1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:22,080 Hi everyone, and welcome back to Airway First, the podcast from the Children's Airway First 2 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:23,080 Foundation. 3 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:26,960 I'm your host, Rebecca St. James. 4 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:32,040 My guest today is Raquel Norris, a nutritional therapy practitioner dedicated to helping 5 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:37,360 her patients reclaim their well-being and vitality through transformative nutrition 6 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,360 and lifestyle adjustments. 7 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:46,200 Raqi is deeply passionate about the intricate relationship between oral health and gut health, 8 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:53,000 recognizing their individual significance and enhancing your overall quality of life. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:58,000 She's fascinated on how the condition of your gut can impact your oral health, and, 10 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,880 conversely, how your oral health can influence your gut. 11 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,960 Her primary objective is in guiding patients towards achieving balance within their body, 12 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:12,720 fostering holistic wellness from the oral cavity through the digestive system. 13 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,440 Over the course of her 15-year career as a registered dental hygienist, she has witnessed 14 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,880 firsthand the profound impact of gut and oral health on our overall well-being. 15 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,960 She believes that while there is growing awareness about the importance of gut health and its 16 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:32,640 influence on our vitality, not many people are aware of the crucial connection between 17 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:38,960 oral health and the gut, or how indicators of health issues throughout the body can manifest 18 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,600 in our oral health. 19 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:46,760 You can find out more about Raqi at ToothGut.com. 20 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,200 And now let's jump into my interview with today's guest, Raquel Norris. 21 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,800 All right, thank you for being on the show today, Raqi. 22 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:55,800 I appreciate it. 23 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,800 Thank you for having me. 24 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:58,800 Absolutely. 25 00:01:58,800 --> 00:01:59,800 Great. 26 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,680 So, I'm going to jump in and we'll just start from there again because it kind of sets the 27 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,640 tone for the rest of the conversation. 28 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,320 What was it that led you to become a dental hygienist? 29 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:15,440 It's actually kind of a funny story. 30 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:25,400 So I was in the military prior and when I was stationed in Baghdad, Iraq on our volunteer 31 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:33,000 time, I volunteered with a dental medical team and I started to help out the dentists there 32 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,080 and I was like, huh, this is interesting. 33 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,080 I like this. 34 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,800 This is actually helping people instead of what I did in the military. 35 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:48,680 I was like a military cop and that wasn't the path I didn't want to go down now being 36 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,480 around the war and understand it. 37 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,800 I said I wanted to help people. 38 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:59,880 While I was stationed there, I looked into school and I was like, oh, I can be a dental 39 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,040 hygienist. 40 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:05,640 That's helping people get healthier mouths and preventing them from disease. 41 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:06,640 That's perfect. 42 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:07,640 Let's do this. 43 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,440 So, and that's what I did. 44 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,520 Then you did that right when you came out of the military? 45 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:22,000 So I didn't get out of the military until 2011, but I got into school. 46 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:30,240 I got back from Baghdad in 2006 and then I got signed up into college in 2007 and then 47 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,360 got into the program and did all that. 48 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,360 So, yep. 49 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:34,360 Nice. 50 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:40,960 So then what was it that caused you to switch from the traditional role of dental hygienist 51 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:47,480 into a more holistic nutritionist realm, area, facet? 52 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,480 Well, I'd always been earthly crunchy. 53 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,280 So I like to think outside the box. 54 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,560 The military, people knew that I didn't like to do certain things because I didn't want 55 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:09,720 toxins or I just always wanted to do things differently because I'm like, well, if this 56 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,960 is happening this way, I don't want that to happen. 57 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,160 So let's do it like our ancestors did. 58 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,160 I don't know. 59 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:18,840 I've always thought like that. 60 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:27,840 So then when I was in the modern-day dentistry, I started to notice my periopatients along 61 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:32,760 with family members that would have really good hygiene. 62 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,040 They brush, they floss, they come in every three months. 63 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,040 We reevaluate. 64 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,680 Sometimes we'd have to get deep cleanings, which is scaling and root planning. 65 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:46,080 And I noticed they were still coming back and I didn't understand why they were still 66 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,920 having trouble honing in on this gum disease. 