In this episode of Rush to Reason, John Rush reflects on his recent vacation experiences and the valuable lessons learned about societal norms and parenting. From the intriguing differences observed during his travels to the crucial life lessons on improving well-being, this episode offers a fresh perspective on tackling 2025 with optimism and a healthier lifestyle. Join us for compelling discussions and thoughtful insights as we navigate Health and Wellness Wednesday together.
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All right, Health and Wellness Wednesday. Yes, I am back from vacation. Thanks to Andy and the crew and everybody that handled things while I was gone. Hopefully you all had a great holiday season. I heard a lot of text messages and so on from a lot of you, emails and so on as well. So thank you for all of those. Also, it’s like I’m away but not because I still get a chance to talk to a lot of you on a regular basis. Anyways, if you have questions, car questions, things like that, I still get those and take care of them. as well. Somebody said, I always get this text message when I’m gone, that everything goes to crap while I’m gone, in light of what happened on New Year’s Eve, which I’ll talk a little bit about today. And I, you know, I don’t think that’s really the case. It’s just what happens in our world, unfortunately. And I’ll get into some of that as well. But before I get into observations from vacation, which I always start off with when I come back. And again, thanks, Andy, for handling things and some of the others from around here as well i i appreciate each and every one of you guys that helped fill in while i was gone thank you for that president jefferson this is yesterday’s question of the day president jefferson hated formal affairs so much that he would often grant foreign dignitaries while wearing what the answer is pajamas And I didn’t know that. I just learned something there because I didn’t know that one. So today’s a possible question. Answer this on our Facebook page. How many years did Jack the Baboon work on the railway system in South Africa without ever making a single mistake? How many years did Jack the Baboon work on the railway system in South Africa without ever making a single mistake? I make lots of mistakes, so the baboon’s better than I, because I make mistakes constantly, even on air. Sometimes you guys can hear them, sometimes you don’t know I did, but trust me, I make my fair share, so the baboon probably has me beat, I guarantee you. All right, observations from vacation. I always start off with this. Now, this is a little different vacation for us because we didn’t really have any major agenda. We just went, relaxed, hung out. It had been a long, honestly, with my folks and all that we had been through with them and just the different things we went through was really more just of a go, you know, decompress, relax, and all that. So I had no agenda, but still observed things. Number one, and I say this every time I come back, parenting skills are lacking in a major way. And it seems like every time I go, it’s getting worse. It’s like the inmates are running the asylum. In other words, parents allow their kids to basically do whatever they want to. And that’s not parenting, by the way. That’s not teaching kids manners and responsibility and so on. But yeah, parenting skills are lacking. Number two, I was just talking to Charlie about this a moment ago. And this is where I do think at times, sometimes we, conservatives, but in general people, if you don’t travel at all, and I highly suggest that if you can, and I get it, not everybody can or has the time or the ability or the resources to do so, but if you can, do. And I know some people just don’t do it because they don’t like it, but here’s why I’m saying you should. It gives you new perspective on, in this case, how much goes on in our world. The amount of people, the amount of money, the amount of opinions and different things that are out there. We can get in our own little bubble at times and not really even talk outside of that bubble. And the best thing I like about vacations is because I’m a talker, as you guys know, I wouldn’t be on air if I wasn’t. And I talked all sorts. If somebody will talk, I’ll talk. If we’re waiting in line, if we’re, you know, whatever. Had a nice conversation yesterday on the way back. We were sitting in a little bar-restaurant thing. I was having a glass of water, and I don’t remember. We had club sandwich or something. Anyways, nice lady next to me and her husband who happened to work for Southwest Airlines. We had a nice long conversation about some of the changes coming for that airline and all sorts of different things and so on. Probably had a half-hour conversation, and that’s just me. I’ll pretty much talk to anyone, and I like that because I – get to learn different things and different perspectives and so on. And it’s not that I wouldn’t learn that anyways, but you learn it in a way that’s direct from some of the people. For example, over the course of many years of traveling, I’ve met a lot of Canadians and have even stayed in contact with some of those folks and met some folks down in Mexico and stay in contact with them. you get differences of opinions on different things. And when Trudeau announced that he was going to resign, I immediately texted some of my Canada friends, who, by the way, were ecstatic over that, which I think most are. You don’t even have to be Canadian to be ecstatic over that. But point being, I talk to a lot of different people while I’m out, which