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Welcome. Health and Wellness Wednesday, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Charlie Grimes, of course, with me today. Al Smith, Golden Eagle Financial with me. We got Al to hang around here for just a little bit because he’s got his own program from 2 to 2.30 in the financial segment. health of things and where you are financially, I think has a lot to do with our overall health, Al. And as we start off, you know, 2025, I don’t know that most people correlate it that way. But I will tell you that there’s many a upset stomach or migraine created over finances.
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Boy, I would certainly agree about that. And it’s easier to be physically and mentally healthy when you don’t have financial worries.
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All right, so I read a study. I was telling Al earlier, and I figured we could talk about this today because this goes along with this whole area of what we’re talking about. One in four adults over the age of 77. don’t have life insurance, and among age groups 65 to 74, which, by the way, don’t have a lot of life insurance either, yet they have debts like mortgages, lines of credit, car loans, credit card debt, student loans. On top of that, the average cost of funerals in the United States is about $8,000.
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Boy, those are some alarming statistics, and it’s one of those things, like many things, you should plan for. If you’re in your 60s and you realize you’re probably going to move into retirement with some debt, if you’re healthy, get some life insurance. You can still get it when you’re in your 60s. If you think you’ll have everything paid off, you can get term insurance. Otherwise, get some permanent insurance so you won’t leave those you love with your debt.
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And of course, and this is common, should be common knowledge, but maybe to some it isn’t. For those of you listening that are a lot younger than that, maybe you’re in your 30s or 40s, some of you listening might even be in your 20s, I will tell you that the younger you start down that path of life insurance, of course, Al, the cheaper your annual premiums are, right?
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Boy, it certainly is. And sometimes people say, well, you should only have term insurance. Well, if you know for certain that you’ll have an enormous nest egg when you’re older, that holds true. But on the other hand, permanent insurance of various types, and there’s some very attractive types. permanent insurance that grows like the market, that will still be around when you’re older and you may need it for reasons that you hadn’t even thought about. Maybe to replace your pension rather than having your pension reduced when it’s time to retire.
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Point being, folks, there’s a lot of things that get factored into this. So when we talk retirement, and I mentioned that Al wants to help you get to retirement and then stay there, it’s not just the single financial piece. In other words, how much money is in an IRA or how much money is in a pension, Al. It’s a combination of things that I know you sit down and look at with people to make sure that as a whole, do they have everything planned out correctly? Yeah.
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Well, that’s absolutely accurate. And I think it was Yogi Berra said predictions are really hard, especially if they’re about the future. And financially, that’s the case also. None of us knows what the last two or three years of our life will be like.
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Good point.
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And one of the things that permanent life insurance offers, you can advance the death benefit if you find yourself needing care, like care at your home, care and assisted living, things like that. That way, your nest egg can still go to other family members, your spouse or your kids.
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All right, again, folks, for those of you listening, and Al’s got an appointment, so we’re going to let him run a little bit early today. Just go to klzradio.com. You can also go to all of my other websites as well because Al’s on about all of them. So if you go to RushToReason.com, you can find Al there as well. Golden Eagle Financial is the place to look. You can make an appointment. Al, what are you looking at right now as far as appointments go?
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Al, as always, look forward to 2025. Happy New Year. Appreciate all that you do and just the help that you’ve not only given me but all of our listeners as well.