67 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:56,120 And I'm like, there has to be more of a root cause than just what we're doing. 68 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:01,480 We're literally just putting a band-aid on something that's probably more systemic than 69 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,160 what's actually going on. 70 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,160 So that made me think. 71 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:11,080 And like I said, I had family members and I know their home care because I lived with 72 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,720 one of them, which was my mother. 73 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,880 I knew her home care. 74 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,240 But what I started to realize is, wait a minute, maybe it's not just their home care. 75 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,600 There's another component that's a very big component that isn't talked about and that's 76 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,280 nutrition. 77 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:33,120 And that's when I started to really do my own research and understand, oh my gosh, these 78 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,920 are just exposed bone talking about teeth. 79 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:42,880 And if the exposed bone in our mouths aren't healthy, then of course, how is the rest of 80 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,520 the body going to be healthy if we can't keep that exposed bone? 81 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:56,840 So then I got into, in 2020, I went back to school and became a nutritional therapist. 82 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:59,080 All right. 83 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,240 Then that makes complete sense. 84 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:07,440 So then that kind of ties into why we're here because I'm sure people are tuning in like, 85 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:08,680 why are we talking about this? 86 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:09,680 This is not airway. 87 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,560 This is not sleep apnea. 88 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,560 But it is. 89 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:14,560 Hold on. 90 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,560 It's all connected. 91 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,560 It is. 92 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:18,560 It's all connected. 93 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,560 It is. 94 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:20,560 It is. 95 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:21,560 So let's take into this now. 96 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,400 Now we've set the tone. 97 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:33,080 So now let's really get into how oral health is connected to our gut health, which is connected 98 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,080 to everything else. 99 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,840 So how does it all relate? 100 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:39,880 Well, we're not walking heads. 101 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,080 So we have a whole body attached. 102 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:50,520 And I think in society, we run around with dragging our bodies everywhere we go. 103 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:56,560 And even in modern day dentistry, which I love what I do, I love being a dental hygienist, 104 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:01,640 but we seem to sever the neck down. 105 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:08,560 Don't really correlate that there is a body attached to that mouth. 106 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:15,040 And I even tell my clients, your number one nutrition that we always should be getting 107 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,360 is oxygen. 108 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,320 That's the number one key nutrition that you need. 109 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,320 That's the one thing that's going to keep you alive. 110 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:28,800 And if that airway is blocked, or if you're not breathing correctly like your body needs 111 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:34,000 you to, then of course, everything else is going to fall apart. 112 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,440 So how is the oral health connected to the gut? 113 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,000 It's everything. 114 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,880 That is your second brain. 115 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,600 And honestly, I like to call it the first brain because it even tells your brain what 116 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:53,040 to do if you don't have everything in balance. 117 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:58,120 If you have everything in balance, then of course, your brain is one and then your stomach. 118 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:05,080 But honestly, if your gut's in balance, that's what's telling your moods, the way you sleep, 119 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:11,200 your energy levels, the way your body functions and tells your brain this is what's going 120 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:16,000 to be happening because everything's all out of whack. 121 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:27,560 So how does what we eat, obviously specifically I'm looking for, how does what we eat impact 122 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,360 not just our gut, but our sleep. 123 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,040 Obviously our moods, I think we all know sugar got that one. 124 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,720 But what are some of the other ways? 125 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,640 So other ways that sleep, sorry, you broke up a little bit. 126 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:46,840 I'm sorry, that's all right, that the food what we eat can impact our sleep. 127 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,400 Yeah, it has everything to do with it because your number one goal your body wants to do 128 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,200 is maintain blood sugar. 129 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,640 So like you said, if it's spiking all over the place, if it always has to maintain your 130 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:03,160 blood sugar, it's not going to make sure that you're sleeping properly. 131 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,440 It's not going to make sure your adrenals are functioning properly, which the adrenals 132 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:16,920 literally secrete hormones that make sure everything is kind of regulated and your moods. 