that’s about where I’m at. I rarely get eight. I don’t need eight. I can suffice with seven, no problem, sometimes as little as six. But if I get seven a night, I’m good to go. I’m unique. Some need eight. Some actually need nine. Depends on you and your body type and your makeup and so on. Trump, I think Charlie, he still lives on like four. The guy’s a machine. I can do four. I just can’t do it consecutively night after night after night. It will eventually drain me. I can do it, but it’s not what I like doing. I need at least six to seven hours of sleep, much like this doctor that we’re talking about. People often ask him for advice about what to do if they only get five or six hours of sleep, and he recommends power naps, even a short one in the office that results in a little drool on your desk. That’s good, he says. So in other words, sleep is really important. Even if you can only get that four to five hours in a particular night, having a little power nap in the afternoons, 15, 20, 30 minutes even, can help your cognitive skills, I guess I should say your brain health immensely. And again, these are things that we’ve talked about during this hour many, many times. We tend to forget it because we get busy in our daily lives. And my next doctor coming on, we’re going to talk about that very subject. Next one, handling stress. Minimize chronic stress, which has been linked to accelerated cognitive decline. It induces cortisol, which is a toxic chemical in the brain. Tansy worries that the constant demands of modern life, such as staying current on social media or responding to a steady stream of emails, they have created unprecedented levels of stress. Now, for some people, those things create stress. For others, they may actually reduce stress. It depends. It depends on you. It depends on what you do. Some people need a little bit of reading before they go to bed. Some, like me, I just need some mindless whatever. It could be a mindless reel or a mindless story or something I’ve read. Typically for me, it’s not something that I’m having to put a lot of thought into. There are some evenings for me because of my schedule whereby I have to work to be ready for the next morning. That’s me. For example, Tuesday nights, because the podcast is early on Wednesday morning, I’m usually doing a little bit of studying Tuesday night for the next morning. It just is what it is. Now, for me, that’s not stressful. I’m just studying, making sure I’m read up on what needs to happen for the next morning, and it doesn’t stress me out at all. And I do my very best to not have stressful things happen in the evenings. And I think for all of us, that’s really important. His strategy of choice for handling stress is meditation. Now, for everybody, that’s different. It could be some of what I just talked about for you. It could be prayer. It could be meditation. It could just be your quiet time. You name it. For some people, it could be taking a shower. It could be taking a bath. It could be going to the sauna, the hot tub. It really depends on what you need in your world. You know you. And you need to do what you do. In my case, not always, but in some cases, because of the red light therapy that I have through SunPower LED that’s a sponsor of the National Crawford Roundtable, I’ll do red light occasionally. And to me, it’s a stress reliever, just the red light, whether it’s on a particular part of your body or whatever, neck, shoulders, some of those stress points. Does it help? I think it does, yes. How much does it help? You know what? I can’t answer that. You have to answer that on your own. I can’t tell you how that works. You have to do that on your own. But public health experts and physicians have pointed to stress as a major reason Americans live shorter lives than peers in nations with similar resources. We are, in America, we are a stressed country. citizenry no doubt about it and lots of reasons for that from you know financial keeping up with the joneses to sometimes our jobs to sometimes family and all the demands that are there some of you are raising kids and some of you that are grandparents are still raising kids there’s lots of things that can come along to make things more stressful reality is reduce that stress as much as you can the next one is interaction with friends Maintain an active social life. Loneliness is associated with a higher risk of neurodegenerative conditions. That’s the stimulation that the brain likes. Make sure it’s people that you like. If it’s people you don’t like, that’s stress. Ask yourself, how often each week do you interact with people that are not coworkers or household family members? Research has shown that social interactions have positive effects on our lives. So, for example, my wife and I, and I won’t say which one of these we go to, but we play trivia a couple of nights a week, typically Wednesdays for sure. So tonight we play trivia. Charlie knows this. I won’t say where because I don’t want to give that away, but I play trivia on Wednesday nights. To me, it’s a stimulant. It makes my brain think. And my wife and friends that we do this with laugh at me because I hate losing. So I’m doing my best to try to strategize and determine how to win. To me, it’s functioning my brain. Now, it’s also social. For me, we know the majority