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Well, thank you, John. I appreciate being on your show.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Dr. Julie Gatza will be joining us at the bottom of our. We’re going to talk about snacks, which during the winter months, you know, that just happens on a routine basis anyways. And she’s going to help us with some of that now. I also have, and I’ll talk about this probably after Dr. Julie, might even hit this with her just a little bit, red dye number three. Red dye number three has been banned as of today. Saw the news come out on that. So that’s something I might get into a little bit later, maybe even get some special guests on. Probably talk to Dr. Kelly Victory and Steve House about that as well tomorrow. I had an article. I was going to try to find a guest for this particular section, but I figure we have enough and I can handle this portion of it, I believe. This one’s about mental health. Body image and obesity and the correlations between. So I don’t talk a lot on this program on the mental health end of things. And I think most of you probably know why it’s important. Personally, for me, I think, and I’m not trying to set aside anybody’s mental health concerns or anything along those lines because I understand that it’s very real and there are certain individuals that really struggle when it comes to their mental health. Although, with that being said, I think mental health gets used as a crutch for a lot of lazy people. Yes, I just said that. In other words, I think people at times just don’t feel like doing something, keyword, and in turn, they’ll come up with every mental health excuse under the book as to why they can’t do X, Y, Z. And I know I sound really harsh, and I know that sounds super harsh, but I’m going to say it anyways because not enough people say it. And we’ve now gotten into where we have this quote-unquote mental health crisis, and I wonder, is it really? And again, I’m definitely not going against anybody that has real, solid mental things going on that they need help with. And I understand some people struggle with depression. They can struggle with the loss of a loved one, loss of a child, loss of a spouse, those sorts of things. And I’m not talking about those. And if you’re somebody out there along those lines, you know, my heart and thoughts and prayers go out to you because, yes, I understand how difficult those things can be. So I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about even some of the things where you would not believe. You would not believe how many guest requests I get for mental health in the workplace. And you all know how many of those I interview. Zero. Because, again, my feeling on a lot of that is it’s overblown. And I’m just not going to give that a platform. And maybe I’m wrong. And if I am, Lord forgive me. But I don’t think I am. I’ve been in the business world for a very long time, owned my own businesses for a very long time. And I get it. There can be burnout and things that come along and things that happen and so on. But it sure seems like The newest generation struggles the most with the things that I’m talking about, while others that are three times their age show up to work on time every day and just work their way through things. Why is that? I understand that we talk about this on Health and Wellness Wednesdays. Our food sources and things like that have changed, and I get all of that. But really, has it changed that much to where we have this quote-unquote mental health crisis, especially in the workplace? And my question is, is it really real? Or is it just laziness gone amok? And again, I don’t know. I’m not a professional psychologist, and Lord knows you would never want me to be because I don’t have that capacity. I don’t have that mental capacity. And part of that is because for me personally, and I can say this, my mom has passed. I think it’s fair for me to say this. I’m not talking bad about her at all, but I grew up with a mom and love her dearly to this day. But she struggled with depression, part of her DNA, some things that even happened in her past. And so believe me, folks, I understand firsthand how all of that works. I’ve seen it with my own two eyes. And maybe in my world, I went the other extreme because for me, and you’ve even heard Donald Trump talk about this recently, the best way for me to never get depressed is if I’m always busy working, doing something, there’s no time to be depressed. And I’m not adding any kind of a spiritual layer to this or anything along those lines, although I think if you look at even the scriptural aspects of that, I don’t think that’s the wrong approach. Now, can everything be done out of balance and can you go overboard? Yes, I understand that. But I think we live in a day and age now to where we’ve gotten to where everything’s become a mental awareness thing. when we’re trying to make an excuse for just not wanting to do something, not wanting to work, not wanting to be responsible, not wanting to be an adult. We just had Al on from Golden Eagle Financial talking about life insurance and finances and really personal responsibility. What are you going to do when you’re ready to leave this earth and leave your family behind? Have you handled all of that correctly? Personal responsibility. And I almost feel like we’ve gotten to this stage to where we don’t even talk about personal responsibility because that might offend someone. It might affect their mental health. And frankly, that’s hogwash. Now, I understand, as I said earlier, that there is some actual mental health things. And some of these that I’m going to talk about can add to that. And I can see how it would. So first off. Negative body image. So individuals with a negative body image are more likely to experience mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem. A study found