133 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:26,320 And then everything's going to become second nature, it's not going to be first nature. 134 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:33,760 So your foods definitely impact everything you do from eating processed foods to eating 135 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,200 something from the earth. 136 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,320 It just depends on what you're gravitating towards. 137 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:44,400 And if you're gravitating towards more of the processed stuff, you're going to see a 138 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:52,280 decline in your sleep, in your blood sugar levels, in your energy levels to all the major 139 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:58,440 organs because your body or your gut can't process that and take the nutritionally dense 140 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,000 foods that you're supposed to have and absorb them. 141 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,520 They're just going to flush them out or they're going to absorb them and they're going to keep 142 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:16,080 them as toxin actually and that'll accumulate and again get you off balance and not be stable 143 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,680 like the body wants you to. 144 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,600 Because the body always just wants to be balanced. 145 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Right, homeostasis. 146 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:28,240 Yeah, homeostasis, from your mouth to your gut to everything. 147 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:35,440 So kind of to that though, you're not just talking the dreaded happy meal processed food. 148 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,400 I mean, there are other things and I know this is a mom because I've gone through this 149 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,560 list and gone, ugh, because we've all done it. 150 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:50,040 But it's everyday things here have have a juice pouch, have a thing of crackers. 151 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:54,280 I mean, there's these little things that we're giving our kids every day thinking, no, no, 152 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:55,280 it's healthy. 153 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,280 It's okay. 154 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,280 It's a juice pouch. 155 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:58,280 Yes, yes. 156 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,600 Actually, that's just liquid candy, honestly. 157 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,100 Yeah, sugar. 158 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:04,640 It's just pure sugar, processed sugar. 159 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:11,480 I'd rather see a kid eat an apple than have those liquid pouches. 160 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:16,080 Even those veggie pouches, they are good. 161 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,560 They're better than that. 162 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:21,960 But still, it's still the way that they're processed. 163 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,360 It's like liquid candy. 164 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:31,520 So it's the same thing and you got to be really careful as a parent because I'm guilty of 165 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:37,920 it too, thinking, oh, this is healthy, but you got to think of it in a long term effect. 166 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,960 What does it do to their blood sugar? 167 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:45,840 How does this actually get processed from their teeth to their mouth to their down to 168 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:46,840 their stomach? 169 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:51,120 And are they able to let that funnel out properly? 170 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,360 Does it back them up? 171 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,320 Because that's a big thing too. 172 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,960 If a child's backed up, they're not going to sleep properly. 173 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,560 They're going to toss and turn. 174 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:08,240 And then it's going to cause all issues like ADHD or hyper, just very, what's the word 175 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,000 I'm looking for? 176 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Very hyper. 177 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Right. 178 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Hyperactivity. 179 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,600 Yep, yep. 180 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:25,080 And it definitely takes away their childhood with just something simple as having an apple 181 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,280 instead of a juice pack. 182 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:28,480 Here and there, that's fine. 183 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,880 Like you said, having a child here and there, that's fine. 184 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,440 I give my kids happy meals too just because I'm a holistic nutritionist. 185 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,400 But do I do it every week? 186 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,400 No. 187 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,400 No. 188 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,400 So, yep. 189 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,680 It is, it's about balance and this is the, I guess for this episode, this will be the 190 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,760 time where I insert because I do it every episode. 191 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:53,680 Let's just hang that mom guilt up over here on the side because you don't know what you 192 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:54,680 don't know. 193 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:56,000 We're all doing the best we can. 194 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,840 That's why we're sharing this information. 195 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:58,840 So, exactly. 196 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,840 It's all good. 197 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:07,240 So you mentioned that some of the foods, even the good ones, your body kind of hoards 198 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,480 and it can turn into toxins. 199 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,480 Yes. 200 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,800 So, explain that a little bit. 201 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,280 So everybody's bio individual. 202 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:22,360 So that just means that every person has their own individual way of processing foods that 203 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,280 we eat on a daily basis. 