HR1 Dr. John Saito: Sleep Deprivation in Students, Dr. Julie Gatza: Stress and Aging 8-20-25 by John Rush
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Just yesterday filled in my last appointments before Thanksgiving. Okay. So I’m booked out until December now.
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So you’re rolling along.
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Right. But that doesn’t mean that I’m – just because I’m busy doesn’t mean that I don’t want to help people and don’t want to talk to people. It means setting up an in-person meeting might not be until December.
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Okay.
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But I have – if somebody needs to call me or they want to set up an appointment – Don’t let the fact that I’m booked out dissuade you. Call me. I will call you back. Mobile estate planning. No, I hear you. If I’m driving and I call you back, that’s great. If I need to look at a calendar, I’ll pull over. I won’t crash into anybody, I promise.
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And I can, for all of you listening, I can attest to this. Michael’s here typically even before his show, long before his show. We get here about the same time on Wednesdays. And so I hear Michael talking to people and doing things. So, yeah, there’s things going on. And I hear some of the conversations that I can tell are a first-time conversation. So, yeah, I’m aware of those things, Michael. And what you’re saying is exactly what you do and how you do it. I’ve heard it.
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Or, you know, as I was walking in to do my show today, I got a call from somebody who said, oh, well, you know, Apparently, I had misspelled his wife’s name wrong on documents, and I fixed it on the main trust document, but there’s a couple other side documents. He’s like, oh, well, you didn’t fix it there. I’m like, oh, well, I will take that, and I’ll fix it, and I’ll send it back to you. I promise. Get it done ASAP. Yeah. Yeah, meaning you’re still around. Yeah, I’m here. Some of my schedule, when I’m putting time on my calendar – I’ll say, you know, if I’m in Aurora and I’m driving over to Golden, I’ll put an hour’s worth of travel time. Well, that shows as busy on my schedule. And yes, I’m not going to be able to sit with you and talk with you. But you can still talk to them. But I can still have a conversation with them. I just can’t be looking at their documents as I’m driving on the freeway because that’s a bad idea.
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Fully understand my schedule is fairly full like yours, and I fully understand everything that you’re discussing and talking about now because I, like you, there’s times where I might not be able to sit down and have a face-to-face with somebody, but I’ve got travel time every day going to and from here to home whereby, yeah, I can have some conversations and do some things along those lines. Right. Now, I will say this. There’s also some days where, you know, I’ve set some time aside to just have some thinking time, I guess you could say. And those are blocked out as well, and I know you need to do that as well. Point being, a lot of people are busy, lots of stuff going on. And for those of you listening, I want to make sure that I’m very upfront with all of you on this, that, yes, Michael is busy. There’s a reason he’s busy, because he’s good at what he does on the same token that Estate planning is important. And even though he may not be able to meet with you until that first part of December, it’s still important to get that done. And I will say this, given that you’re thinking about all of this and you may not get an appointment face to face until December, there’s a lot of things you can be working on on your end to speed that whole process up. And what I mean by that is be thinking about what do you want to do with certain things? Where do you want certain things to potentially go? And, you know, kind of even create your own little outline if you’d like on the front side. Right, exactly.
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Or I have an intake worksheet that I can email out to you. And some people are like, oh, I’m not sure what I want to do. I’m like, well, tell you what. I’ll send you the intake worksheet on August 20th. And then on December 3rd, you’ve got three months. to think about what you want to do, to talk about it with your spouse, to talk about it with your kids. Great way to do it, by the way. And then when you show up, I’m not introducing things to you that you’re like, what? What do you mean I have to think about whether or not I want to be kept alive on life support? I’m like, no, you’ve had three and a half months to think about this. Right. And it’s not, hey, take three and a half months and think about it every day. I’m not trying to. No, no, no. But just get these things out of the way. You’re starting to think about it. Then we sit down and what might otherwise be an hour, hour and a half long conversation, we can do in 30 minutes because you’ve already come up with it. And now we just are trying to figure it out together and hammer out the final details. And I ask for clarification of what you mean.