of people that we play trivia with at this particular destination every Wednesday night, and it’s fun. I enjoy the interaction that we have with all of the other individuals that are playing, and sometimes it gets a little rowdy, but we have a lot of fun, and it goes along with… this particular topic that this particular doctor is talking about in regards to brain health. It’s a brain stimulant, and it helps you in that area. So it’s very important for those of you that are listening to not just sit around at home and do nothing. And I think there’s times you need to do that for the stress reducer, but that interaction, that social interaction that so many people need. We’re humans, and this is something that, by the way, I don’t talk enough about probably during Health and Wellness Wednesdays. We’re humans. God designed us to need each other. That’s how we’re made. We are made to have touch. It’s where I don’t think AI will ever be what everybody says it will be because it can’t do physical touch. human beings need physical touch we need physical interaction we need to look at each other talk to each other study one another and so on it’s very very important so my next guest is going to join us we’re going to talk a little bit more along these lines but i’ll come back and finish this out because there’s other things in this that we really need to to talk about that’s imperative for you to stave off alzheimer’s and some of the other things that are out there and just in all in all Live a better life. Ridgeline Auto Brokers coming up next. Again, if you’re looking for a new used car, they have got you covered. You can shop online. Go to RidgelineAutoBrokers.com.
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Back to Rush to Reason. And welcome back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, our health and wellness Wednesday edition. We do this every single Wednesday during the first hour, 3 to 4 o’clock. Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum joining us now. Dr. Teitelbaum, how are you today?
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I’m living here in Hawaii, and life is good, John.
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So you are four hours behind us. So it’s, what, just 1130 now?
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Correct. Mm-hmm.
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I love Hawaii. Going there in a few weeks, and it’s one of my favorite destinations, so I’m jealous.
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You should be. I’m teasing. But springtime is coming.
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Yes, it is. Yes, it is. All right. You are here, and I was talking in our last segment just about brain health and how to save off Alzheimer’s and things like that. And, of course, sleep is a big thing. It’s a big thing for all of us. It really affects everyone no matter what age. And daylight saving time, which just occurred, you don’t go through that in Hawaii. Hawaii and Arizona do not, but the rest of us do. And for some people, Dr. Teitelbaum, that’s a big deal. They have a hard time adjusting.
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Absolutely. Daylight savings time is an anachronism that should be eliminated. It’s just an old holdover. But we can use it. And for those listeners who find that for a couple days after they feel kind of fuzzy or tired, it’s a warning sign that you’re not getting good enough sleep overall because you’re right on the edge there. So what I’d love to do today, John, is talk about the importance of sleep, including for things like preventing dementia and how to get a good night’s sleep.
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Okay, let’s do it. You’ve got the floor. We’ll listen in. I’ve done, just so you know, we’ve done this hour for about a decade. I have interviewed numerous folks when it comes to brain health and things like that. Although I will say this, Dr. Teitelbaum, every single time we talk about it, I learn something new.
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Well, here’s an interesting thing, John. Let’s start with the brain health for a moment because most people, Dementia is preventable. And most people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, or at least a very large percent, don’t actually have it. They have something else that contributes. And poor sleep and chronic pain, things along those lines, these all go together. They all contribute to dementia. Okay.
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I was not aware of that. Thank you for that. Again, like I say, I learn something new every day when I’m here.
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Absolutely. And for those interested, they can email me for an information sheet on preventing dementia. I send out free information sheets. It’s fatigue, D-O-C, at gmail.com. But I think it’s going to be helpful for listeners to know what a normal night’s sleep has been for most of human history. And until light bulbs were invented, the average night’s sleep in the United States was nine hours a night. And for most of you in history, it’s been that or longer. So if you’re getting that average six and three quarter hour, you are sleep deprived and it’s really playing havoc with health.