I think gives you different perspective and probably even a little different balance on things when you do. The other thing for me that it does is, in the case of one of the places we went, shows you how much money is actually out there in the world. And there is a boatload. Literally a boatload. And I’d never been to the Fort Lauderdale, Miami area, so we decided to take some time and go there. And I tried to get some things, you know, checked off the bucket list, places I’ve never been and so on. And I’ve been a lot of places but never been there. So it was one of the areas we went to. And, I mean, when you’re talking about homes that are $10, $12, $15 million, and the yacht’s the same amount of money parked out front, and there’s not just one of those, but there’s hundreds, if not thousands of those, it really gives you perspective as to the way some of the other world lives, I guess you could say. Now, what does that mean for the average person buying groceries? Well, to them, probably not much, but what it shows me is… Anytime you start hearing from people that this is going to crash and that’s going to crash and the housing market’s going to fail or the used car market’s going to crash or, or, or, I then look at some of those things I just mentioned a moment ago and think maybe in some pockets, and I’ll talk on Drive Radio Saturday, maybe on some different types of cars. But in general, no, there’s still a lot of money flowing around the world and here in the U.S. So, no, I don’t see anything, quote, unquote, crashing anytime soon. And some of that is just because when you travel around and look at what’s out there and what people are actually doing, and granted, when they’re on vacation, they’re spending money and doing other things and so on. But point being, there is a lot of activity that still goes on on that end of things. And by the way, that’s not what you hear on the nightly news. Ever. So that’s personally why I think some folks should travel, whether you drive, fly, whatever. By the way, flying anymore isn’t very glamorous. It’s getting on a bus with wings. So that’s not near what it used to be. Had that conversation many times. And along those lines, this is something my wife and I noticed on this last trip. We talk about kids, parenting skills, all of that. But the rudeness of people. Just in general, you know, no one Charlie anymore says, excuse me. If they bump into you accidentally, they don’t say I’m sorry or things. They’re just they’re not polite. We have forgotten, I guess, over a couple of generations or more now. We have not taught how to be polite. I mean, I was raised where anybody older than me, and I still do this even with people that are younger than me, it’s, yes, ma’am, yes, sir, no, ma’am, no, sir. You were raised the same way, Charlie. If I was speaking to an adult, especially as a child, it was always, yes, sir, no, sir, yes, ma’am, no, ma’am. And open the door for women and all those sorts of things. That’s how I was raised, and that’s how my dad taught me, and basically having manners, right? And reality is most people don’t have those any longer. And I’m sorry to say that. The other thing I noticed on this particular trip, more so than any trips we’ve taken of late, cashless. A lot of places, no more cash. And some of you are going to say, oh, that’s because of, you know, one world currencies and blah, blah, blah. No, honestly, I don’t think that’s the case. That may be part of it. But I think, frankly, the majority of that comes from dishonest employees. They don’t want the cash coming in because it’s easy to finagle things around and that cash goes in somebody’s pocket rather than the owner of the establishment. So my feeling is, I’m sorry, I’m not looking at the nefarious end of it. I’m looking at it more as an employer, and most have gone cashless because of what I just said. not because of a one-world government and a cashless society and so on. No, they can’t trust their workers any longer to make sure the money stays in the till. Lastly, for all of you Uber drivers, and this isn’t directed at everybody, because some of you are really good drivers, and some of you listening are really good drivers, but in general, and I took a lot of Uber rides in the last couple of weeks, they suck at driving. And I don’t know why. But they do. My gut feeling is we have a lot of people that drive for Uber because they came to this country. They’re new. They’ve probably got a driver’s license, a car. They qualify. They’re willing to work that where a lot of other folks won’t. And in turn, I’ll just be straight up honest, they don’t drive for beans. So my advice is, if you get in an Uber, pay attention, watch what’s going on, be really careful, and if you’re driving down the road and you see the Uber sign, stay away. Because I’m being dead honest. As a passenger and somebody that drives around them constantly, they’re not the best drivers. So, all right, recap of events while I was gone. I’ll get back into health and wellness as soon as we come back from this break. New Year’s Eve, I don’t have to get into details there, what happened in New Orleans and Las Vegas, of course. Jimmy Carter, of course, passed away. In fact, I think his funeral is at tomorrow, Charlie, I want to say. I think it’s tomorrow. Trump in general, just talking about the Gulf of America, taking over the Panama Canal, Greenland. 