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And I can attest to all of this because I’ve done this a couple of times over now with Michael because everybody’s life changes, mine included, and things happen business-wise and so on. Kids grow up. Other things start to happen. You’re going to find yourself readdressing these things on a periodic basis. Michael and I have known each other for almost 10 years now. So, yes, things change in a decade. That’s true. And you need to update things from time to time. So I can tell you that everything Michael just said is exactly how it works. Now, you guys all know me. I’m a pretty organized type person. And no, I didn’t get Michael’s intake form because Michael knows me well enough to know that I will have things dialed in.
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The last time we met, I believe you brought me an outline that I read through. I asked a couple of clarifying questions and there were one or two things where I’m like, okay, what in the world do you mean by this? Because I’m not sure we can do it exactly. Right. But we spent, what, 25 minutes? And we’re like, we’re good.
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My point is, folks, if you will do the intake form and spend as much time thinking through some of this at that time, you’ll speed the whole process up, meaning that you could meet with Michael early December and probably have an entire state plan by middle of January at the latest. Right. Well, that depends on how many.
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Very true. How it all runs through.
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True, true, true. Yeah, it depends on the depth of what you have going on. But that timeline is not that far off. Now, keep in mind. Right. The holidays are in December as well. Right. Yeah.
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And, you know, because of the holidays, you know, the same way I’m taking the week off of Thanksgiving, we’re going to Arizona to meet with in-laws. Of course. Usually between Christmas and New Year’s, I take the time off. I don’t blame you. You should. My oldest will be home from college. Most do. I do as well. So we’re all on the same page. Having said that, usually like the 29th and the 30th or something like that, if there’s something that needs to be done, I can find time to help you. Because really what I’m trying to do is help you get prepared and help as many people as I can as quickly as I can, but still do it the right way.
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And that’s the whole key, folks. And trust me, again, I can give personal testimony on this and have numerous times with everything I’ve gone through with my folks in the last year. Having things dialed in on the front side makes life much easier. I cannot give you guys any more important testimony than that. When it’s dialed in and it’s done and a hospital or someone is saying, do you have X? Yes, here it is. I mean, it’s that fast, that simple. And in some cases with me, they looked at me like, You have this that fast. I’m like, yeah, I’ve come prepared and pretty much know what we’re going to need and and have a great planner that was assisted in all of this. So, yes, this makes the process way easier. It does. And it’s already it’s already tumultuous.
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Life is stressful enough.
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We’re trying to make it and I can’t eliminate all of your stress, but I can make it easier for you. And it does, folks. Again, I cannot stress enough. Get with Michael. Get it done. I know that his schedule is full, as he just said a moment ago. Still, you can call, get an appointment, and I would just suggest get it done sooner than later. And the other thing about this is, to his point, you’ve got time to not only plan the whole thought process end of things, but, you know, there’s a cost involved here. You’ve got some time to even plan for that between now and then as well.
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Right.
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Well, and the people who you want to put in charge of things, you’ve got time to ask them, are they willing to do it?
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Very true. Great point as well. So how do they get a hold of you, Michael? Phone number is 720-394-6887. Once again, that’s 720-394-6887 or mobileestateplanning.com. Or I hear there’s a couple websites that you might have, John.
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Or klzradio.com or rushtoreason.com or drive-radio.com. If you guys find me, you’re going to find Michael. It’s pretty simple that way. So Michael, as always, I appreciate it. Have a great Labor Day. I’ll see you next week anyways, but have a great Labor Day weekend anyways. I will. All right, coming up quickly. All right, up next, veteran windows and doors. And Dave Bancroft’s always there to help you save money. And he does that, by the way, by cutting out the middleman that a lot of other big companies that are selling windows and doors have. He doesn’t. It’s literally almost going straight from the supplier, in this case Provia, right to you, with Dave taking a little bit of cut out of that to make it work for you. That’s why he can get such big discounts. Call Dave today. Find him also at klzradio.com.