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Does it vary from person to person or is that pretty much a standard no matter who we are because we’re human?
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It varies just like two sizes. So if the amount of sleep you’re getting feels good to you and your brain is clear and you feel fine, then ignore this. What you’re doing is working. In fact, I would recommend you tend to ignore doctors in general if you feel well. Even as an MD, there’s a tendency to try to medicalize everybody. But if you have poor cognition, fatigue, pain, you get frequent infections. But also, if you don’t want to age quickly, getting proper sleep makes the fountain of youth hormone or growth hormone. So you actually will be younger and look younger. if you’re getting your optimal sleep. So just take a weekend, sleep in, see how many hours you naturally sleep on your own, see how you feel after you get a couple nights of that full amount, and you’ll learn quickly what’s optimal for you.
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I am envious of those individuals, by the way, because I’m a seven-hour-a-night guy. I’m that every single night. It doesn’t matter whether it’s weekdays, whether it’s weekends. In fact, I’m one of those where I just, after seven hours, I wake up, my brain’s awake. I then start thinking about the different things that… are going on in my world, things I may need to do, things I want to go do. Sometimes it’s not a matter of having to. It’s not stress, by the way. It’s just things that I know I need or want to do. So for me, I’m envious of those folks that can sleep in because I just can’t. I don’t do that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, how do you feel overall, though, John, during the day? I feel fabulous. Is your mind clear? Your energy good?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. I mean, I start my show at 3 o’clock in the afternoon every day, and anybody listening knows that, yep, I’m ready to go. I don’t have any issues.
SPEAKER 04 :
Then what you’re doing is working for you.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, then I’ll keep doing it. All right, I’ll keep that up. I am, though, at times jealous of those folks that get to sleep more, because for me, my brain doesn’t allow that for some reason.
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s funny. I get my nine hours a night, and I like it. And people ask, how do you make time for that? Well, number one, you cut out the things you don’t enjoy. That’s right. So if people are doing a lot of screen time, but things will leave you feeling anxious… or hating, hateful, or just feeling poorly, one, that makes it hard to sleep. It suppresses the sleep center. Cut out those things you don’t enjoy. Keep the things you do. Good point. Use the time that you make that way for sleep. Good point. And you’ll be out of game. And there’s a lot of natural things that can help sleep as well.
SPEAKER 14 :
And, you know, we can probably get into some of those things, but when it comes to the common things, and I know what some of these are, but I want you to go over these as well because I’m sure I’ll learn something that I didn’t know prior, things that we should do prior to bedtime. And I get it. Some people have a routine, although I will say there are others out there that have no routine. It’s sort of a, well, whenever I feel like going to bed, I’ll go to bed. What’s the proper way? Is it a, I’m tired and I’ll go to bed when I feel like it, or should you have some sort of regimen?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, your body loves routine and predictability. And it’s no coincidence that if we have children, you don’t get them riled up and running around and say, in bed now. You have kind of a calming bedtime routine, something that’s enjoyable, something that’s familiar. You don’t read them a new book every night. They want the same story they’ve heard a hundred times. And we’re just big children when it comes to going to sleep.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, you know what? You’re right about that. So that’s where for some, and I’m guessing, again, we’re humans, that routine is important. And, again, folks, I’m not going to tell any of you what time you should go to bed or not go to bed. That is completely up to you. You know what you need to do. For me, I tend to back into things, Dr. Teitelbaum, and what I mean by that is if I know I need to be up at 6 a.m., for example, which is typically kind of my wake-up time in the mornings, well, then I know that I can’t stay up past 11. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 04 :
And that’s a perfectly reasonable way to do it. John, as you noted, if it’s working for people, keep doing it. As for those who aren’t working, who feel unrested, they don’t have restful sleep, they have trouble falling asleep. That’s where the routines become important.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’m so weird, and everybody knows this, Dr. Teitelbaum. I haven’t used an alarm clock in probably 25 years. My brain just automatically knows when to get up. And by the way, that even includes if I need to get up earlier to catch a flight or do something like that, I still don’t need an alarm clock.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I find that if I’m waking up for something I enjoy… my brain will wake me up. But if it’s something I don’t enjoy, it won’t. Good point.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I enjoy what I do on a daily basis, so I guess it kind of proves your point along those lines. Outside of routine, what else should we do at night?
