Join us on this week’s Rush to Reason as host John Rush dives into the delicate balance between health and financial well-being. Along with guest Al from Golden Eagle, John explores year-end financial strategies to reduce stress and improve wellness. They discuss essential actions like managing IRAs, Roth conversions, and ensuring financial plans are regularly reviewed to adapt to life’s changes. Adding a sprinkle of humor, the show touches on the simple joys of life, like holiday celebrations and cherished pets, turning what is often a stressful topic into an engaging and informative session.
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All right. Welcome, Health and Wellness Wednesday. Welcome. Appreciate you guys listening very much. Myself, Charlie Grimes, of course, our engineer, and Al Smith. We let him, or we made him, I should say, hang around after his program from 2 to 2.30. We’re going to talk a little bit about some year-end stuff. Al from Golden Eagle. So, Al, welcome.
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Well, thank you, John. I love being on your show.
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Al brought his, how should I say this, his pocket lint roller for his furry friend that’s with him today, who’s beautiful, by the way.
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Well, thank you. My service dog, my husky Klondike, is here. He enjoys it. He doesn’t like being left in the office alone, however.
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You can hear him. He’s all right. He’s great. He’s beautiful, by the way, Al, so congratulations. He’s a very pretty dog, so congratulations. All right, as we talk to Al here, again, we have Al normally try to get him to hang around mainly because it fits with his schedule. He’s already here doing his show from 2 to 2.30. On top of that, I say it all the time, having your finances as much in order as you can. And for some of you that maybe are a little bit older and have done a really good job continuing down that path. But Al, as we talk all the time, stress is a big thing, especially when it comes to health and wellness, and having our finances dialed in can help us not necessarily be stress-free, but it does help us handle that stress a little better is probably the best way for me to say that.
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Well, I would agree, and when people have a nest egg they believe is large enough to get them through retirement, they can be thinking about other things, like how you can give back, how you can help through your church, how you can do some volunteer work. If you’re not sure you have enough money to get through retirement, It’s hard to think about how you can help somebody else.
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Absolutely. Okay, so year-end stuff, Albert, that time where there are some things that, yeah, you can do some contributions to your IRA and things like that, even next year before you file your taxes. The deadline is the 15th of April, of course. But there’s also things that folks might want to look at with you directly before the end of the year and time is running out. What are some of those things they should be looking at?
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Well, the two big things, obviously, if you are 73 years old or older, you need to take out your required minimum distribution from your IRA. And I would suggest that it needs to be done by December 31st, but I would not wait until the week of Christmas to do that because the big financial companies, the insurance companies, investment companies, get very busy that time of year, and they often have to hire people who are not the most financially knowledgeable.
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Agreed.
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Also, you may be on hold. If you do it probably this week or next, you’ll be able to take care of it a lot easier. That’s for your RMDs. If you’re thinking about converting part of your traditional IRA to Roth, you can kind of sit down and look at your last pay stub or second to last pay stub and estimate what tax bracket you’re in and decide if you want to do that. because that also has to be done by December 31st. Regular IRA contribution, as you mentioned, John, that can be done when you file your taxes or as late as April 15th.
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Okay, now, everything else spot on. I’ve been telling even my business clients that are looking at the year end, the tax planning and so on, that essentially because of the way Christmas falls this year, Christmas and New Year’s both being on Wednesdays, it really does put a damper, I guess you could say, on some of the normal business things you might go ahead and get done because of the way it falls. So what I’m telling everybody is like you, we have literally until not this coming Friday, but next Friday, Friday. So let me get that date to make sure that I’m saying the correct date. The 20th. So you really have until, you know, as far as business functions go, I’ve been telling everybody, I think you’ll be safe in doing this. Have your stuff done by December 20th this year.
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I think that makes the most sense. I mean, it sounds like it’s 10 days before the end of the year, but with holidays in there and with businesses and individuals taking time off, I would get some of these things done that we’re talking about before Christmas. The 20th.