that nearly 40% of women with major depressive disorder experienced disordered eating as well. And that’s very real stuff, folks, and I’m not trying to diminish or make light of that at all. Yes, I understand that part of it. That can very much affect especially women, young women even. And on the same token, we’ll use that as an example, we’ve gone completely the other way. So instead of trying to explain to young women that, you know, no, nobody’s looking for the perfect body, But you also want to be healthy. And healthy can mean different things to different people as far as their body shape is concerned. But being 50 pounds overweight is also not healthy. Nor should we glamorize that. And yet we are. And I’ve talked about that during this hour in the past. That’s not healthy either. So we tend to, well, it’s because the way one side looks at things versus the other. You know, we’re going to throw the baby out with the bathwater. We’re going to go all in on this whole image thing. In fact, we’re going to crown Miss America even though she’s 100-plus pounds overweight. And in a way, glorifying that image. And I’ve got nothing against anybody that’s overweight. I’ve been there myself, so I understand that fully. But I can also tell you that, well, not only then but now, should I be crowned Mr. America? No. No. Do I look like Arnold Schwarzenegger? No. Not even close. Charlie’s in here agreeing with me. No, I do not. And again, not that I’m a unattractive person on the same token. I don’t do what he used to do. And granted, he doesn’t look the same way anymore either. But I never did what he did to look that way. Never had that drive. I had other things I wanted to do that were more important. Point being, negative body image can affect your mental health. Obesity can also increase mental health disorders. 25%, by the way. Goes along with some of what I just talked about a moment ago. Depression and anxiety. About 43% of adults with depression from 2005 to 2010 had obesity. Anxiety disorders are also more prevailing among individuals with obesity, too, meaning they’re even above the obesity level. Eating disorders, I talked about that a few minutes ago. Negative body image and obesity can lead to eating disorders, which are strongly linked to mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. Social isolation. Low self-esteem and negative body image can result in social isolation for their children. exacerbating the mental health problems, and then the social media impact, which, by the way, I’m going to spend a couple of minutes here, probably the biggest of all of this. The amount of criticalness, maybe is a way for me to say that, that comes from social media is huge. Huge. And it would behoove a lot of parents… to really control how much exposure to some of that their young people have, especially their young ladies. Especially young ladies as they start to mature and become teenagers. You know, all of you listening, we’ve all grown up. We’ve all been through that quote-unquote awkward stage. Some do better than others at that, but we’ve all been through it. And no, it’s not fun, folks. I don’t think any of us looking back could say those were fun years. They’re not. They’re awful. As a young person, things are changing. Things are happening. Sometimes you don’t even understand why. For us boys, your voice changes, and you may even have a crack in your voice at times when your voice is changing. You get made fun of because of that and so on. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of things that happen, as you all know. So my point is, these kids have enough stuff going on already, and then we’re going to go throw the perfect world, quote-unquote, at them through social media. Everybody’s a model. Everybody’s got a filter. Everybody looks great. Nobody has a pimple, even. I mean, let’s be honest. When’s the last time you ever looked at a video? I mean, unless it’s somebody making some, you know, video where they’re not promoting something. And I get there’s some, you know, self-help videos and things like that. But in general, most of the promotional type videos, even those social media influencers, do you ever see them with a pimple? The answer is no. They’re filtering all that stuff out. Now, they may have one, but they use filters and things that disguise all of that and take it out of the image. It’s not there. They’re perfect. Or so they seem. And that goes to everything including their skin color, what their hair looks like, eyebrows, on and on we go. And as I said the other day, a lot of those smart influencers will even show, this is what I look like with a filter versus without. They’ll even do the side-by-side comparison. Interestingly enough, though, they still keep using the filters. So my advice to parents especially is, is don’t let your kids be susceptible to that stuff, exposed to that stuff. And I know it’s hard. I know they’re going to see it. Even when you’re not around them, even if you’re monitoring the device that they have, they’ve got access to other devices, friends, and so on. I understand that. But I think as parents, anything you can possibly do to limit the amount of exposure to those things, to help them with their self-image, is what we as parents and grandparents should do. On top of that… which some parents are really good at and others are not. Now, you guys all know me. I’m not a big one on everybody gets a prize. But when it comes to building up kids and their self-esteem, yes, everyone gets a prize. That’s different. When you’re trying to build up your child’s self-esteem, you should not criticize them for everything they do. You should be lifting them up for the things that they do. Now, that doesn’t mean there’s no discipline. It doesn’t mean that we don’t get after them when things aren’t going a particular way that they should. I’m not saying that. You guys all know me and how