SPEAKER 04 :
So simple things like common sense, avoid caffeine within five hours of bedtime, and use some herbal teas, a cup of chamomile tea. You don’t want to use tea bags that are chamomile dust. You want the buds. You want the loose tea. So steeping a cup of tea before bedtime will help sleep. Melatonin can be very, very helpful. And I recommend sustained release so you don’t wake up at 2 in the morning. There’s an EP-120 sustained release melatonin. There are essential oils that are excellent. Lavender, the smell of lavender helps you sleep. So I like one called Terrific Disease Easy. There’s herbal mixes like Revitalizing Sleep Formulae. These are the three main ones that I use in my medical practice. But any one or even all three together, if needed, will leave most people sleeping like kittens and puppies.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, makes total sense. Now, I notice in my notes too, and I know this is a big one, because doing big problem-solving things at night, and I get it for some, depending upon their work and so on, they may have to do some things in the evening, although I personally do my best to not do any heavy, you know, thinking isn’t the right word, but any heavy, you know, hey, I’ve got to solve this problem so in the morning I’m ready to go. Yeah, I’ll just do that. I’ll get up earlier in the morning and do that. I’m not doing that tonight.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. Can you imagine with your five-year-old? It’s bedtime. Now we have to figure out all these problems. I’m like, no. You want something calming. Otherwise, your brain stays in adrenaline mode, and it’s hard to sift it to sleep. And even if you do fall asleep, it’s not going to be the restful, restorative stuff. Save the stress for not within that hour’s routine before bedtime. Let that just be fun. If you’re reading things like Kindles or even if you’re on your phone, Set it to night mode. You’ll find that you can set it from bright to not as bright, and you can take it from blue to yellow.
SPEAKER 14 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 04 :
Blue light really triggers adrenaline release, even in the middle of the night, and can disrupt sleep.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, makes total sense. What about, you know, for a lot of folks, they’ve got either hot tubs, saunas, a hot bath even. Is there anything to that prior to bed?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I think if it’s accompanied by a glass of wine or a shot of something enjoyable, but definitely, yeah, I’m a fan for that. The hot tub will relax the muscles and help you go to sleep. And again, I know there’s this old saw about don’t use alcohol before bed because it’ll disrupt sleep quality. But again, historically, having one drink before bedtime is really okay if you feel like it. And for those of you with chronic pain, Take an Epsom salt bath. Take two cups of Epsom salts. You can get them at any store. Put in a tub of hot water and soak the magnesium that makes up the Epsom salts. Powerful muscle relaxant, powerful calming. It’ll ease you right into sleep. Just give it a half hour after the bath to cool down.
SPEAKER 14 :
Now, the one thing I struggle with and my wife’s going to be laughing at me on this one is I’m a really, really, really light sleeper. I could hear a pin drop, meaning that if there’s any noises, you know, others snoring, things along those lines, you know, I’m up and I am awake because those things I just just the way again, the way my. my brain works i’m a light sleeper have been ever since i was a kid uh my wife wonders you know what’s wrong with my brain because when i go to sleep i’m not a deep sleeper like what most people are because i can wake up at you know the drop of a hat so for those of us like me whereby these noises tend to wake you up how do you deal with that so here’s the thing you wake up excited and ready for the day and you have good energy so it’s not an issue it’s working for you
SPEAKER 04 :
But for those who find that they don’t feel like they’re getting restorative sleep, using a simple eye mask at night, or you can use a blackout curtains, but eye mask is simpler. The light triggers adrenaline release, even night lights. So the mask takes care of that. And then a simple pair of earplugs if you need. Those simple things will help. And then we mentioned just have a sprig of dried lavender by your nightstand or put a drop of lavender oil. on your upper lip, under your nose. Or we talked about the EP120 melatonin and different herbals. There’s so much you can do, the cup of chamomile tea. All of this will tend to make you sleep more restfully and perhaps deeper.