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And the reason we say that for all of you listening is the last thing you want is to have to try to come back and prove that you had everything done by the 31st, Al, to your point. Just the amount of, again, stress. This is Health and Wellness Wednesday. We talk about reducing stress and so on. So guess what? Reduce that stress. Get these things done by the 20th. Enjoy the holidays then after that, and you can do that stress-free, Al.
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Well, absolutely. It’s much easier to enjoy the holidays when some of the major stressful things are behind you.
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Exactly. All right, so folks looking to do that. And I’ve also been telling folks, Al, that if they don’t have a plan or they’ve had a plan maybe for years that hasn’t been reviewed and they haven’t seen their financial planner that did some of that in multiple years, reality is they need to seek you out. They need to sit down, have a very – open-ended conversation as to here’s where i am here’s some of the things that you know we’ve already got going on they show you all those things and guess what here’s where i want to be am i gonna make it with my current plan or do i need to make any adjustments to make sure that i get there and by the way it’s very uncommon i’m guessing i’m not you but i’m guessing it’s uncommon for there not to be some changes along the way because things happen in life right
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Well, exactly. The reason plans need to be reviewed is because people’s circumstances change. And we all have heard the great financial sage Mike Tyson say, everybody has a plan until you get hit in the face.
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That’s right. It’s a fact. So, again, folks, you can call Al. I say it all the time. KLZRadio.com is where you can find him. Now, Al, I was going to ask, given we’re very close to that 20th date, business day-wise, because today’s pretty much over, that gives them seven business days to get in and get going. Time-wise for you, are you able to take some folks and actually help them during that time?
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Well, yes, I may be taking a little time off, but I’ll probably only be doing it like a half a day at a time or something so that you can reach me right up to the year end. Some of the time I’ll be taking off will be in 2025, and you can reach my office at 303-744-1128. And if you get my voicemail, I respond to those quickly.
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Al, as always, I appreciate it. Look forward to 2025. Have fun with your furry friend here as well and hope you have a fabulous Christmas. And for all of you listening, again, if you haven’t gotten in to see Al, you need to do that before the end of the year because there might be some adjustments you need to make tax-wise to make all of that happen. And or get an appointment set early 2025 and get yourself established and on the way towards the retirement. And back to what Al said a little bit ago, so that you can actually do some things later on in life that benefit others and do some things that you would like to do. Because when you’re busy working and trying to work everything out, Al, you don’t have time to even do some of the other volunteer things that a lot of people enjoy doing.
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No, you’re absolutely right. And the happiest people I know are in retirement are those who are getting some joy and fulfillment from doing things for some other people.
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All right, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Health and Wellness Wednesday. Okay, last week I talked about the ice display or the event that’s out at the Gaylord of the Rockies Hotel. It’s Christmas at Gaylord. In fact, the website is Christmas at GaylordRockies.com. I also told you that I would do my best to have some tickets to potentially give away for that. Now, here’s how this is going to work. I do have some to give away that we’ll do right now. I’ve got four sets of two. I’m sorry I can’t do more than that, but that’s how they distributed the tickets to me. And the way this works is I’m going to email you back a voucher. That then allows you to go on and make whatever appointment you want to do. If you want to add some tickets to that, even some of the discounted prices, maybe there’s more than just two of you that want to go. I get that. But this will help at least get, in your family, two of you to go. And kids under three, I believe, are free anyway. So some of you that have small children, you might only need two tickets when it’s all said and done. Anyway, so here’s how this is going to work. You’re going to call in now to our main number, 303. four seven seven five six zero zero and the first four people that call charlie’s gonna just give you the text line number specifically and then you can email or you can text me your info now please this is the honor system a lot of you know the text line anyways Don’t just start texting me for those tickets because I’ll know based upon timing and names as to what Charlie’s taking as to whether these are legit or not. And I don’t really worry about that with you guys as listeners. And if I had more, folks, I would do more. But that’s what they were able to get me. And I appreciate that very much. So thank