204 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:29,360 Everybody thinks an apple's healthy, but it might not be healthy for you, Rebecca, but 205 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:35,920 it's healthy for me because I know when I chew it thoroughly, you know, do the 20, 30 206 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,400 bites, then you swallow it. 207 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,280 I know my stomach's going to process it and it's going to go where it needs to. 208 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,640 But if I'm not going to the bathroom or funneling, I like to call it funneling. 209 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,880 I talk about stool a lot with my clients. 210 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:50,880 Love that funneling. 211 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,880 I've never heard that. 212 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,880 Oh, I'm so using that. 213 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,480 Oh, take it. 214 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:56,480 Take it. 215 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:57,480 Funneling. 216 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,400 If you're funneling properly, like apples, I can't funnel. 217 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,080 They back me up so I can't run out. 218 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,760 And it's trial by error. 219 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:12,320 But just watch your children, watch yourself and say, I know I can't process that. 220 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,960 So don't have it every day. 221 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:22,120 So if they can process that or funnel that, then that food is good for them. 222 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:28,000 So like we're even talking about McDonald's and I joke around, if you can process McDonald's 223 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:35,280 and I'm talking like there's a stool chart and one goes to little pellets is number one 224 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,160 and then seven is like liquid, right? 225 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:43,440 We want an individual between three and four, right? 226 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,400 And that's usually like a sausage shape. 227 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:47,640 Soft and solid. 228 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:48,960 Soft and solid. 229 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,880 And you should have no problems going to the bathroom. 230 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:57,160 But if it's like that and you're having McDonald's, then I would say, okay, you can process that. 231 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,400 I don't know how much nutrients you're getting out of that McDonald's food, but at least 232 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,320 you can process that. 233 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:08,880 You're not bloating, you're not burping, you don't have gas. 234 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:13,320 Those are signs and symptoms that your body can't process that food. 235 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,320 If you don't have any of that, by all means, have the Happy Meal. 236 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,720 I'm not going to judge you if you can process that. 237 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:27,360 But if you're having bloating, gas, burping, you have to run to the bathroom or you don't 238 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,160 go to the bathroom for a couple of days, I would be more mindful of that because like 239 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,080 I said, your body will hoard that as toxins. 240 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,960 And when your body starts to hold onto those toxins, then your body's not going to properly 241 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,680 balance like it is. 242 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:49,880 And it's going to over accumulate with bacteria, fungus, more toxins, parasites, you have the 243 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:50,880 whole gamma. 244 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:57,200 And it's these toxins and parasites that are causing or can cause a lot of the oral health 245 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,200 problems. 246 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:04,640 And I was just going to link that because most people, and I don't like hounding on modern 247 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:09,880 dentistry, but modern dentistry, what I've been taught is that grinding and clenching 248 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,920 is because you're stressed. 249 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,760 No, no, it's not. 250 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,600 It's parasites. 251 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:23,760 So yes, post nasal drip, parasites. 252 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:31,840 So I had post nasal drip back in, well, my whole adult life, honestly. 253 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,840 And I thought it was because I'm from California and I moved to Massachusetts. 254 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,120 And I'm like, oh, you know, it's damper here. 255 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,120 It's just how it is. 256 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,720 And I've always had post nasal drip. 257 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,400 Then I started taking these supplements. 258 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:48,480 Of course, I've changed my whole diet becoming, like I said, I was earthly crunchy before, 259 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,440 but like now I'm in the deep end, right? 260 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:58,120 And I started taking these supplements and it's amazing what came out of my system. 261 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,240 I thought it was pretty healthy. 262 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,160 And I'm kid you not, for a year and a half, I have not had post nasal drip. 263 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:06,160 Wow. 264 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:07,160 Yeah. 265 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,320 And I'm an abode grinder too. 266 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,720 So and I used to blame it on the military, right? 267 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,360 And being overseas. 268 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:20,480 But I don't grind and I don't have post nasal drip. 269 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:21,480 It's amazing. 270 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,480 That is amazing. 