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All right, Health and Wellness Wednesday, and I apologize, but I always do our recap of the time I’m gone as I come back. And so to start off the new year, 2025, this is our first Health and Wellness for 2025. Yeah, I know New Year’s Day was, but that was a replay show, of course, because we’re not working. that day. So I’ve got seven ways to make a healthy, fresh start. Now remember, as you go into any type of a new habit, and this is the time of the year where gym memberships will be an all-time high. Diets, diet clubs, the fads, all of that, all-time high. People make a resolution at the end of the year, I’m going to lose weight, I’m going to get in shape, I’m going to go to the gym, and those things will be at an all-time high for about the next 60 days or so. End of February. And then everything starts to wane off. It won’t be any longer. It’s just the way it is because it’s not a habit. It’s a fad or it’s something that they want to do, but they’re not super serious about it. So I can’t remember, Charlie, what the exact stats are on when a habit becomes a habit. In other words, when you’re doing a function, when it actually becomes a habit, but it takes quite some time. Yeah, I was going to say 30 plus days. Thank you, Charlie. And some would say, well, gosh, then why don’t the health clubs keep going if people are that gung-ho in January? Well, keep in mind that typically going to the gym is not a daily habit. People are typically going two to maybe five times a week max. I get it. Some go every day, but most don’t. And by the way, the ones that go every day, it’s a habit for them. So to form a habit, it has to be something done daily, like brushing your teeth, taking a shower, combing your hair, whatever the case. So if you’re going to make it a habit, you really need to think through what is it I’m going to make it a habit of. Now, this first one, which I just happened to pull this up. I don’t know who wrote this. This is coming from Abbott, A-B-B-O-T-T dot com. But I like this first one because I think at times, and I think this is also for me when I go on vacation, I do my very best to, for my own health and wellness, I don’t watch much news at all. In fact, the only news I watched, which was very comical, we were trying to figure out what the weather was going to be one day in Fort Lauderdale. And we were watching the news one morning, and there was a little cold front coming through where it was going to dip down into the high 50s, like 57, which I know, cold for them, but we’re looking at that like that’s still short-sleeved weather. And I’m not joking. The weather person said… Be careful with the elderly and bring your pets inside. I’m not joking. And I almost, I was literally laughing out loud, busting up, thinking, lady, you don’t know what cold is. Now, to them, I guess that’s cold. But for us, it’s not. My point is, I don’t try to watch much TV or do anything while I’m gone because I try to get away from all of that. Because what I do daily, and you guys all know this, it can become very negative at times. A lot of things going on in the world, and I try to be very realistic. That’s why our show is called Rush to Reason. I try to be very realistic about the approach we take on all things, topics, and so on. But this first one here goes along with what I’m talking about. Develop an attitude of gratitude. In other words, be thankful. And that’s a Christian principle, even though this is not a Christian-themed article that I’m reading, by the way. But I will tell you that even non-Christians understand being thankful and having an attitude of gratitude does wonders for your overall health. Anybody that is constantly negative, number one, no one wants to be around them. Number two, I don’t think they live as long. Now, I get it. Sometimes people can get old and crotchety and they live a long time, but that’s not usually the way it works. In fact, I’ve observed in my own life that a lot of people that end up with dementia and Alzheimer’s were typically people that were very negative throughout most of their life. Now, is their connection brain-wise and so on to that? I have no idea. But I do think in our world here, where we talk a lot about politics, daily events, things going on around the world and so on, you have to be really careful to not be so negative that you miss the really important things in life and what we really should be thankful for. Number two, commit to becoming more physically fit. Yep, I talked about that a moment ago, and a lot of people will make that resolution right now. Now, keep in mind, you don’t have to join a gym to do this. You don’t have to have a particular piece of equipment to do this. Dr. Kelly talks a lot on Thursdays about just go walk. Get a two-, three-mile walk in three to five times a week, and you don’t really need to go to the gym. Now, if there’s certain things you want to work on and there’s certain muscle groups and so on that you want to work on and do, fine. Knock your socks off, go to the gym, do whatever you want to do as far as that goes. But you don’t have to have a gym membership and own all sorts of equipment, right? to be physically fit. You can literally walk, jump rope, do some push-up sit-ups, and literally stay as physically fit as you need to without ever going to the gym and doing anything along those lines. Number three, we talk about this one a lot on this program. I’ve even brought lots of experts on, and I’ll do that again here in 2025. But make sleep, quality sleep, a priority. We already know, I’ve talked about it a lot during this hour, that that is extremely important to your overall brain health. We were made, I believe, by God. To take rest every night, it rejuvenates all of the different cells and