you, by the way, Gaylord of the Rockies. I do appreciate that very much. It’s a great event. You’ll have a great time. I’ve already had some family members that went the other day and gave us a report back that it’s absolutely a wonderful display, things that you will not see anywhere else. So if you’ve got the ability to go and you would like to have a pair of tickets, call us and we will get you dialed in and the phones are ringing now. So give Charlie a moment to get back to you, you know, to get your number and all of that. And then I will handle getting you the tickets emailed out. And by the way, I may not be able to do that until first thing in the morning. I’ve got a few things going on even after the show tonight. So I may not be able to email you until first thing in the morning. I will do my best to do it prior to that, but it might be morning before I actually get all of that done. But if you got, if you want to go lines are full right now so there’s i’m guessing three sets of these pairs already going out so as soon as somebody drops off i can take one more caller 303-477-5600 all right health and wellness wednesday i’ve got troy dual from centurion labs is going to talk to us about desserts here at about 3 30 in the meantime I found an interesting article this week, and I didn’t have a special guest or anything for this. This just happened to be an article in BBC Science Focus magazine, and it’s about night sweats. Some people have them awful, and it sort of runs in, quote-unquote, my family, my side of the family, I should say. And some of my kids even had night sweats. So it’s something that a lot of people can experience. Now, I didn’t know until I started reading this particular article that… They might be an indication of another health issue that you may have going on in your life. And those of you that just called in, hang tight. Charlie will get to you in just one second. So hang tight. He’ll be right with you. He’s answering other calls as we speak. But number one, night sweats might be a sleep-related breathing disorder. In other words, there might be a link to folks that have persistent night sweats that And you could have a sleep-related breathing disorder. Now, again, some of you that experience this… Number two. could be a different health issue there’s all sorts of other sleep disorders that might be going on as well uh… your body by the way as you guys all know is regulating its temperature during the night now i also will say this is not necessarily in this article but What you sleep on, you know, mattress wise sheets and so on can have a lot to do with some of the things that we’re talking about. So that’s one of those things, too, where, you know, do some of your research and make sure that you’re actually sleeping on things that help you. mitigate, best words I guess I could use, night sweats if you’re somebody that actually experiences that. But again, a lot of sleep disorders can come from a sign of night sweats. And by the way, not necessarily the only symptom. There might be some other things that those that you’re around or depending upon your situation, this could even be with your kids and so on. Now also, One thing to look at, too, is some medications may trigger this as well. So, for example, medications that are used to treat diabetes and some things along those lines, they may actually cause some night sweats as well. So that’s one of those things, too, that you really need to look at. And if that’s you, of course, you may know that already. Another common culprit, which, again, after reading this makes total sense, hormones. Low hormone levels can disrupt your body’s temperature regulation. And that can be, by the way, for both men and women. Estrogen and testosterone both play a role in balancing those levels. At night and you’re basically regulating your internal thermostat. So that’s another thing to look at where if you’ve got it. And by the way, maybe this is something that you’ve never experienced before. And all of a sudden they start to come on. There is an onset. That would be something that you’d really want to take a closer look at to make sure that. that you’re getting things handled correctly on that end of things as well. And if you try to call in now, you won’t be able to get in. We’ve put all the lines on permanent hold because we’ve given them all away. So thank you all very much. It didn’t take very long, so I appreciate that. And, yes, I will do my best to get those out. this evening, even maybe at the top of the hour. But if I don’t, I will definitely get those things out to you guys first thing in the morning. And that event is going on all the way through the rest of this month, I believe even into early January. So you’ll have plenty of time to make sure that you go. So again, Going back to the hormonal end of things, and you guys all know this, and we don’t talk about this a lot during this hour because this is really, in my opinion, kind of one of those personal things that everybody experiences differently. These are things where you need to be talking to your doctor closely, especially as we start to age, because things, again, change. Things start to slow down as we age, for example. Your hormones will start to change. Sometimes we need to add some things back into our bodies to balance those hormones out. And again, I’m not going to get technical. I’m not a doctor. This is really more up the alley of Dr. Scott Faulkner, who, by the way, is really great on all of this as well. So