SPEAKER 14 :
One of the things I didn’t know, in fact, I’ve heard many, many times, you know, don’t eat anything after 7 o’clock. Yet in my notes, you’re saying that sometimes, depending upon the person, a light snack actually might help.
SPEAKER 04 :
So here’s the thing. If you have nighttime acid reflux… There’s a whole other protocol for that. We can go through that if you like. But the thing is that if you wake up in the middle of the night, like 2 to 4 in the morning, especially if you have a stressful life, that’s often low blood sugar from adrenal fatigue. And taking a one- or two-ounce protein snack, not a big meal, but maybe like a hard-boiled egg or a little bit of cheese or meat, an ounce or so before bedtime, can help keep your blood sugar stable so you don’t wake up in the middle of the night. So, again, it becomes a personal thing. You don’t want big meals before bedtime because lying down, there’s a tendency to acid reflux.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. And that, again, that’s a new one. I had not heard that one before. It makes total sense. And we’ve got a couple of minutes here. Talk about those folks that struggle with acid reflux. What should they be doing to assist that?
SPEAKER 04 :
So here’s the thing, that you need stomach acid during the day. I do not recommend the PPI acid blockers because those are deadly. Sorry. I just thought, you know, my humble opinion, and I’ve Don’t even think they should be on the market, certainly over-the-counter. Instead, Pepsid is much, much safer. Pepsid, Tagamet, even the Zantac is being reissued now. These are much better, and just at bedtime. Don’t use it during the day. But for nighttime acid reflux, number one, I would take one-half teaspoon of of potassium bicarbonate. You can get a food grade one on Amazon. Or you can just use Arm & Hammer baking soda if you don’t have high blood pressure or salt issues. A half a teaspoon and a few ounces of water. Stir it. Take it like a shooter. Just slug it down. It’s pretty alkaline. And then take a couple ounces of water after to wash it down into the stomach. It will neutralize the stomach acid. Meanwhile, raise the head of the bed a bit. Pillows don’t work. But one gravity… You want something that raises you up from the waist. So if you can put something under the legs of the bed by the head, just raise it a few degrees. Gravity will start to be working in your favor again. And then the pep sit at bedtime, perfectly fine. because you don’t need the stomach acid when you’re sleeping.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Good to know. Again, I’m learning something every single time we go through these topics, and I appreciate you being with us. Now, back to the whole daylight saving time where things have shifted, not because we want them to, but just because it is what it is. How do folks adjust for that? Again, we are now the third day into it. I mean, I don’t count Sunday because most people have a way of sleeping in and doing things on a Sunday, but Monday when they woke up, go to work is when they really noticed it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and I think just taking the, again, I like sustained-release melatonins, and I use the 5 to 10 milligrams. Take it an hour before bedtime. Take the herbal. So your brain is saying, hey, it’s still light outside, so you need to reset your day-night clock and your routines. But doing the herbals, the chamomile tea, the melatonin, all of that an hour before you’re ready to go to sleep will help your body reset better. after you can get the solid sleep that you need.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Now, and I don’t know if there’s any data behind how long it takes the average person to adjust for the time change. And again, I’m not the best case study, so I can’t use myself for this.