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And we are back again, health and wellness on this Wednesday. Thank you all for listening. I appreciate it greatly. As always, we’ve got a guest joining us here in just one moment. We’re going to talk about sleep, by the way. In the meantime. Oh, actually, I apologize, Charlie. He actually is calling us. Okay, well, then we’ll do this. I’ve got question of the day today, which yesterday’s was, what is the first semi-automatic pistol? The Salvatore Dormus. Salvatore Dormus, which, as I said yesterday, that is a particular weapon I am not familiar with at all. And I’m… fairly astute with guns and so on and have been around them the majority of my life since an early age, and that happened to be a weapon that I had to go look up. So that was a tough one for me. If any of you missed that one, I can fully understand. Today’s impossible question of the day, where did the term car come from? come from where did the term car come from you guys all knowing me as a car guy producer and must have thrown that in on my behalf so and if you’re listening thank you for that because uh i honestly this is another one where i had i would have had to go look this one up because this isn’t something that some of this you know we just take for granted these names and so on i I had no idea when I saw this in my notes. I thought, well, this is a good question of the day, although I could not have answered this. So these are tricky. That’s why they are the question of the day. You can always be involved in those. Go to our Facebook page. You can answer them there. A lot of you guys will text me the answer to the question of the day, which is great as well. I don’t mind that at all. That works out very well. So our next guest is Dr. John Saito. And Dr. John, welcome. How are you today?
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I’m doing well, John. Thank you for having me.
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I appreciate it greatly. I talk about sleep periodically during our health and wellness, but there is a study out of late talking about sleep deprivation in our young people, and it affects their academic and also their emotional well-being. Can you help us with that?
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Sure. I mean, there’s plenty of information on sleep deprivation in all forms and in young and old alike and you know the sum of sleep is what I tell my patient is there’s no health unless there’s sleep health okay
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Why, you know, and I partially maybe know some of these answers just because it’s sort of common sense with the lifestyles we live today and so on. Although, Dr. John, you would think that in today’s world with all of the different aids we have and so on that, you know, we would find ourselves with more ability to sleep and rest and relax and so on. But yet the opposite is true. Or am I wrong?
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Uh, I don’t want to be the first one to say you are wrong, but, uh, you know, there’s so many things that interfere with sleep that sleeping is practically impossible in our modern world, right? Depending on where you live. I mean, you live in New York city or Paris, you know, cities that filled with light and noise and sound and in the summer with heat, uh, very difficult to sleep under those conditions in those situations, right? Where you have not only the TV, the social media, but you just have erratic sleep patterns where there’s no constant, no scheduling. that really is healthy for sleep. For kids especially, they need consistency and scheduling in order to protect their sleep. So for my patients, I tell people, you know, sleep is like water. If you don’t get enough sleep, it’s like depriving yourself of water. Just getting a little, you know, over time you get dehydrated and it’s unhealthy. Same with, is that, you know, if You know, a teenager, a preteen may need, you know, eight to ten hours of sleep and they’re getting five, four, you know, depending on their teenage years, right?
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Right.
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How are they going to be able to function, you know, properly, regulate their emotions properly? Right.
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if they’re sleep-deprived, if you think about… So really quick on that end of things, and by the way, I can see everything you’re talking about makes total sense, and yeah, I knew I was wrong in what I said earlier, because even though we’ve got all these modern conveniences, there’s so many distractions, to your point, so many things that are chewing away at all of us, kids included. So as parents… those that are listening, and maybe even grandparents that are listening, what do they do to try to get especially our kids on track when it comes to sleep?
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Yeah, so like I said, a routine is super important. And we kind of have to understand, you know, the circadian rhythm or the biologic rhythm in our body a little bit better. So just think of it as if you are in different time zones, right? So For the kids, especially the teenagers, their circadian rhythm unwinds and now they’re sleeping at midnight, 1 a.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m. They become kind of like night owls. Whereas in our senior years, we deal with seniors, they kind of go to bed when the sun sets at 5, 6, 7 o’clock. And part of that is that their melatonin system and circadian system has changed. But if you’re going through the summer and your teen is sleeping at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. and they don’t have to wake up until noon, right, they may be getting that eight, nine hours of sleep in the summertime. But with a forced schedule of school where they have to wake up at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., And they’re going to bed at 3 a.m. It’s just an impossibility. But for them to adjust their schedule, it’s like what I tell people is like moving the Titanic with magnets. You can’t just go, okay, school’s starting tomorrow. You’ve got to go to bed at 10 o’clock. It’s like crossing time zone, right, where you can’t go to bed just because your parents said go to bed. You actually have to move that clock slowly. So your regular bedtime is at 3 a.m. You need to go to bed at 2 a.m. for a week, 1 a.m. for a week, midnight for a week. So it takes time to resynchronize that rhythm.