not only is he a great doctor. just regular internal medicine doctor, but he does some of the things that we’re talking about as well and understands that fully. So if you’re somebody that is struggling a little bit on that whole balance of things, and one thing about Dr. Scott I should mention as well, is he’s not always going to be a guy to just say, you know, here, take this. You know, take some testosterone, for example. He may ask you all sorts of things like, what’s your diet like? What’s your exercise like? What is your sleep like? Which is what we’re talking about right now. And then combination of, what do we need to do to get some of these levels back on track? He’s going to take the whole picture because, again, he’s a – what I would call more of a whole doctor. He’s not burdened by big pharma and big insurance, so he can take the time necessary to sit and have a conversation with you, run the labs, do the things necessary to figure out exactly what you need to be doing along those lines. So just put a quick plug in for Dr. Scott, who you’ll also hear from. in a commercial this hour. But yeah, if you’re really looking for somebody that will help you with that end of things, which again can be, you know, night sweats can be a sign of that imbalance, please give Dr. Scott a call and he’d love to help you out. Switch up your evening routine. So something, you know, sometimes it says here you can’t avoid sweating at night. You can minimize it based upon your daily habits, even hours before going to bed. Everybody sweats after a workout, of course, but the timing and intensity of your exercise can change your sleeping temperature. High intensity workouts raise your core temperature, speed up your metabolism. So working out later in the evening could make you more prone to night sweats. Now, by the way, that could even just be Hey, you know, it’s summertime and you are outside working in the yard all the way up until you decided to come in and go to bed. Those things can also be a contributing factor to that. So, again, your brain responds to that overheating in your body by making you sweat. That’s one of the ways, you know, God made us. It’s how we cool ourselves down. And at the end of a workout, of course. you’re going to naturally be more hot, and your body’s going to be doing things to try to get that temperature back down, of course. Now, this I talked a little bit about a moment ago briefly. Your sleep setup might be wrong. And again, this is one of those things where what you had even as a mattress and sheets for the last decades, plural, maybe that’s not the right setup now, depending upon where you are at your stage in life. Maybe you need to take another look at that, and maybe you need something different when it comes to how you’re actually, you know, what you’re actually sleeping on and in is what I mean to say. you know, breathable-type fabrics. They’ve got mattresses even that some do a better job of keeping you warm, some do a better job of keeping you cool. There’s even these devices that a lot of you have seen to where they’ll even, like, air-condition the bed itself. It actually goes up in between the sheets, and it’ll actually blow, you know, cool air or warm air, I guess, depending upon what you want, you know, inside of, quote-unquote, the cover. So it’s one of those things where And again, I’m not an expert when it comes to mattresses and bedding and all of that. My wife is more of an expert on that than I am. But I do know that there is a gazillion. I mean, that’s one of the things that’s a lot different even than when Charlie, you and I were kids. The amount of mattress choices today. And even the materials that you can actually buy for sheets is far different than what I grew up with. So along those lines, make sure that you have what you need setup wise to sleep well. Because, again, one of the things we talk about during health and wellness is sleep is something we need. Everybody needs a different amount. It’s not, you know, used to be when we were told for years and years, everybody needs eight hours. That’s not necessarily true. Some can go on less. Some need more. You know you, and you know what you need, and you still have to get adequate sleep for you so that as… You’re resting and your brain is trying to rejuvenate itself. One of the things we’ve learned with dementia and Alzheimer’s is that can come also early onsets of it, especially can come from not sleeping well. You know, people that work night jobs and things like that. Those are things that you really need to be careful of. So this whole, you know, sweating while you sleep. And some of the other health issues that this may be a sign of, you want to make sure you have those things taken care of because you want a good night’s sleep because when you’re not getting a good night’s sleep, it’s just not healthy for your whole well-being. And that means everything from your physical side to the mental side to what’s going on inside of your brain and so on. Just a few tips there. If some of you suffer from night sweats, there might be other things going on. You might want to have a conversation even with somebody like Dr. Scott when it comes to that. Golden Eagle Financial is coming up next. We just talked to Al a moment ago. And, yes, as we head down to the final stretch here of 2024, make sure you’re dialed in when it comes to your finances. Al is more than willing to help you with that. We just talked to him a moment ago. And, again, find Al at klzradio.com.