SPEAKER 04 :
I haven’t seen that, but most people, it’s going to take three to four days. They’ll notice it for a day or two. It’ll still be happening for three to four days. If you look at the research on increase in accidents and stuff, they mostly look for the whole month after. But usually it’s about three to four days. It’s similar to what it takes to recover from jet lag. It’s a similar process.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Yeah, and that’s where, for me, I mean, I guess when you travel, you’re already used to having to make different sleep adjustments according to the time zone you’re in and so on, and you just sort of get used to it. So for me, the time changes, I’ll be straight up honest, I don’t really notice a whole lot with it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. You have good sleep. So what you’re doing is working for you.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. Well, I will continue to do what I’m doing. What else do you want to add before I let you go? This has been very informative, by the way. I appreciate your time greatly.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, again, we talked about sleep and pain, sleep and dementia. Both pain and dementia are very treatable. My new book, Pain Relief, shameless plug if you don’t mind, will be out March 23rd on Amazon. But most pain can be effectively treated, and most dementia can be prevented.
SPEAKER 14 :
Again, I did not know that. And one more time, the plug is fine. You tell us about the book, and you’re more than able to talk about that. Tell us where to buy it and so on. Give us that info one more time.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, you’re going to have to put it on your calendar because it won’t be on Amazon until March 23rd. But it’s called Pain Relief in Four Easy Steps. And I’ve done pain management for 50 years now since I had fibromyalgia back in medical school. And it’s not hard. You treat the muscle pain, the inflammation, the nerve pain, and the brain pain from chronic pain. You treat all four of those, which most doctors are not familiar with. And our research that’s been published shows that the pain goes away.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, good to know. And I’m assuming you’re able to do this without a lot of drugs.
SPEAKER 04 :
Mostly without drugs, but I’m not against the drugs when they’re needed.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, good to know. Okay, on top of all of this, can folks just find you directly? Is there a website, anything else, Dr. Teitelbaum, that you have?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, there’s endfatigue.com where I have supplements. Information is vitality101.com. And again, if you want information sheets on chronic pain, or preventing dementia, you can email me directly at fatigue, F-A-T-I-G-U-E, D-O-C.com.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, and it’s D as in dog, D-O-C. So basically, FatigueDoc.com.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, it’s D-O-C as in doctor.
SPEAKER 14 :
D-O-C, yep, that’s what I figured. Okay, makes it easy. FatigueDoc at gmail.com is what it is. Doc, I appreciate it greatly. Thank you for joining us, and I mean it sincerely. You’ve been a great help. Thank you so much. My pleasure, John. You bet. All right, and again, that book, Pain Relief in Four Easy Steps, comes out March 23rd. Some of you may want to go ahead and sign up and get that on Amazon. You might want to sign up early, as a matter of fact, and maybe you know somebody who could actually get one of those books. Books for Dr. Scott coming up next. Now, Dr. Scott can also help you with a lot of things that we just got done talking about. It’s right up his alley. He is a wellness doctor, meaning he wants you to live your best life possible by being the healthiest you possibly can. 303-663-6990.