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Okay. I can remember when, you know, it’s been a while since I’ve had kids at home. My youngest is 33, Dr. John, but I can remember what you just said. Yeah, things kind of get off in the summertime. It’s daylight longer and so on, and I understand all that. But we used to do the same thing. We’d be a couple of weeks out from school starting, and you’d kind of start to get things – not kind of. You’d get back into that school routine a couple of weeks out, adjusting things now, in my case, because of – I don’t know, I guess it’s the way I ran things as a household. None of my kids were ever up until 2 or 3 a.m. Maybe 11 or midnight, depending on how old they were. So not as big of an adjustment as what you’re talking about. Typically for us, we could get things back on track within a couple of weeks. But we did exactly what you’re saying. We got things back on track so that it wasn’t, hey, the next day is school. You’re going to be in bed tonight at X amount, at X time. We started doing that a couple of weeks in advance.
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Right, right. And that’s really the best physiologic way to adjust your rhythm but in our current society you know there’s no consistency and you know kids having kids without consistency causes a lot of chaos in front of the the sleep health component you know the i always try to educate my parents when they bring their kids in about sleep is you know one part of that sleep is about wiring you know, what wires together, fires together. So if they’re constantly active, gaming, et cetera, until they’re exhausted, well, that’s just exhaustion. And what wires together is all this activity. And what they think sleep is, is like turning off a computer, but that’s not the case. And in fact, the brain has changed because of all that wiring. So on your day, my day, You know, we had lights out where we have what we call time for synaptic pruning. What that means is your brain takes, you know, things that are important and solidify it. And things that are not important, it prunes away. But if you are having constant stimulus, well, you don’t have much pruning. So your brain is only on or exhausted. Got you.
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Gotcha. How, you know, age-wise, and I’m not going to hold you to anything here, Dr. John, I don’t think any of our listeners will as well, but, you know, are there ages whereby this becomes more important? In other words, I mean, should kids that are in their, you know, teens versus preteens versus elementary school, I mean, does each one of those involve different sleep lengths, or is it pretty much standard from the time kids go to school until they graduate high school?
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Oh yeah, our sleep need changes, right? If you think about a baby, besides eat and sleep, there’s not much else to do because most of that time is spent forming the brain, creating the wiring. So as you get into learning, you still need 10 to 12 hours of sleep in order to learn. So the more you use your brain, the more learning it needs, the more wiring time it needs to be effective. So studies show, you know, if you were to sleep on after learning a new task, you actually learn that task way better than without sleep.
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Okay. You know what? I didn’t know that. That’s something I’ve never heard that before. You just taught me something I didn’t know. It makes sense. I just had never heard that before.
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Right. Well, you know, as we dig deeper into what sleep is, it’s different stages of sleep. So certain stages of sleep is for, you know, your body’s restoration. Other stages of sleep is really for your brain clearance, the metabolic trash and the formation of ideas. Right. Our thing for a lot of things is, you know, we had a difficult problem. We say, let’s sleep on it.
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Good point.
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Yeah. So a lot of people think sleep is like, like I said, turning the computer off. No, sleep is a very active phase. And, you know, why would, you know, God put sleep in our system unless it’s absolutely necessary? It’s our restoration drive. And if we cheat our restoration drive and expect no effect.
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we are increasingly realizing how wrong we are. Makes total sense. It’s been great. I have learned a lot, Dr. John. I appreciate you joining us. What’s the best way for folks to find you? And if they want to learn more about all of this and even some of the studies, how do they do that?
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Well, I am a spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. So you can always go there or find a board-certified sleep physician to get information. I should mention that, you know, we, the CDC, recognize, you know, sleep deprivation or insufficient sleep as an epidemic. But the silent epidemic because nobody talks about it because, you know, Socially, most people think they’ll sleep when they’re dead. Right, right.
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Well, before you’re dead, you’re disabled and will be dead faster. Makes total sense. Dr. John Saito, I appreciate you joining us. For those of you listening, his last name is spelled S-A-I-T-O, pronounced Saito. Dr. John, again, I appreciate it. I’ve learned some things today from you. I’ll pass that on to our listeners. I appreciate it greatly, and thank you very much for your time. I’ve enjoyed this.
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Absolutely. If I can just say if they want more information that’s accessible, they can go to my website. It’s mysleepmd.com.