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And we are back, Health and Wellness Wednesday. Troy Duhl joining us now. Troy, welcome back. How are you, sir? Doing great, John. How are you? Always a joy having you. Troy is our resident health educator, founder of Centurion Labs as well. All right. We’re going to talk about the holidays and desserts. And, you know, everybody this time of the year, Troy, is looking forward to being able to get together with friends and family. And yet there’s all these temptations that are out there. And in some cases, depending upon, you know, where you’re at and whose home you’re at, You know, you don’t want to be rude and not take something. On the same token, you’re trying to watch the waistline, and we talk about eating healthy on a routine basis. So people are trying to stay in check. How do they balance all of that?
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Man, that is the million-dollar question, isn’t it? Because we all kind of are our own worst enemies because of nostalgia. We get over to Grandma’s house. We get over to our parents’ house. Whatever it is, and there are those certain treats that we want to have. And I think the big thing we have to do is really become somewhat strategic with it and say, you know what, I’m going to have three or four cheat days over the month of December. And those are the parties or whatever it may be. And you pick those that you think are going to have the best opportunity for you to have a good cheat day with the foods that you want. And, you know, save one of those days for when you go to your grandmother’s house or your parents’ house or whoever it is that has that dessert that you have a tough time resisting. And then during the week, you really just work on eliminating the sugar and the processed foods to get you where you need to go.
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Well, and for a lot of you listening, that means, because it’s even here, Troy, I mean, there’ll be things in a lot of the kitchen, or the office kitchens, I should say, or even at home, and things will be given to you depending upon what your job is, and pretty soon you’ll have this plethora of goodies kicking around, and And I’ll be the first to admit it, Troy, in some cases it may not even be what you mostly desire. You’re just having this sugar craving. So you’re going to go ahead and just say, oh, it’s a holidays. I’m going to go ahead and just kick that in anyways. Well, yeah, you’re going to kick that in and you decide to start doing it, you know, maybe even two or three times a day. And pretty soon you do that for two weeks straight and the New Year’s comes around. And oh, by the way, yeah, we had to eat grandma’s pie because otherwise we hurt her feelings. And just now it’s this whole, you know, we’re this endless pit of sugar.
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There is no doubt about it. I mean, the little Christmas tree cakes, the Santa cookies, the peppermint ice cream, whatever it is that comes out this time of year, we love them and they’re good. But I think we just have to really be very, very disciplined, like you said, because the sugar piece is so addictive. I mean, we’ve talked about it before.
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Yeah, and I know we’ve talked about it, you and I have, although we get different people that listen at different times and different days and so on, and people may not have heard us actually talk about this with you specifically. What generates those cravings in the first place, Troy? And then on top of that, when we succumb to those temptations, what happens?
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Well, they’ve done lots of studies, and I think we mentioned this, And it shows that sugar lights up the same area of the brain that cocaine does for those who are addicted to cocaine. So it is truly addictive. So those cravings are exactly that.
SPEAKER 13 :
In other words, they are legit.
SPEAKER 07 :
They are very legit. And then to think about the other piece, which is, all right, I’m not going to do sugar. We’ll do some kind of artificial sweetener. Well, those artificial sweeteners are 700 times sweeter than sugar. So they’re created to create those cravings as well. So you may have the artificial sweetener, but you’re still getting the calories and you’re thinking you can eat more and more and more of it. But the old adage is you can’t make an unhealthy food healthy by adding artificial sweeteners. So kind of get that out of your head. So if you’re walking down the aisle and you see a peppermint ice cream that you love to have this time of year and one of those, and you see some kind of version that has sugar alcohols in it or artificial sweeteners in it, it’s still going to have the calories and the fat that is not going to be good for you overall.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay, so in other words, be careful just because we feel like we may be, you know, quote-unquote, substituting the real sugar for some of these imitations that are out there. And my wife says this all the time. No offense, Troy, you might as well just have the sugar.