things in our body and so on, and you cannot go without sleep. Now, I also know, because we’ve talked about this also, some people can go on less sleep than others. But you need to know where is that number, hour-wise, for you, get that quality sleep, and do that night after night after night. This next one’s interesting because I think this is important as well. Plan to strengthen social relationships. I read something yesterday talking about how when we’re kids and we have friends, that’s on a particular level and it’s easy to make and so on, but as we get older, things change. And it’s harder to keep those same friendships and the likeness of that friendship when we’re kids as we become adults. And I think even for myself, as you get older, your friend group, quote unquote, shrinks. You just don’t have as many. I get it. Some have a lot and some have more and some are very social. But I think what you’d have to really look at there is, you know, who’s really your true friends? I’ll give you an example. So my dad, he’s in memory care. You guys all know that. We went through all of that this past summer and fall. And as we were going to visit him today, somebody was leaving that’s a good friend of his. And I thought to myself, there’s a guy that I know his schedule, I know what he does, I know where he lives, I know far he has to drive and so on, and yet in his 80s is still driving over. He’s been friends with my dad all the way through high school and yet is still coming to visit my dad in memory care. That’s a true friend, by the way. And side note, this guy is not a Christian. In fact, that’s one of the things he and my dad have probably talked about throughout most of their life is this guy is completely the opposite of what we would call a Christian. But yet, as a friend goes, one of those people that you could always count on no matter what. And even now, to this day, where my dad’s at, he goes and visits at least a couple times a week. That’s a true friend, by the way. My point is a lot of people have what they call social friends. But if you end up in memory care like my dad, how many of those people are coming to see you? That will tell you who your real friends are at that point. So plan to build and strengthen those social relationships. This next one’s great. Kind of goes back to number one, having an attitude of gratitude. But look for ways to brighten someone else’s life. What can you do for others, giving, helping, whatever the case may be, that will brighten their life? And then number six, there’s two more. Number six, this is something I do daily because of what I do here on air. I don’t have a choice, but I’ve really done this my whole life, even though I’ve never been to college. Make learning a lifelong habit. Probably for me being self-employed, I haven’t had any choice but to do that because you always have to be learning something new when you’re self-employed or you’re not going to stay in business. But make learning a lifelong habit. I’m not talking about going to school your whole life. I’m talking read, understand, follow people that are smarter than you, absorb those things that are being poured into you from others and so on. But make learning a lifelong habit. Anytime you think you know it all, you don’t. And then lastly, number seven, place a priority on maintaining your health. So I will tell you that in my world, especially this last year for us, 2024, I didn’t do as well in that area because of our schedule and all the things I just mentioned earlier with my folks. It was really hard to keep on track in a lot of those areas schedule-wise, but I am going to do that in 2025 and get back on it because as we get older— and Charlie and I talk about this a lot off air, the years click by faster. It’s that pie getting smaller. And as we get older, Not that having great health when we’re younger isn’t a big deal, but it’s a bigger deal as we get older. So if a lot of you that are listening that are in your late 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond, make maintaining your health, you know, put a priority, you know, put that as a high priority in your life. And what I mean by that is what do we eat? What are we doing daily? How are we exercising? How are we doing these things that we’re supposed to do? And a lot of it we talk about here on Wednesdays on a weekly basis, so if you ever want ideas on that, just tune in every Wednesday from 3 to 4, and we cover it. Now, speaking of the… physical aspect, your finances are a big deal as well. 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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Stuart Tompk, welcome back to Rush to Reason. How are you, sir? Never had a bad day in my life, John. Great to hear your voice. Always a joy having you. I appreciate it. People are going to fire things off for 2025, have resolutions and the like. And reality is there are a lot of things out there. I talked about these even just a few minutes ago, Stuart. There’s a lot of things out there that we fight against. What I mean by that is in our modern, you know, food, landscape, architect, whatever you want to call it, there’s a lot of junk in it that we need to get rid of.
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It’s so true. There’s toxins. There’s preservatives. There’s coloring that comes from coal tar. You saw the other day the Surgeon General finally after, what, is this 25,000 years, admitted that alcohol is the third leading cause of cancer?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, I did see that. Yes, absolutely. Finally.