my feelings are on raising kids. But I also feel like we don’t lift them up enough when it comes to their own self-image. Every kid is beautiful in their own way, period. That I will agree with. On the same token, we should be teaching our kids, this is Health and Wellness Wednesday, we should be teaching them these are the things we should eat, these are the things we should drink, these are the things that we should avoid and stay away from. In fact, when you’re at school and you’re trying to find a snack and do some different things, we should be teaching our kids these are the things you should be going after versus just allowing them a free-for-all. On the same token, we as parents are about as guilty of not eating the right things around them as anyone, and it’s kind of monkey see, monkey do. It’s sort of like you want your kid that’s a teen driver to drive the speed limit, but you’re always 25 miles an hour over. What are you teaching your kid? The same can happen when it comes to food and other things. So, again, mental health, yes, it’s a big deal. Yes, a lot of these other things can impact millions upon millions of people. And as I started this off, I just want to make sure that we’re – going after this whole mental health thing correctly, and not just allowing certain individuals to make excuses. And when it comes to our kids, that’s not at all what I’m saying, because kids struggle with a lot of these areas, period. And as parents and grandparents, you really need to be paying attention to what’s going on and address it as much as you can. And I understand kids are going to be kids. And there’s only certain things you can help with. But you need to be involved with your kids regularly. and not expect somebody else to raise them, because it’s our job as parents to raise them. And by the way, that never stops. I can tell you that from being somebody that’s old and has old kids now and grandkids. The parenting never stops. You’re still doing things on an ongoing basis. Just a little tidbit, I know that’s a little bit off of what we normally do here on Health and Wellness Wednesday, but when I got this report in and started reading through it, I thought that as we start the new year off, it’d be a really good thing to start with, and especially when it comes to our young people, teach them that God made them that way. And yes, we need to honor what He’s done in our lives and live the best life we possibly can, including our own bodies, meaning we shouldn’t abuse it in any way, any way, shape, or form. So, I’ll leave you with that. We’ll be back, Dr. Dr. Julie, in just one moment. Golden Eagle Financial is up next. As I said earlier, Al Smith from Golden Eagle. He not only wants to help you with your financial future, but as we talked about a moment ago with life insurance and things along those lines, he can help you with every aspect of that. Give Al a call today, 303-744-1128.
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All right, we are back. Welcome. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, our health and wellness Wednesday edition. Dr. Julie Gatz is joining us now. Happy New Year, Dr. Julie.
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Happy New Year to you.
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Always a joy, and I was going to talk about this in a little bit anyway, so might as well mention it now. Today, red dye was banned by the FDA.
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hooray i can’t believe in my lifetime i’m actually getting to see the shift of something that’s been so detrimental to us okay really quick so folks can even understand what all of that means you know what what is red dye and and what you know why should we have banned this a long time ago i mean it’s basically a true toxin to the body it’s something like uh kind of licking rat poison, I guess you would say. They’ve banned it in so many other countries. Other countries never even allowed it in. And we’ve been using that forever, at least since my lifetime, that I can remember. And it’s basically just, you know, another sort of take you out at the ankles. Somebody’s making money and, you know, I don’t want to make this all about that, but there’s no reason in the world that things need to be dyed red. There’s so many other ways to make things red, and if it’s not as bright and beautiful, well, it’s healthy and not deadly.
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Right. I mean, yeah, did that start just because some marketing team someplace decided that the food looked better if we did X, Y, and Z, and so that might make that particular product sell better? Was that where that started from?
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I suspect yes, and somebody was making money off of it because of the fact that they could now use red dye instead of using beet juice or things that actually are… Yeah, in other words, their product became redder than the other product, meaning they might sell more. That’s right. You know, I had a patient once years ago who had some really bad stain on her pants, and I said, what is that? And she said, oh… I work at Keebler, and that’s stat-free. She said there’s no way to get that out of the clothes. I spilled it today. I’m a chemist, and she said that has to be thrown away. We can’t get this out of anything. So if you can’t get it out of cotton fiber in your clothes, then what the heck is it going into our guts for?
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Yeah, I mean, that to me would have almost been, oh, okay, so that’s sort of like eating paint. I mean, I don’t think I’m exaggerating. It’s like, okay, would we eat paint? No, but yet we’ve been eating red dye in a lot of us. And in some cases, Dr. Julie, unbeknownst to the person even buying that product because they don’t read the label, they had no idea it was even in there.