SPEAKER 07 :
That is true. The sugar actually is probably better for you in the long run. Now, the processed sugars that they throw into the processed foods, not so much. But if you’re trying to choose between an artificial sweetener and the sugar itself, I think there are plenty of studies that show sugar is probably the better of the two alternatives. And really, it gets back to what you were saying is how do we minimize those cravings And I think it starts with just making sure that you’re setting yourself up right by before you get to the dessert, by eating those things that are protein rich. We know that the more protein you have, the more stable your blood sugar is going to be. Therefore, you’ll have less cravings for that sugar. Get those healthy fats, get high fiber in your in your system and you’ll have less.
SPEAKER 13 :
craving for that sugar which is what we’re all about how does our sugar intake you know we’ve talked about this before again but some folks may not have heard this how does that sugar intake affect our liver because we usually this time of the year hear more about you know alcohol and all of that and how that affects the liver nobody ever talks about how sugar is affecting the liver
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and I think a great way to look at it is to understand that alcohol basically turns straight to sugar. So sugar is really the detriment to the liver that alcohol is causing. So you’ve got to limit that sugar because it is just taxing your liver. Your liver is working overtime, especially this time of year, to try to regulate your insulin levels within your body. When we flood it with so much sugar, it gets to the point where it just can’t keep up. And it can eventually, if we continue to pound it with sugar and alcohol, which turns to sugar, then we become insulin resistant, which then causes us to get to that point of being pre-diabetic or diabetic itself.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay. And everything you just said, I had never really, even before you and I had talked about this whole liver thing before, never really had, I mean, you would think common sense, you put two and two together because you’re exactly right. The alcohol just turns right to sugar, just like carbs do and so on. And we sort of I guess you could say, Troy, in a way we we either forget it or we choose to ignore it or we just haven’t been educated enough, maybe along those lines. And, you know, I’ve talked about this. You know, the reality is and for all of you listening, please. Some of you know this. Some of you may not know this. The sugar lobby, some, Troy, 60 plus years ago, did a very good job in making us blame a lot of other things for bad health and not sugar because they wanted to, frankly, sell more sugar. And it becomes, to your point, it’s an addiction. It’s like a drug. They knew if they got you addicted, they would sell more of it. And so we’ve been sort of trained in a way, Troy, to where we really don’t think sugar is as bad as it is.
SPEAKER 07 :
That is very, very true and well said because we have tricked ourselves into thinking that, hey, this isn’t that bad, or if I do just a little bit of this, it’s not going to lead to something down the road. But we’ve already talked about how we can start to have those cravings. Every processed food, every food that you get out of a package has added sugar in order to increase that addiction that we have to sugar, which then creates those cravings when we go somewhere and see that dessert. So it’s all about setting it up correctly. And here’s one good piece. It’s not real good for me because I’m not a big chocolate guy. But they do suggest dark chocolate is a great alternative to chew on or to have at dinner because it does help reduce sugar cravings. Now, it’s got to be a 70% chocolate level or cocoa level. So that’s what you’re looking for. And they say that that can help reduce sugar cravings. So that may be one option. positive to this whole conversation when we’re looking to help reduce sugar.
SPEAKER 13 :
Like you, not my favorite. Chocolate’s great. I’m one of those even, Troy, if I have the choice between vanilla ice cream and chocolate ice cream, I’ll pick the vanilla all day long. It’s just kind of me and my taste buds. It’s not that I don’t like chocolate, but if I have other options, you know, vanilla cake versus chocolate cake, for example, or, you know, white frosting versus dark frosting. I mean, I’m just more of that individual. So for me, it’s not a huge deal. Downside is I’m not a huge dark chocolate fan because of that.