SPEAKER 18 :
Not a correlation, direct causation.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, direct causation. And point being, I read something else this morning, Stuart. I was going to bring it, and I didn’t. I didn’t print it, but basically said something along the lines, and you and I have talked about this. before, but, you know, at one point in time, you know, we were taught that, you know, all of this food we’ve been used to eating, all this natural stuff was bad, you know, we need more sugar, we need more of these quick snacks and preservatives, we need to be eating all day on all that crap, and then we wonder why we’ve got the health that we have today.
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Yeah, who drove that big first food pyramid? You remember that thing, the base of your diet?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yep, sure do.
SPEAKER 18 :
Bread, pasta, and carbohydrates, a little bit of protein right at the top, and micronutrients It’s big food, and it’s really not their fault. I know sometimes someone recently reached out to me, and they said, hey, Stuart, stop blaming big food. Okay, fine. It’s industry. It’s not conspiracy. Everybody wanted cheap, energy-dense food, so they were just doing their job.
SPEAKER 15 :
Good point. Yeah, and I like the way you say that. I mean, I don’t think there was anything necessarily nefarious, and I don’t want to say that anybody inside of those organizations were looking at it that way. They were delivering things people wanted. Unfortunately, they were doing it and did it, and it’s harmed us since.
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It’s true, and so we’re up against so much oxidative stress in the environment with things that are out of our control that that I think that’s why it’s very important that we’re all paying such close attention to our diet now. We also have the problem with air out here. The air is horrible where I live. There’s water pollution, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter in the air. And then with the fish that we eat, you know, I’ve spent so much of my time working in the nutrition space with omega-3, and as much as I try to convince people to eat sardines every day, The oceans are loaded with dioxins, arsenic, you know, PCBs, microplastics, radiation from Fukushima. You can’t escape it.
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Okay, so as people start off for 2025, we’ve talked about your test, and it’s one of the things that I think I want to highlight right now, because as people start down this path in 2025, number one, I feel like your test can be a really good baseline for them to know, okay, here’s where I’m at, and here’s some things I need to shore up.
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It’s a great benchmark. If we can show you a simple at-home fingertip blood spot test, no doctor’s appointment needed, that can tell you whether or not your diet is working. What do I mean by that? There’s a safe zone and a danger zone. Every one of our 37 trillion cells is loaded with fat. So we can give you a proxy, a measurement of systemic inflammation. We all know that’s the driving force.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, and you just said something, too, which, again, we were taught wrong years ago. You just said our cells are made of fat, but yet I thought fat was bad, Stuart.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, fat was bad. You know, carbohydrates were good. The only thing I think we got clear is that the trans fatty acids, you know those ones that kept ding-dongs off for 50 years? Those are bad. So there are fats that make up the cell membrane. This is interesting. A hundred different fatty acids. Just go back in biology class. Imagine that little cell membrane. It’s made of these fatty acids. And if you have too many saturated fats and you’ve got too much cholesterol, that cholesterol can crystallize. And as a result, that cell membrane becomes thick and sticky and rigid. Signals can’t get in. Nutrients can’t get in. And waste products can’t get out. So there are good fats. There are bad fats. But not like we thought. It’s the balance between the fatty acids. That’s what’s good or bad, not the fats by themselves.
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Okay, so… I understand everything you’re saying, and I think most people listening do as well. Yet what they’re going to ask, because I can hear them talking and yelling at their speakers, you know, they’re listening in their car or wherever they’re listening right now, and they’re thinking, yeah, guys, this all sounds great. And I understand everything that you’re saying, but how do I do this correctly and not be one of those weirdos to where I can’t even go out and enjoy my life?
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Well, that’s a great question, because if you actually did take the right amount of omega-3 with the polyphenols that are critical for them to get into the cells, you may not have to change your background diet. In fact, The Scandinavian science-based company that I work with, that was their entire argument, John. That’s what got me excited to work with them. Because after almost 40 years of this, I know you can’t get someone to change. They’re not going to change their diet. But if you can test your omega-6-3 ratio at baseline, you go on the Mediterranean diet in a bottle, it’s equal to 300 olives and 30 piles of anchovies for 120 days and retest. you probably don’t have to change your background diet. And you can improve brain function, hair quality, heart function, skin elasticity, inner organs, joints and muscles. If your New Year’s resolution is like mine, I’m grabbing my list here. I write them all down. improve my physical health through exercise, breathing, and better diet. I don’t know a person alive that doesn’t have that on their New Year’s resolution.