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SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Jumping back into my original article before Dr. Teitelbaum, who was just on with us, which he tied right into the article. Going back to the whole friend end of things. This particular doctor even talks about how he has different text messages. friend groups, whereby he takes time to interact with them two to three times a day. He’s not obsessive about it. They include college friends, old fraternity brothers, basketball groups, and so on. So some of you actually have that at your disposal as well. Again, keeping your brain functioning. Next on this list, of course, is exercise. Regular physical activity to boost blood flow to the brain and support the growth of new neural connections. mean walking. It may mean going to the gym. It may be doing some physical activity, you know, climbing stairs, whatever the case may be. Being active is really imperative when it comes to not just overall health, but especially when we’re trying to stave off dementia and Alzheimer’s and have good brain health. And all of us, myself included, this is an area where I could do a better job of shoring up. Now, I do a lot of things on the weekends just because I live on you know five acres there’s always something to do so i’m always out and about but i will tell you during the week i could do a better job of being more pertinent i guess i could say more purposeful is the right word when it comes to activity i’m very active and i do stairs and all that sort of stuff but i could do more in this regard and i will make sure that i do after reading a lot of these things so They talk about how even every thousand steps a person takes, you stave off Alzheimer’s by a year. In other words, let’s get busy and do things along those lines, and you will be better off when it’s all said and done. Sorry, not the last thing, but the next to last thing on this list is learning new things. That’s really imperative, and it’s something that we’ve talked about during this segment many, many times when it comes to learning. dementia and alzheimer’s keeping your brain active now for me this is one area that i don’t lack in because this show what i do here and on the weekends makes me learn new things every single day i’m reading about something that i didn’t know the day before this show forces me to learn things that, quite honestly, I wouldn’t know any other way. In fact, there will be times where we’ll be doing something, playing trivia like I mentioned earlier. We’ll be talking to friends or whatever, or I’ll just give out my useless information of the day. And my kids sometimes laugh at me. My wife laughs at me when I give out the useless information of the day. And there’s typically things that I’ve learned by doing this program on a daily basis. And sometimes people look at me like, how did you know that? Well, it’s because of what I do here in the studying that you have to do at times to know certain things, because I’ll be quite frank, I wouldn’t know them otherwise. And I’m not critical of people that don’t because you wouldn’t know it unless you did what I do. Unless you do what I do on a daily basis, you wouldn’t know some of these things. So, yes, keep your brain active. Learn new things. Try new things. Puzzles, by the way. That’s another big one when it comes to dementia and Alzheimer’s because you’re thinking of how all of the pieces fit together. Your brain is working to learn. assemble the puzzle. And of course, last but not least, diet. Yeah, diet is so important. Eating right, eating healthy, cutting out a lot of the preservatives and fast food and things like that that are in all of our diets. Cut as many of those things out as you possibly can. Now, really fast, I’m going to put in a plug for… Dr. Julie Gatza, our last doctor, I guess I should have mentioned it, but when it comes to the whole acid reflux and how well your body does even at night with those things, the AbsorbAid product, that’s what it’s called, AbsorbAid. You can buy it from wellness.com. The Wellness Center that Dr. Julie Gatz is associated with, or you can buy it on Amazon. And it all comes from the same place, by the way. So you can buy it right on Amazon if you’d like, if you’ve got an Amazon account, free shipping and all of that. Absorbade, there’s two different products. There’s a platinum version, which I use. And I will tell you what, does it work? Absolutely it does. Does it help even with some of the things he mentioned in making even your own concoction? You can make the concoction he talked about or, quite frankly, take an Absorbade before you go to bed, one or two of them, and you’re in the same boat. It’s that simple, that easy. I get it. The baking soda is really cheap and really inexpensive and easy to do. really the absorbate is as well and there’s other things probiotic wise in the absorbate that just helps your overall health when it’s all said and done so i will tell you that yes in fact it does work but going back to diet is diet important yes for some of you that means cutting out some of the carbs cutting out some of the sugar carbs turn to sugar by the way sugar by the way when it comes to dimension alzheimer’s is one of the first things you should cut out If you’re really worried about having that, you’ve got a history of it in your family, I will tell you right now, cut the sugar out as much of it as you possibly can. It doesn’t mean it all has to come out, but we as Americans eat far too much sugar, consume far too much sugar in the first place because it’s in and on the majority of things that we eat. If you don’t believe me, go look at a label of almost anything you buy. In fact, most restaurants will cook with salt and sugar. Even though the item you’re eating might taste salty, chances are it probably has some sugar in it as well. The sugar keeps you coming back. That’s why restaurants use that. It’s in a lot of recipes, and they do that on purpose, again, to keep you coming back. for more so a lot of great useful tips i hope you guys learned some things today i did i’ve got one last commercial we’re going to talk about cub creek heating and air conditioning and hey it’s not in the not too distant future whereby you might be using your ac unit instead of your furnace or a combination of you’ve got trouble with either one of those give cub creek a call you can make an appointment online by the way cub creek heating and air conditioning find them at klz radio.com
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