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Perfect. And I’ve got that in my notes, so those of you listening, I’ll have that up in our show notes a little bit later tonight as well. Again, Dr. John, thank you. I appreciate this greatly.
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I’m happy to help.
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All right, I got a question that came in off that last… conversation i was having with dr john did my kids have a curfew when they were growing up and did i ever allow them to stay up all night the only time they had all-nighters if they had some sort of a school party something along those lines then yes but otherwise no and yes they all had curfews that was one of the rush rules dr julie gatz are joining us now dr julie welcome how are you
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I’m good, thanks. Nice to hear your voice.
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Always a joy having you. Thank you very much. Florida Wellness is where Dr. Julie is from. We’ll talk about some of that as we roll along. But I found this interesting because I just had somebody on talking about, you know, sleep. And especially for young people, that’s where the whole curfew thing a moment ago came up. I had a listener asking, did my kids have curfew and were they allowed to stay up all night? And the answer was no. I was very strict on those things because I knew what was best for their health. well-being and yet we’re talking today with you about how some folks feel like you know they’re losing track of things you know they lose track of things mid-sentence they feel mentally stuck and they feel like you know maybe that’s just a sign of stress or aging or maybe even the onset of other diseases but frankly dr julie in my notes you’re telling us it could just be your digestion
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes, commonly. So that’s one of the reasons that it comes and goes, especially if you haven’t been diagnosed with something that you don’t want. But your gut is everything. And if you have an efficient digestive system, then you pretty much have a ticket to be able to have your health the way that you need to. And it’s very much ignored. It’s been… you know, not taught to us in school. And my thought is if you have to think about your digestion more than once a day, then it’s probably not working the way that it’s supposed to.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. You know what? That’s something I don’t know that you and I have ever mentioned. We’ve talked for a long time now, and I guess because I don’t think about mine very much because of you and some of the things that I’ve learned over the years from you and even some of the things that I now take that we’ll get into, I don’t think about it, but I guess some people do.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I mean, people experience gas, bloating, indigestion, heartburn, constipation, acid reflux, and all of those are simply signs that the gut’s not working properly. So if you’re supposed to be getting all the nutrition from your food through the intestine into the bloodstream, if that’s not efficient, then you’re not getting the nutrients you need. Thus, you’ll be brain foggy. You’ll have, you know… Ups and downs and moods, not to mention all sorts of other health problems, but brain fog usually is occurring right after a meal, when you’re hungry, when you’ve been eating poorly, you’ve been drinking too much. You know, all these things are affecting your gut, and now you’re lacking nutrients, so you’re basically just starving.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, so I hear this term a lot. I’ve even talked about it on the program, although I talk about it, and yet I’m not sure that I understand it fully because the whole brain fog thing, I mean, I guess maybe I’ve had, and I guess you don’t have to tell me what it even is because I’m not sure I’ve really ever had brain fog because even when I’m sick and so on, I usually function pretty well just because I guess I don’t know why. I don’t know that I’ve ever experienced, and my wife, I think, will even attest this. I just don’t. have quote-unquote brain fog, and I think I have a hard time explaining it because I don’t know that I’ve ever had it.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. I mean, it can be hormonally based. It can be, you know, disease-based. But, you know, commonly I find that it is food-based. And I guess the way that you would think about it is you walk to a room, you can’t remember what you’re doing.
SPEAKER 05 :
Nope. Did we lose you, Dr. Julie? Oh. There we go.
SPEAKER 11 :
Now you’re back. All right.
SPEAKER 05 :
So… So I lost you.
SPEAKER 11 :
You walk into a room and… And you forget things. You might have a list in your mind. You go to do something, accomplish one thing, can’t remember what the next thing is. Okay. Your words don’t come easily. You’re just not snappy and poppy the way that you expect yourself to be.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. That makes sense. And again, I… I’m glad, and again, we talk about this a lot, and I think a lot of people even use these terms, and I’ll be quite frank for all of you listening even, I don’t know that I’ve ever until now even ever explained what, you know, quote-unquote brain fog is. We use that term a lot. It gets thrown around a lot, and I’ll be honest with you, Dr. Julie, I think there’s other people out there that probably wonder the same thing I just asked.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, lucky for you if you don’t have it because it’s really disturbing. You’re dummied down to some degree. You do start to question your IQ. Women going through hormonal problems have a lot of this, and it could be hormones, but what’s making hormones is the nutrients that you are missing or you’re supposed to be getting into the body. If you’re not getting those, then that whole system isn’t efficient as well.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. Are there different types of – well, let’s do this. Let’s start here. I’m sorry. I’m going backwards here. First of all, how do we get a healthy gut to where we avoid this in the first place?