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You know, most do, and I talked a moment ago about that, that everybody starts off this year gung-ho, they’ll find the fad diets, they’ll do this, they’ll do that, which, by the way, what you and I are talking about is not some sort of a… fad diet is the core for what a lot of folks can now have a test on and determine exactly what they need to be doing moving forward. So this, folks listening, this is not any kind of a fad. This is literally giving you the baseline, as Stuart said earlier, to where do we go from here? Where do they individually go from here?
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And we give you detailed information based on diet. One of the things I love about this is if you take the omega-3 blood spot test and you pass, you get your $109 back. Great. If you take the test and you say, you know what, I just want to just eat fish. Great. Then eat two cans of sardines a day and stop eating Pam and Spam and Ding Dongs and chicken nuggets and hoes and Krispy Kremes. You see, it’s the blood status. That’s the future. It’s a modifiable risk factor for many diseases. This was just published, John, since I was on your show last. Listen to this. The title of the paper is called Blood Diabetes. Omega-3 status among people living in the United States from 2000 to 2023. Brand new article. Anyone can look this up. Listen to this. Omega-3 blood status is a modifiable risk factor for many diseases. What? You can’t say that about drugs.
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No. In other words, it’s fixable.
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It then goes on to say public health officials should take steps to emphasize the significance of omega-3 in preserving the health of the U.S. population. We’re finally taking this thing seriously. And I believe this, John. I don’t know what your thoughts are on this. Ten years from now, your relationship is going to be with your AI assistant. And your AI assistant is going to say, your vitamin D levels are low. Take more vitamin D. How would you know? Test. Your A1C blood sugar is too high. Eat more fiber. Exercise more. Your omega-6-3 balance is out of whack. We have a new test coming next year, John, for leaky gut. So eventually, people are going to have at-home personalized concierge medicine cheap.
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By the way, I agree with everything you’re saying along those lines. That’s the one advantage of AI and some of what I see happening along those lines. And reality is, Stuart, I mean, this is how I see it. We want people to live a fulfilled life. We want them to be healthy. The healthier they are, the more fulfilled the life is, the better their brain function, on and on we go. The more social they are with family and friends and so on, I mean, all those things just fit together the better you feel.
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And we are outliving our money. I keep seeing this data, and it’s incredible. It’s easy to say that the standard American diet is killing us, that technology is keeping us alive, and we need to be resilient enough, healthy enough to spend time not just with our grandkids. Great grandkids.
SPEAKER 15 :
I mean, come on. Right, right. Well, and to your point, Stuart, because I’m one of those that probably – My wife was talking about this last week to somebody that we were on vacation with that, you know, I’m one of those that probably will never retire. I’ll be doing something no matter what till I go to the grave. But, you know, Stuart, I would rather be doing that, even if it’s, you know, I’m 80 years old. I’d rather be doing that feeling good. And, you know, again, not even having to worry about outliving your money. I mean, I want to be able to function and provide things for others and do things necessary in life to provide services and things to others as long as I’m alive, and I want to feel good doing it.
SPEAKER 18 :
I’m so happy to hear you say that. I feel the same way. You know, the Greeks said the hardest thing for a human to do was retire. and retire from what? There’s so much to do. We’re living in the most interesting and exciting time in the history of the world. Absolutely. And I want to be alive to see it. Here’s another thing about that. If your brain is deficient in these fatty acids that I keep talking about, the brain is a supercomputer made out of fat. You’re not able to unlearn to learn new things.
SPEAKER 15 :
Let me say that again. Good point.
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Okay. Carl Jung, when was the last time you unlearned anything? Wow. So you can learn something new. Remember, we used to think that the Earth was the center of the universe. Good deal to unlearn that, right? If you believe the Earth is the center of the universe, you’re taking yourself out of the gene pool. We need the right synaptic plasticity in the brain, the right nutrients in the brain, the right fats in the brain to keep up with the changes we are living through. This is the Gutenberg press.
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Yeah, good point. On digital steroids. Good point. No, you’re right. You are correct. And I want to be healthy enough and well enough to enjoy all that because I look at it the same way you do. We’re entering in and have been in. I mean, look at what you and I have experienced in our lifetime, technologically speaking. And literally, as generations go, we have seen more and witnessed more than anyone else prior to us.