271 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:23,480 That is wild. 272 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:28,200 I'm a walking, you know, and I had parasites and I didn't believe it. 273 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,600 Like, literally I didn't believe it. 274 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:36,240 And then when I started doing the protocol for it, I was like, this is mind blowing and 275 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,880 all my. 276 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,760 This is that oral biome though that we hear people talk about, right? 277 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:41,760 Oh yeah. 278 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:42,760 Yep. 279 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:43,760 Yep. 280 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:44,760 Oh yeah. 281 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:45,760 Those little suckers get everywhere. 282 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:46,760 Oh wow. 283 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:47,760 Wow. 284 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:54,200 And you know, shout out by the way to Massachusetts, it is wicked awesome and has my heart as they 285 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,200 say. 286 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,760 So I saw that on there. 287 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:57,760 Yeah. 288 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:58,760 Thank you. 289 00:17:58,760 --> 00:17:59,760 You moved to a great place. 290 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:00,760 Let me just say. 291 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:01,760 Yep. 292 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:02,760 All right. 293 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,160 So you kind of touched on a little bit about modern dentistry and I'll just second it. 294 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,880 We're not bagging on that. 295 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,080 That's not what we're saying. 296 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,320 No. 297 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:15,960 But for so long as with just traditional medicine in general, let's, you know, let's put a bandaid 298 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:16,960 on it. 299 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,200 Let's treat the symptoms. 300 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,920 Why aren't we going for, I mean, we have this knowledge. 301 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:29,360 It's out there and there's people like you out there practicing it, sharing it. 302 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,800 Why are we still bandating things? 303 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,880 Why is this happening? 304 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,760 I think a lot of people are starting to wake up honestly, like listening to this, you know, 305 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:44,320 your podcast and understanding that wait a minute, there's more to the story or more 306 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,320 than. 307 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:52,800 I think it's definitely stirring people, but they still tend to do it in their own way 308 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,040 because that's what they know. 309 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:03,600 And but people are starting to question because and not dogging on even modern day medicine, 310 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,080 but they're starting to question doctors like, wait a minute. 311 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:10,060 So if I have to take this pill, what does this lead to? 312 00:19:10,060 --> 00:19:14,200 Why can't I just do this and that instead of taking just this pill? 313 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,000 You know, if I take this pill, then I'm going to have to take this pill and then this pill 314 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,360 and then age is leaked. 315 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:20,840 So they're starting to question. 316 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,640 I definitely noticed and even in dentistry, they're starting to question like, well, if 317 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,400 I have to get scanning and root playing done, I'm going to have to do this the rest of my 318 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,640 life for three months, right? 319 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:34,040 I can't get bone back and they're like, yep, there's nothing you can do. 320 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:39,640 And it tells me because I'm like, no, there is things you and people are starting to say, 321 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,720 oh, my body can heal itself and I think that's what people need to understand. 322 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:52,640 Even with airway, you can heal yourself 100% and have your airway expand even in, I don't 323 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:58,360 know the research or and I don't want to quote it, but it can be less than, you know, a couple 324 00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,600 of years, right? 325 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:08,280 Somebody that has blocked airway, they can see a big, big, what's the word, come back. 326 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,120 Yeah, and improvement. 327 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:17,640 Then when they used to or how they used to breathe, it's incredible what the body can 328 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:24,760 do once you start understanding or being aware of what you need to correct to do it. 329 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,280 It's just because we've been taught a certain way and we're like, oh, this is the way. 330 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,320 Like people think, I've been breathing my whole life. 331 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,640 I know how to breathe. 332 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:32,640 Yeah. 333 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:33,640 No, we didn't. 334 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:34,640 No, no, no. 335 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:40,040 And I'm one of those people, I wasn't a mouth breather, but after talking to Patrick McEwan, 336 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,040 I was like, oh, oh, I'm doing it all wrong. 337 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,560 Oh, you know, and I have spent months practicing the breathing and making sure my tongue is 338 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,040 all the way up and and humming. 339 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,040 Yeah. 340 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,040 Humming is huge, huge. 341 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,040 Yeah. 342 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,040 No idea. 343 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,040 Yep. 344 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,040 No, nobody does. 345 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,040 And then yeah, we're starting to like, yes, yes. 346 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:09,440 Because we're talking about things like airway specifically, what are some of the things that 347 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:10,440 we could do to help it? 348 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:16,560 I mean, obviously I know for some people, inflammation can impact it, right? 