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Yeah, it’s true. I mean, even as a kid, I used to get gumballs, and I would never eat a red one. And I didn’t know different, but I said, that just tastes like cancer. And that has been my comment on red dye as a little kid, and I wouldn’t eat red ones. Now, I don’t think the blue or the green were much better, but I could taste something odd. In the red.
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Interesting. Okay. So our topic, delicious but deadly, the unhealthiest snacks on the planet. Let’s get started. And we just kind of did with the whole red dye thing. But what else should people be looking for when it comes to unhealthy snacks?
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I mean, when we look at, you know, easy things that people just grab that aren’t, you know, wild, potato chips in general. You know, you’ve got a lot of fat. It’s done in usually bad oils. It’s not something that we can process properly. And, you know, I have been a doctor for 34 years, and all those years my first priority is to fix the digestive system and to not put in things that are overwhelming it so that you cannot break down and get nutrition and you’re inflamed and the whole body isn’t going to work well. There’s potato chips. Microwave popcorn is another one. It seems so delicious. It smells amazing. You stop when you smell it somewhere in the workplace. Microwaving things in the first place is suspect. Then put this weird, crazy… good-tasting popcorn that coats the inside of your mouth after you eat it, there’s something really not right about it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I find any more with it, and I don’t eat hardly any of that, you know, of the microwave popcorn. Occasionally you might find somebody has some, and you’ll take a little bite, and it’s like, man, this stuff tastes like cardboard. I mean, it really, I mean, when you get away from it for a while, then you go have a taste, you know, back to that, you kind of really realize, ooh, this stuff really isn’t all that great.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it’s true. And, you know, it does coat the inside of your mouth. I ate a Krispy Kreme once and said, my goodness, I feel like the inside of my mouth is coated. And somebody laughingly said, yeah, you get used to that.
SPEAKER 04 :
I was like… Yeah, I don’t want to.
SPEAKER 06 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, so, you know, choosing unhealthy, and I think there’s where some misconceptions come into play as well, Dr. Julie, because we talked about even starting off with the whole red dye thing, the whole marketing of foods, especially in America, that… There are foods out there and there’s times where I’ll be like, oh, I saw this, you know, you saw an ad or whatever for this. And they talk about how, you know, quote unquote, healthy it is. And I’m reading the label. I’m like, OK, wait a minute. This something’s not right here. What one side says doesn’t equate to what’s on the back.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s right. And, you know, there’s not a lot of laws on what they can actually say for it. You know, my first thought is I always look at food as food and unfood. Food would be a piece of fish that has enzymes and fats and minerals and healthy fats and protein in it. And unfood would be a box of French fries or any of the things that we’re talking about right now. And they don’t have enzymes and proteins and good fats. So it actually takes more of your reserves to break down unfood than it ever gives you as far as nutrition. So it’s negative nutrition. on what it does to your body. You have to use your storage to break down things like french fries and Oreo cookies and, you know, potato chips.
SPEAKER 04 :
So why typically when you’re done with that, you just don’t feel super well?
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s right. And, you know, you’ve got to reach deep and we’re supposed to be making digestive enzymes that recognize the proteins, the fat, the carbohydrates, the vegetables. And when we put things in that are red dye and toxins and fat-free weird things and crazy weird oils that aren’t healthy in the first place or maybe aren’t even, they’re stale. Now the system says, wow, poisons, toxins, and it uses all sorts of energy to try to break those things down.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, talk to us about the little mini cheese sandwich crackers, which I think a lot of people would look at and think, well, if I’m going to grab something, I’ll grab that instead of the bag of Lays. Are they any better off?
SPEAKER 06 :
No, they’re just, I mean, look at how orange they are. So what made it that orange? You know, there’s, I mean, it’s just, you know, and you’ve got peanut butter on top of it, put in between two very orange crackers that taste like, strange oiled butter, so it’s just when you really look at the ingredients on that, it’s pretty nasty.
SPEAKER 04 :
Are there any of those at all? I mean, any of the little kit-formed whatever, you know, cheeses, meats, crackers, whatever, are any of those worth eating at all?