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Of all time. Right. And there was this interesting book one of these French postmodernists wrote years ago called… you know, capitalism and schizophrenia. And they’ve predicted that in order to deal with an advanced postmodern society, we would all have to be pretty much borderline schizophrenic. I don’t buy into that.
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I don’t either.
SPEAKER 18 :
I don’t either. You need to have the right neuroplasticity. We hear that term all the time. The neuroplasticity, that is rate-limited and dependent on the fatty acids in the brain. There’s a study they did where they deprived animals of omega-3 and then showed their brain cells, right? You know, those neurite brain cells, the brain cell connection, abstraction of the brain cell to brain cell communication when you’re deficient in omega-3. A paper came out in Violent and Aggressive Behavior. Anyone look this up? The Journal of Violent and Aggressive Behavior, Omega-3. They said it was a safe, cheap, and effective way to deal with violent and aggressive behavior in all areas of society, including the prisons.
SPEAKER 15 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 18 :
Our brains are on fire. And I think that might be part of what’s going on in the system. You know, our inability to communicate with each other, to share ideas. How about to change your mind or to open up your mind? And you’re certainly going to have to. If Ray Kurzweil is right, the father of AI, with what we’re about to see in the next 20 years, You’re going to want your brain to be as healthy as possible, and you can’t do it if it’s on fire because it’s deficient in omega-3.
SPEAKER 15 :
Can’t argue that. Okay, how do folks get the test before I let you go, Stuart?
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TestOmega3.com. TestOmega3.com. Start testing, stop guessing, then get on the Mediterranean diet in a bottle. John, I’m so grateful for all your help in getting this message out. Test. omega3.com. This is the most important number for health and longevity that you don’t know, that you will know, and we want to help you.
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Awesome. Stuart, it’s always a joy. Wanted to have you for the first episode of the Year for Health and Wellness, and I appreciate your time. Thank you, sir. Bye-bye. You bet, Stuart. Have a great evening. And, yeah, you know, everything he said, honestly, I can’t disagree with him. We’ve talked about this. I’ve taken the test, by the way, and, yes, I had some areas that I’m shoring up that I was deficient in, and he and I have had those conversations even on air along those lines. So I would highly recommend get the test. See where you’re at. Where do you stand with things? What do you need to change, dietarily speaking, as you move forward in 2025? Dr. Scott Faulkner is up next. Now, he is our concierge doctor. If you’re looking for a great internal medicine doctor that thinks like us, that is not beholden to big pharma or big insurance, call Scott today, 303-663-6990.
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All right, first health and wellness live episode of 2025. I want to close with this. There are a lot of scams. This is more of a PSA. And for a lot of you, by the way, you can be young, you can be old, somewhere in between, and these scammers are going to do everything they possibly can to get to you. They do it with phishing. Sometimes it comes as a text or through an app. They’ll target all sorts of things like mobile wallets, crypto apps, and so on. Fake alerts, hey, call Chase, blah, blah, blah. I’ve shared some of those things even in the past on my end. And be very, very, very careful. And do not fall prey to some of these scams that are out there. Social media. A lot of people out there will literally… It’s not even that they’re breaking somebody’s password and then breaking into their account. They’re duplicating one of your friend’s accounts, and then they will pretend to be that person, and then because there’s a connection there, try everything they can to scam you out of whatever. So be careful. Some of them will pose as, you know, influencers, trusted brands. They’re giving crypto away or they’re telling you all these success stories of, you know, this person did this with crypto and that person did that with crypto and blah, blah, blah. Be careful of those. I will say it straight up, 99% of those are scams. There may be a 1%-er where somebody’s actually made some money on crypto and showed some others how to do it, but the majority of those are scams. They’ll even do it through group chats and things along those lines. So be really careful on those things and in those areas, and just don’t fall prey to that. Lastly, fake customer support. Scammers pretend to be support agents. for popular platforms of all kinds, and they will dupe you into thinking that they’re helping you when at the end of the day, they’re just trying to steal your identity and your money when it’s all said and done. So watch for all of those. Stay safe in 2025. And by the way, if you ever have a question on is this real or not, Text me, email me, and ask me. I’ve had some of you do that, and I can literally usually within a few seconds tell you this is a scam or not. That’s it for this hour. We’ll be back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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The Rich Guy.