SPEAKER 07 :
I’m right there with you. But for those who are, there’s a little cheat for you. For you and I who don’t like chocolate all that much, One way that we can satisfy our sugar cravings maybe during this time of year when we’re not on our cheat days is find some blueberries, apples, pears, something along those lines that is a fruit that satisfies that sweetness, but it has all the other added benefits that go along with it.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay. All right. Talk to us about as we go through all of this, and we’re going to do our very best to do things correctly. Have as little of all of this as we can, things you and I are talking about. I want to get into some of the supplements in a moment as well, but things are done because you and I probably won’t talk now until January. So things are done. We’ve gotten through the holidays. How do we detox from all of this stuff?
SPEAKER 07 :
That is a great question, and as we go through this, I would suggest some of these same things that we’re talking about detoxing afterwards that we’re doing during this season as well. And the number one thing is to exercise. We know that exercising helps the liver really process all those sugars and other additives that we’re getting in our food. So exercise is key. So do not take off two, three weeks during the Christmas season and not exercise. That’s super important. So remember, Keep up the exercise. Limit your alcohol intake. So, you know, if you’re wanting to have an alcoholic drink, that’s great, but just limit it because we’ve already talked about how reducing that sugar is super important. So limiting alcohol. Reduce sugar intake after the season’s over. Stay well hydrated. Get great sleep. And then eat those fiber-rich foods that we’ve talked about, like the fruits and vegetables and whole grains, because we know that all that supports your liver. And then the final thing is look to support your liver with some supplementation. So look for things that are going to help with methylation, which would be your B vitamins like folate and B12 and B6. and then other supplements like NAC or selenium or phosphatidylcholine. All those we know really just help your liver function a little bit better. So you want to look for things like that.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay. Now, which, again, Centurion Labs. And really quick, Troy, before we move on, give folks the website, how they can actually find you.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, you can go to centurionlabs.com, so it’s C-E-N-T-U-R-I-O-N-L-A-B-S.com, or you can go to our podcast, which is called Frontline Health Podcast, and we talk about different things. like sugar and other health issues that are out there. And you can find that pretty much anywhere podcasts are found.
SPEAKER 13 :
Okay, so we’re going to do our best to eat correctly from now until really the end of the year because it goes through the first of the year with football games and all the other things that will happen. Frankly, it even goes on after that with the Super Bowl, et cetera. But we’ll keep talking and keep people informed. on track. So we’re going to be very mindful of all of this and make sure that we’re monitoring our sugar intake. We’re going to make sure that we continue to exercise and do the things that we would normally do along those lines. We’re going to detox when we’re all done and do some supplementation as well. What else should we be doing? In other words, as we’re Maybe going through the holidays, and this was a suggestion from somebody that I interviewed last week. So those of you that maybe are drinking alcohol, for example, you drink a drink and then have a full glass of water. And then maybe if you want a second one, fine, after you’ve had that full drink of water. I guess, Troy, in a way, what you’re doing, number one, you’re slowing down that intake in general and giving your body some time to recuperate. Plus, we’re hydrating very well, which alcohol, despite what people might think, doesn’t hydrate you.
SPEAKER 07 :
It does not. And I think that is a great practical step that anybody can take when you’re having alcohol because it will help hydrate, flush that out of your system a little bit faster and make sure that those toxins are getting out. And it’ll help the liver just support that a little bit more where it’s not going to be overtaxed with all the sugar that’s in there.
SPEAKER 13 :
Is there any, and this may be a dumb question on my part, are there any supplements that help either break down the sugar faster and or keep those cravings at bay, or is it just because it’s so addictive like cocaine that it is what it is?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I don’t know if there are any supplements that will help reduce sugar cravings. Now, we know that there are supplements that, again, support the liver, but which helps break down that sugar a little bit faster and keeps it from being too taxed. So I would say I don’t know if there are supplements specifically that would reduce sugar cravings. I tend to say probably not. But we do know that there are foods that can help reduce that because your – you’re reducing some of the blood sugar levels and helping regulate that. So you can have that. I suppose if there is that going on with food, that there are probably some supplements that would help as well. I just don’t know what they are on hand.