SPEAKER 06 :
I mean, in those things called snackables, I’ve really looked, because I used to have to make my kids lunch for years and years and years, and no, there’s nothing that I can see out there. But keep in mind, you could take your own block of cheese, you could take your own you know, decent, healthier crackers or, you know, slice up some apples and put some almonds in and put some decent, you know, almond butter on a piece of celery and throw some raisins on it and call it ants on a log. There are so many things that you can do. A hard-billed egg is so easy to travel with that these are real foods. And if you have to basically open it up in a package, a box or a can, it probably has things in it that, You know, you wouldn’t give to a sick two-year-old, but we’ve been trained in this country that it’s normal and common, and it’s safe and healthy to eat.
SPEAKER 04 :
Next one, which I never was a big fan of. I don’t know why. All through, even growing up, just never ate a lot of these. But that’s those vanilla wafer sandwich cookies. They come in all sorts of different flavors, and they’ll come, you know, two or three to a pack. And I don’t know. I never even liked those as a kid.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. I mean, you know, the icing in it. Yeah. the different types and flavors in it. It’s just, I mean, all those things are just, you know, tough on the system. You know, it’s got a whole bunch of fat in it, saturated fats on top of it, and, you know, loaded with sugar and high fructose corn syrup. And, you know, there are just so many other treats that you can have about a homemade oatmeal cookie, you know, something that’s just healthier and better that actually, you know, doesn’t take that much time to, you know, have as a treat.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, in fact, I’m glad you just said that because some of these I look and I think, okay, everybody will have no problem. I shouldn’t say no, but most people have no problem eating some of the things we just mentioned, and yet if you were to bake a rack of cookies and lay those out, they would look at that and say, well, I can’t eat those. Those aren’t healthy. Well, do you realize how these compare to everything else you eat?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes, that’s true. And, you know, just grabbing something on the fly – It’s just so easy. You know, go to any gas station. If you’re hungry at lunch, grab something because, you know, you forgot lunch or you don’t have time to stop. And you start to add up those things that are in those packages, boxes, or cans. And, you know, it’s kind of eye-opening when you really do delve into it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Granola bars, this is a big one. My wife and I have this conversation a lot because you read the label on granola bars in general, you’ll realize that in some cases, not all, because I know there’s some good ones, but they’re few and far between, by the way. And I might be going out on a limb here, Dr. Julie, but I don’t think I am. There’s a lot of granola bars, snack bars, whatever you want to call them, that frankly aren’t any better than eating a Snickers.
SPEAKER 06 :
I agree. Absolutely. And I haven’t found one. I mean, I know there’s some that are made from nuts, but nuts in general are tough to break down. If you soak nuts overnight and it helps to release the enzymes, then it’s actually digestible and you can utilize a lot of the nutrition. But You know, I’ve looked and looked, and I’ve seen so many of my patients just, you know, grasp on to having to be right about the granola bars. And it’s interesting. I can’t get their digestion working as well as they need to. They’re spiking their blood sugar. It would be a heck of a lot better having two, you know, hard-billed eggs, a piece of chicken, and, you know, putting that in a little cooler and taking along with them. But, you know, it’s easy. It’s convenient. And, you know, it’s food that if you actually saw that type of food in the 50s, in the 1950s, people would be so It would be weird to have that type of food because it was real food back then. And then to have this sort of foreign thing sitting on the counter that everyone’s like, what is that? That’s not really food.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. No, you are a thousand percent correct. And you’ve mentioned a few of these, but let’s go through some of the other healthy snacks that people can make on their own. This is something that we do around our house quite often is, you know, just apple slices. If you want to put a little bit of peanut butter on it, fine, whatever. But at the end of the day, that’s not a bad little snack.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s not at all. It’s wonderful. I’m not a huge fan of just consuming a large amount of lunch meat, but there is some okay lunch meat. You could roll that up and eat that. Put some hummus in it if you like. Put a piece of cheese if you want into it. You can have different things rolled up in romaine lettuce. You could put cold chicken from yesterday and make some nice Taiwanese sauce or anything. There’s just so many things that you can actually do that You know, there’s a million different ways that you can find out on the Internet as well how to make a healthy snack and how to make something that’s portable so you’re not, you know, out and about and can’t, you know, it’s gone warm or it can’t sustain itself in a car.