SPEAKER 11 :
I mean, the best way to get a healthy gut is you do have to make correct choices to eat the right foods. And, you know, we have so many options at this point. Things that we used to only be allowed to eat at Christmas, kids are able to eat six times a week. Right. You know, all the fast food restaurants and the things in packages and boxes and cans and the protein bars and the weird cereals in the morning and the strange drinks that kids are, you know, adults are drinking now. It’s all contributing to not healthy gut. And going back to the very basics, just because technology has evolved does not mean bodies evolved. We’re still the same old, you know, bones and skin and everything else that goes along with it. So we do need to eat healthy. you know, good quality protein, vegetables and and, you know, minimal fruits. And I would say run from the grains at this point because they’re so poisoned in this country.
SPEAKER 05 :
Which I’m glad you just mentioned the whole grain end of things. I had something that was for my notes. I don’t know if I’ll get time to talk about it today or not. But I read an article here recently, I believe it was last week, where it was titled, Are High-Protein Snacks Worth the Hype? And in other words, and this was an article out of Apple News, basically talking about how a lot of people run to that protein bar or that prepackaged whatever. thinking that, you know, they’re having a great snack or even sometimes a replacement for a meal. And are those all cracked up to be what they say is the question?
SPEAKER 11 :
I’ve never seen a healthy patient that can exist on those. So, you know, a healthy person. So the fact is, we use a lot of glyphosate, which is the roundup on all of our grains in this country. And yes, you can eat organic, but it still has, you know, the spread. And I’m not such a crazy girl that’s You can’t ever eat anything bad. It’s just if you’re not doing well. it is up to you to get to the source of it because if you just go the traditional way, you’re going to be given some sort of drug to cover the problem rather than getting to the source.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, which makes sense. So point being, you really have to, and I think this is where a lot of people get off track, Dr. Julie, is they see something, they watch a video, they hear a friend, they hear this latest fad of whatever happens to be going on, and so they’re just going to go ahead and jump right into it. And I’ve learned this over the years. The reality is everybody’s body, so every body, I guess I should say, is different. And you can’t have a one-size-fits-all, even when it comes to losing weight and things along those lines. Certain body types need certain things, and DNA plays a big role in this, I believe. And the reality is it is not a one-size-fits-all, correct? Correct.
SPEAKER 11 :
I mean, there is some very basics that I’ve applied for 34 years with patients and they all do well if they follow it. So, you know, the fact is, you know, I think we’ve discussed this. I live in Clearwater, Florida.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
The picture of the people in the beach in the 70s, everyone was slender.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 11 :
So they weren’t all eating different and strange and, you know, doing all sorts of crazy things and going to the gym and even health food stores weren’t even that popular. Right. So it has to be the source from our food because you go to Clearwater Beach now and you’re hard-pressed to find a group of slender people.
SPEAKER 05 :
True. No, and what I was meaning is, you know, people that are especially looking at, you know, getting in shape, losing weight. I mean, even some of the fitness end of things. Some people, their body type, they need more cardio. Some people need more… weightlifting and things like that my main thing was you know when it comes to certain fad diets and so on be careful because what may have worked for your next door neighbor or even your spouse may not be for you
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, absolutely true. So, you know, so I always go back to the basic, and, you know, some people get away with eating one meal a day, and they’re intermittent fasting, and that’s fine for them. That’s me.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’m that person. I have learned throughout all of the years of just all the different things I’ve done and so on, and you know some of my history, but I’m to the point now, and I’ve been this way now for a while, probably going on almost close to a year, where… If I get really hungry at lunch, I may go ahead and, you know, snack on something, have some protein or something along those lines. But typically for me, Dr. Julie, I can pretty much survive throughout the day. I’m fine. I’m sharp. I do this show. I don’t eat before the show. I go home, have dinner, and that’s my one meal a day.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yep, and other people would just, you know, die doing that. Some people do need to graze throughout the day and, you know, feed the system and not let their blood sugar get too low. And so, you know, it just depends. And usually you have a kind of an idea. of where you fall on that one. But first and foremost, you want to eat the protein first. And those protein bars and things like that, there’s always hard-boiled eggs. I bring it up a lot because people forget about them. I mean, you can have 12 in your refrigerator and two at a time. will completely satisfy any craving you might have.