349 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:17,960 Because it's going to, it's going to tie things. 350 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,480 I mean, I'm not talking about the high arch palates here. 351 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,520 I'm talking about some of the other things that I know we can control. 352 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:29,600 You know, as a mom and you're looking at your child that has, like you said, the constant 353 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:36,840 running nose maybe or severe allergies and we're having which translates into sleeping 354 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:37,840 issues. 355 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,120 What are some, where can you start as a mom? 356 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:43,840 What are some of the foods I'm supposed to look at it maybe from inflammation or something 357 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:44,840 else? 358 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:50,040 I always, and I don't want a dog on it, but I always look at dairy first. 359 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,120 Our dairy and that one hurts. 360 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,120 Yeah. 361 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:56,320 Our dairy in the country has been turned upside down. 362 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:01,440 It's not the dairy that your great-great-great grandmother grew up on. 363 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,880 And I see signs and it kills me and it's like, drink your milk. 364 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:10,880 I'm like, no, don't do that because it literally will fill your system with pus. 365 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,760 It's like crazy toxins. 366 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:19,520 What about like almond milk or coconut milk or things like that? 367 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,760 So that's the alternative and those are great. 368 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,720 I personally use almond milk. 369 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:30,680 I love coconut milk too to make certain dishes, but I always tell all my clients and anybody, 370 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:31,840 read the ingredients. 371 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:36,360 If you can't pronounce the name and you can't actually make it in your kitchen, do not use 372 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:39,440 it because that means your body can't process it. 373 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:46,600 It really means it's man-made and stuff that's man-made, your body can't process. 374 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,920 Even like we talked about McDonald's and stuff like that, it's nutritionally not dense food. 375 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,760 Your body can't absorb it. 376 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:59,320 So over time, if you're not having that dense food, your body's just going to break down. 377 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:04,920 If you're giving it the dense food that it needs, your body will actually thrive and 378 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,120 won't survive. 379 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:11,960 It'll actually thrive and heal itself and you'll see it over and over again. 380 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:17,680 But with that being said, dairy is the number one thing I always go to. 381 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:23,680 Most people that have, especially children, I've noticed they, when they have a lot of 382 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:28,680 dairy, they have really high dairy in their system. 383 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:36,640 They usually have allergies, asthma, upper respiratory and skin conditions. 384 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:37,640 That's what I've noticed. 385 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:38,640 Skin condition, okay. 386 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:39,640 Like eczema or... 387 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:40,640 Eczema, yeah. 388 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,640 Or you know that like chicken skin that the kids get? 389 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,640 Yeah, that too. 390 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:48,640 Wow. 391 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,640 So start with dairy. 392 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:51,640 Yeah. 393 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:57,320 And if you're going to have dairy, raw. 394 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:58,800 Because we still need dairy. 395 00:23:58,800 --> 00:23:59,800 Really raw. 396 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:00,800 Raw. 397 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:01,800 Raw. 398 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:08,120 So raw milk, raw cheese, you get it from your local farmers. 399 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:14,360 Another thing, being a holistic nutritionist, I say you need to know your community. 400 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:18,200 And that means the farmers in your community. 401 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:23,080 Once you get to know the farmers, you get to know how they feed them, how they're raising 402 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:31,160 them and where you can pick up your meats, your vegetables, your fruits and your milk. 403 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,080 Just like what your great-great-grandmother did. 404 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:39,720 She didn't go to Costco or, I don't know what stores you have, but she'd go to the store 405 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:45,280 to get stuff and they got it from the backyard and then they got it from their farmers. 406 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,840 No stock in shop. 407 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,080 No exactly, no stock. 408 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,240 Exactly. 409 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,520 Exactly. 410 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:58,360 Because another thing that people forget is when you literally eat from where you live, 411 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:02,920 you're getting the microorganisms that your body needs. 412 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,520 You're not getting them from Mexico. 