SPEAKER 04 :
When I lost all of my weight, I remember a lot of the things I would snack on throughout the day would be things like, you know, celery and carrot and cauliflower and broccoli. And I know some people are thinking, geez, how can that be a snack? Well, surprisingly enough, when you get your taste buds adjusted, they’d actually taste pretty darn good.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s so true. And the thing about it is often people are needing snacks because they’re skipping meals. If you actually would eat protein in the morning, you wouldn’t be hungry until the afternoon. If you ate a decent lunch for lunch, you wouldn’t have to have something around 3 o’clock. And then if you had a decent dinner, you don’t have to eat on the couch, you know, different types of things in a bag that are salty. And, you know, now you’re going to bed in a full stomach with something that actually really isn’t good food. Good point. If you need to eat three meals a day so that it keeps you from snacking, that is normal. That is common. If you’re one that can skip a meal here and there and you don’t feel so hungry that you’ve got to grab the first sweet thing, okay, fine. But we really owe it to ourselves to treat our digestive systems with care because it is how you absorb nutrition. It is where you’re getting all the value from eating in the first place. I know it all tastes good, but The only reason we really eat is to get the nutrition to sustain healthy bodies.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. So, and I might have already heard you answer this in the past, but I probably have forgotten it. Why is it so hard to break the habit of eating some of the things we’re talking about?
SPEAKER 06 :
I think part of it is our taste buds get used to it. We aren’t running our metabolism correctly because we’re not breaking down our food. So if that’s the case, we’re eating food, we can’t break down, we’re not getting nutrients from it, the energy cycle in the body isn’t being made, so now we need that cup of coffee, now we need that sugar, now we need that chocolate bar or that granola bar or that Oreo cookie, and it’s because we’re unable to get the proper nutrition from our food in the first place. If you have a symptom of gas, bloating, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux, any of those are simply… your body’s saying, yeah, we didn’t break that food down. And what we need is those nutrients, and we need to be able to make enzymes to break down those foods. So for years and years, I’ve been telling people, I think more than a multivitamin, it’s more important to take a high-quality digestive enzyme so that you can break down the foods that you’re eating so that you can run your metabolism. You can lose weight. You can have more energy. You can sleep better. Your skin improves. Your hormonal system is now balanced. And it all starts with, can you break down your food? That’s the digestive enzymes that I use. It’s called Absorbade. But they do the trick because they’re helping people that eat well or don’t eat well.
SPEAKER 04 :
Those of you listening, trust me, I am living proof. They work well in… Several different ways, by the way. I’m going to give some of you a little bit of a tip on this. I know I’ve talked about this in the past, but I’ve gotten the point now, Dr. Julie, to where we went on vacation over the holidays. I take a bottle with me now. I’ll keep some of them even in my backpack as I’m on the plane because it never fails when you’re flying. Things just tend to get bloated and you just don’t feel as well. At least I don’t. Maybe other people don’t have that problem, but I sure do. And I’ve learned that I can take a couple of those even mid-flight or even before I get on the plane. and it helps out immensely. The other thing that I’ve started doing, and I feel like it helps me, I think it helps with sleep and other things, is I take them right before bed as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I mean, that’s sort of the unknown power of them as well. I like that you brought that up because swollen ankles, swollen joints, inflammation, sore back, puffiness, all those things, when you take them on an empty stomach, help to break down inflammation in the body, bacteria, toxins, viruses. And then when you take it with a meal… you now break down your meals so that you get the nutrition that we’re talking about.
SPEAKER 04 :
And for those of you listening, really quick, Dr. Julie, if they want a sample of that, how do they do that?
SPEAKER 06 :
They can go to the website or call the 1-800 number. The website is naturesources.com, and they can read about the different forms it comes in and ask for some free samples, or they can use the code radio and call the 1-800 number, which is 1-800-827-7000. 7-6-5-6, ask for some free samples or 20% off your first order. They’ve made it easy for you to just check it out. And, I mean, how much easier could it be? See how they do for you and, you know, experiment with it. I can’t say enough about them.