SPEAKER 05 :
And there, for all of you listening, they have a ton of nutrients. 80 calories a pop is typically where they come in at. I mean, the reality is, especially those of you that are trying to cut some weight but still be healthy and still have energy and so on, they are a great source. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yep. Yep, they are. And you know, as far as vegetables go, get a clear container, cut up your celery, your carrots, your radishes, put them in some water, put them in a clear container at eye level. You will snack on those over chips if they’re done and ready for you.
SPEAKER 05 :
Very true. Very true. And again, the key there is having them done and ready because it’s the convenience factor is what people, of course, as you know, Dr. Julie, are looking for. Now, let’s talk for a moment just because it’s something that I’ve made it a habit of. I take one every night. And if I know I might have. an off meal or something that maybe I wouldn’t normally be having, but you know, it’s because of an occasion or something. So you’re going to go ahead and do something that you might not normally do. Traveling, have Absorbade with me at all times. This is something that comes up. I usually get questions on it after the show or, you know, after this particular hour is over. Explain Absorbade, how it works and how folks can get it.
SPEAKER 11 :
So it’s a high quality digestive enzyme. It’s a vegan formula. So it’s made from plants and fruits and vegetables. everything that allows you to break down the different types of food. It has enzymes in there for the protein, enzymes for the carbohydrates and the vegetables, and even dairy products. So if you’re a healthy eater and you take this with your meals, it allows you to get more nutrition per each meal. If you’re an unhealthy eater and you don’t want to change your habits, it still allows you to get some of the nutrients from that not-so-great meal. But more importantly, it also helps to push the toxins out of the system. When you take it on an empty stomach, like, let’s say, before you go to bed, I was gardening this weekend and using my hands like crazy, and my hands are all sore. So I took a few of them before I went to bed, and I woke up with less inflammation in my hands because it breaks down inflammation, proteins, and toxins.
SPEAKER 05 :
Sure does. No, guys, I can’t stress this enough. The stuff works. How do they get a hold of it, Dr. Julie?
SPEAKER 11 :
They can go to the website, which is naturesources.com, and they can get some free samples or 20% off their order. Or they can call the 1-800 number, use the code radio, and they’ll do the same thing for you. That phone number is 1-800-827-7656.
SPEAKER 05 :
Great. And again, folks, and I don’t get paid to say this. I use it, buy it, do it on my own. Nobody’s paying me to do it. I don’t get even samples sent to me. This is all on my own. And yes, I believe in it because it does, in fact, work. I cannot stress that enough to all of you listening. Got a text message that came in, Dr. Julie, is, and I’m going to probably butcher this. I’m just going to spell it out. K-I-E-F-E-R. Is that good?
SPEAKER 11 :
It’s a dairy-based product. It depends if that person has dairy sensitivity. Generally, people don’t break down cow milk very well. Calves do. They have the enzymes to do it. So if you’re going to have kefir, then keep it minimal. Take some absorbate to help you break down the dairy in that. And I wouldn’t rely on dairy as the sole source of a protein.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. This other question came in. You might be able to feel this. I don’t know that I can because I am this person, so I don’t know whether this is normal or not. So I have no answer here, but somebody said, same person, I have three or four dreams a night. Is that a good thing? I can’t answer that. I do. I’ll have multiple dreams in a night, so I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, Dr. Julie. I can’t answer that.
SPEAKER 11 :
When you dream a lot, it usually means that you’re B1 deficient. And if you’re B1 deficient, then you’ll want to get some extra B1 into the body, which is also called Simon. And dreaming and also problems with sleeping are often caused by a B1 deficiency. So you can take some extra, but I’ve always been a proponent of rather than just taking a multivitamin, I think it’s better if you take you know, a high-quality digestive enzyme to break down your food because you want to get all the nutrition from the food that you can. If you need to supplement later with something like B1, great, go ahead and do that. But, you know, get what you’re supposed to from your meals.
SPEAKER 05 :
Another question came in, benefits of celery and radishes.