SPEAKER 13 :
Not to poke at the pharmaceutical companies, but my guess is, Troy, if there was even something, for example, a drug that people could take that would reduce sugar cravings, I’m guessing that one probably gets buried because the folks that sell sugar wouldn’t want that.
SPEAKER 07 :
The folks that sell sugar wouldn’t want that, and honestly, the folks that sell diabetes medication and other things probably wouldn’t want it either.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, I’m guessing that even if that existed, that’s one of those things that probably gets bought and buried because nobody wants that out there, although it would be a huge benefit to a lot of individuals because it would change a lot of things that they do in their life health-wise. And again, Troy, I know this full well just from being down this journey myself. These things, to your point earlier, how we open up, they are very addictive. You can have withdrawals when you go off of sugar completely. In fact, my recommendation to folks is unless you can do cold turkey and handle some of the headaches and sweats and so on that come along with it, and yes, those things do happen when you’re fully addicted to sugar. I know. I’m a testament to that some time. 15 years ago, Troy, so yes, I know those things exist when you come off of it, and the reality is if you’re not able to do cold turkey, you’ve got to slowly wean yourself off, but that’s also difficult.
SPEAKER 07 :
There really is no easy way to do it, and it takes discipline. I mean, it’s an easy thing. I think we all recognize that we should just eat less sugar and We should look at labels. We should do those things. And it’s not hard to do, but the discipline piece is where it comes in. And we all like the taste of sugar a lot more sometimes than we do the health benefits that go along with cutting it.
SPEAKER 13 :
And I will be sympathetic to a lot of folks because I’m somebody that loves food. In fact, my addiction, Troy, is that. I talked about this on another program I was on recently where I don’t have a lot of other addictions, alcohol, et cetera. I don’t abuse drugs, those sorts of things. Never have been a problem in my life. But I love food. Now, the difference is cocaine isn’t on every street corner. Alcohol even, Troy, isn’t on every street corner. But food is everywhere, and I have to have food to survive. And unfortunately, a lot of the foods that we get today in America contain some of the very things you and I are talking about that you want to get rid of. So the reality is those people that have food addictions, in my opinion, have it a whole lot worse than even folks that are addicted to cocaine and alcohol.
SPEAKER 07 :
I would totally agree with that from the standpoint of it is just hard to get away from it because it’s so easy. And we’re so busy that we may see a packaged food or we may see a fast food drive through as we’re going by. And we think, you know what, I’m just going to slip in there real quick, grab it and go without really looking at the labels or understanding what’s in it. to a greater extent, and that truly affects our health and can be devastating for us if that’s all we’re doing.
SPEAKER 13 :
Founder of Centurion Labs, Troy Duhl. Troy, have a really Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I know we’ll talk again first of the year, but thank you so much for all that you do. It’s been a joy. The more we talk, the more I get to know you. I just appreciate your time and effort in coming on our program.
SPEAKER 07 :
John, I appreciate it and hope you guys have a great Christmas out that way as well.
SPEAKER 13 :
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All right, real quick, Joe sent this in. One can of soda per day for a month equals four pounds of sugar. Just an FYI. Joe, thank you for sending me that, and you actually sent me what the sack of sugar looks like that you would be consuming with one soda per day for a month. I got all the tickets emailed, by the way. Thank you all very much for doing that. And by the way, We have great listeners. Not one person tried to cheat. So you guys are fabulous. I appreciate you very, very much. Have fun. Those of you that were able to get tickets, have fun at Gaylord of the Rockies. And by the way, there are some great deals. Even if you couldn’t get in and get the tickets that we were giving away, I would still encourage you to go out there, take your family, have a great time. And if you have the ability to let them know that you heard about them through us, please do so as well. I would appreciate that. All right, Hour 2 is coming up next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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