SPEAKER 04 :
You know what? Again, I’ve learned from you through the years, and it took me a while to be more religious about it. But once I’ve, you know, here’s what happens. Once you learn that these things really work the way that we talk and you have just a few experiences of, wow, I got rid of whatever that was I ate that was really giving me a touch of heartburn or indigestion or whatever it happened to be. You know, you only have to do that a couple of times, Dr. Julie, before pretty soon you’re carrying these things everywhere you go.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s absolutely true. I have a bowl sitting out on my counter, so I never forget to take them. when I’m eating, and also a small little thing of it in my purse as well for the exact same reason.
SPEAKER 04 :
They work, and for those of you listening, and I don’t know, I mean, I guess, Dr. Julie, if you took too much of anything, it might be a problem, but you’re not going to OD on these things. They’re not that kind of a pill at all. It’s something that, frankly, will help you, and yeah, I’m not going to tell you to go take a fistful of them, but take one, two, whatever you feel like you need off of what you just ate. If you take one and it doesn’t seem like it’s doing enough, take another.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s right. And they are a vegan formula. So anything, it’s like eating too much pineapple. You might get a bellyache. So it’s super easy. It’s simple. Kids can take it. A lot of my patients, dogs. Yeah, great point. they put it for their dog food so that the dogs actually get more nutrition from their meals as well. Great idea.
SPEAKER 04 :
These things work, folks. I cannot stress that enough. And I had somebody text in, a good friend of mine also, Dr. Julie, that said, you know, your body gets used to eating what you feed it, meaning that you’ll crave the things you eat the most, so you’ve got to change those habits to get those cravings adjusted.
SPEAKER 06 :
It is true, and truly, you do start to look forward to green vegetables once you start to put them in on a regular basis.
SPEAKER 04 :
Absolutely. Dr. Julie, as always, I appreciate it. If folks want to learn more about you and your practice, how do they find you?
SPEAKER 06 :
I have a practice called Florida Wellness Institute in Clearwater, Florida, and I have an Instagram called DrJulieHealthyVibes.
SPEAKER 04 :
Julie, it’s always a joy having you. I always look forward to it. I’m looking forward to 2025, and thanks for all that you’ve done for us. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER 06 :
You as well.
SPEAKER 04 :
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SPEAKER 04 :
All right, several of you texting in, by the way. Thank you, by the way. I appreciate each and every text message. Somebody gave me a great little tip on some snacks that actually I probably will try. I was going to tell Charlie this during the break, but I didn’t get a chance to. At Costco, you can get fully cooked chicken breast bites or steak bites for free. Oh, they do? Oh, Charlie said the chicken ones taste just like Chick-fil-A. Thank you. Charlie, I didn’t know that. Okay, so there’s a little tip for some of you looking on the snack end of things. And somebody also asked me that here at the station, as I get ready to go on air, if I’m needing any kind of a quote-unquote pick-me-up, do I have a Red Bull or Diet Coke or a candy bar or anything along those lines? And Charlie can be my witness. No, I do not. I don’t know, I guess just since losing weight all the way back in 2010, I might have occasionally a part of a granola bar, something really that we were just talking about with Dr. Julie, and I try to pick out the best ones of those. And to her point, there’s not that many of them. But I may do something along those lines if I’m really, I don’t know, maybe had something happen to where I just need that extra little, you know, pick me up or not feeling, you know, 100 percent or something. I might do something along those lines. But, yeah, no, I am. In fact, I will be the first to tell you that. And I’m not bragging about this. I can’t tell you what Red Bull tastes like because I’ve never had one. Charlie has. I have not. I’ve never had a Red Bull. And I’m not a Diet Coke person. So a lot of people I know are. I’m not. In fact, I’m not much of a Coke soft drink person, period. My wife will even attest to that. I might have one on a rare treat type occasion. And for me, it really is a treat to have something along those lines. It’s just not that often that I have that. a soft drink. It’s just not something that we around our house make a habit of. I try to eat as clean as I can, as you guys all know. Am I perfect? Far from it. I still eat things at times that I shouldn’t, but I do my best to try to eat clean, and I hope all of you do as well. All right, that’s it for this Health and Wellness Wednesday. We’ve got another hour coming your way. Don’t go anywhere. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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