SPEAKER 11 :
I couldn’t tell you right off the bat, but I know for sure they’re not going to cause you a problem.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, well, and I can say that, you know, especially with celery, because it’s very fibrous and it takes more to chew and eat, your brain is going through more of a chewing process, meaning that, how do I want to say this, Dr. Jewell? You will feel more full because your brain is chewing. It’s thinking, okay, I’m eating. There’s that trigger mechanism, and that’s the one thing I know just from dieting and so on that celery does. It’s a great tool for that.
SPEAKER 11 :
Totally true. And when people talk about getting extra fiber in their diet, most of the time your brain thinks towards eating grains as fiber. And you’re getting plenty of fiber from all your vegetables. So celery, radishes, you name it. That’s your source of fiber, which is why I say it’s okay if you’re running from grains and avoiding them in general because they’re really changed in this country.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, makes total sense. Okay, so going back to, we want to get our gut back in shape, get things rolling along, have the enzyme, which of course is the absorbate. What other types of good habits and are there other types of foods that we should be, you know, adding into our diet if they’re not already there?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I think that most people don’t drink enough water in general, and they use other things instead of water. Coffee, tea, carbonated drinks, carbonated water, energy drinks, and… And most people are dehydrated. So by the time you’re ever thirsty, you are past dehydration. When your joints ache, when your knees ache, when you are brain foggy, when you’re sluggish, when you can’t lose weight, a lot of this is simply just up your water content and knock out the other stuff. And you’ll be amazed at how much more energy you have when you’re not dehydrated. artificially creating the energy throughout the day.
SPEAKER 05 :
Again, I can attest to that, and by no means, this is for folks listening, please, I’m not trying to brag or one-up anybody or anything along those lines, but I’ll be 61 next month, Dr. Julie. I don’t feel any older than I did when I was 40. I still do as much, if not more, than I did At that time, my sleep is good. I mean, I feel solid. I had blood work done here about a month and a half, two months ago by one of our doctor sponsors here, and everything came back great. I mean, honestly, Dr. Julie, I don’t have a single thing to complain about. And a lot of this I attribute to what you and I have talked about and the things I’ve learned from you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, that’s excellent, and that’s basically what any person can hope for is to have a body that’s just efficient. And when it’s efficient, it also gives you buffer. It means you can have a wild night and eat junk and drink if you want, but you’ll not be so slammed because you have no more buffer left. So putting in these good habits gives you the buffer that you should have so that you can abuse the system a little.
SPEAKER 05 :
I can’t, you know, again, I cannot stress any more for all of you listening that a lot of the things I’ve learned from you, Dr. Julie, I mean that sincerely. It’s been solid. I know my listeners have as well. I appreciate the time you take with us on a pretty routine basis. You become a really solid part of what we do during health and wellness here, at least on, maybe not quite once a month, but pretty close to it. And I appreciate it greatly. We learn something from you every single time you’re on. How do folks reach out and find you directly if they want to?
SPEAKER 11 :
They can go on to my Instagram, which is DrJulie27, and I am the owner of the Florida Wellness Institute. Okay. But if you get onto the Nature Sources website, naturesources.com, you’ll find lots of information as well. And thank you for the compliment. This is my life’s goal. You’re making me smile with the compliments you’re giving.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I appreciate you, and I mean that sincerely. I don’t say that to everybody that comes on the program. We have a lot of great guests and a lot of people that are here that do help, you know, myself and our listeners and so on, but you especially. It’s always a joy having you. Anytime I get the opportunity, I enjoy having you on, and I’ve learned a lot from you, so I appreciate it greatly. Wow. Me too. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Julie. Have a great rest of your day. And she is a great lady. I appreciate her so, so much. She has helped us out a ton, literally over the past several years that we’ve been having her on. And I would tell you that absorb aid product, it is solid. It works. I cannot say that enough. Dr. Scott Faulkner coming up next. Speaking of doctors, he is mine. He is the one that did my blood work of late. You guys heard the stories that I’ve given about Dr. Scott and just a great doctor. He thinks like Dr. Julie, like the rest of us here that we, we do, whether it’s here on this health and wellness channel, or we do with Dr. Kelly on Thursdays. He is right in line with everything we talk about here. If you want him to be your doctor, give him a call, 303-663-6990.
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