413 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,280 You're not getting them from Texas. 414 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,080 You're not getting them from Canada. 415 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,000 That's where some of our food is from, California. 416 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,240 I live in Massachusetts. 417 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,840 How is that going to help my microbiome? 418 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:24,000 If I live in Massachusetts, if I'm eating blueberries from California, they have different 419 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,680 microorganisms than they do down the street where I should be eating. 420 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,680 Just like you should have the raw honey in your town because that helps with all the 421 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:38,240 allergies that you have because those bees pollinate from these. 422 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,120 I was about to say it's the bee thing, isn't it? 423 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:45,680 Because I've always heard get your honey from wherever you live and you take a tablespoon 424 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,680 of it a day and it will help with your allergies. 425 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:49,680 Exactly. 426 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:50,680 Yeah. 427 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,840 It's the same concept. 428 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,280 I did not realize that it translated to everything. 429 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,280 Yep. 430 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:02,880 It translates to everything from your meats to vegetables to your fruits to your dairy. 431 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,000 So get to know your local farmers. 432 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:12,320 That keeps them in business, of course, too, but it's kind of a share and take thing. 433 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,920 They share with you, you take, and then you're helping them. 434 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,320 It's very important and it's key, especially from oral to gut. 435 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,400 I suddenly feel like going to my farmer's market this weekend. 436 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,400 Please do. 437 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,200 They'll appreciate it and it'll be good for you. 438 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,360 Yeah, I'm horrible. 439 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:32,360 I never go. 440 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:33,360 Yeah. 441 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:59,240 You're listening to Airway First with today's guest, Raquel Norris. 442 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:06,800 You can find out more about the Children's Airway First Foundation and our mission to 443 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,560 fix before six on our website at childrensairwayfirst.org. 444 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:13,600 The CAF website offers tons of great resources for parents and medical professionals, including 445 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:21,280 videos, blogs, recommended reading lists, comprehensive medical research, podcasts, and so much more. 446 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,840 Parents are encouraged to join the Airway Huddle, our Facebook support group, which 447 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,600 was created for parents of children with Airway and sleep-related issues. 448 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:37,240 You can access the Airway Huddle support group at facebook.com backslashgroups backslashairwayhuddle. 449 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:41,480 Are you a medical professional or parent that's interested in being a guest on the show, or 450 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,000 perhaps you have an idea for an upcoming episode, then shoot us a note via the contacts page 451 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:53,400 on our website or send us an email directly at infoatchildrensairwayfirst.org. 452 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:58,600 As a reminder, this podcast and the opinions expressed here are not a medical diagnosis. 453 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:03,160 If you suspect your child might have an airway issue, contact your pediatric airway dentist 454 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,120 or pediatrician. 455 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:28,840 And now let's jump back into my interview with today's guest, Raquel Norris. 456 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:36,360 So again, you kind of touched on it, you're making this very easy for me, because how can 457 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:41,800 this holistic nutrition then actually heal something like gum disease? 458 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,480 Because even kids have it. 459 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:49,400 Oh yeah, yeah, I see genivitis all the time, like it's crazy, even in young kids' mouths, 460 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,800 but it's inflammation. 461 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:52,800 That's all it is. 462 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:53,800 Okay. 463 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:58,280 And so your mouth is literally just like your body talks to, your mouth can talk to you, 464 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,560 your teeth can tell you what's going on. 465 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:11,200 And you know in Chinese medicine, each tooth is connected to a system. 466 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:16,000 So your wisdom teeth are connected to your heart. 467 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,480 What do we do in this country? 468 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,480 We extract wisdom. 469 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:19,720 We take them out. 470 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,960 And then what's the number one killer in America? 471 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,960 Heart disease. 472 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:25,960 Wow. 473 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,280 And your teeth tell stories and your gums do too. 474 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:38,680 And when they're inflamed, that means that your bacteria in your gut is inflamed too. 475 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,920 So what we got to do is cut down on that inflammation. 476 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:47,480 We have to get nitty gritty and see what you're eating, what's causing that inflammation. 477 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,800 Going right back to that foundation, what can you digest? 478 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:57,760 And like I said, the first thing I do is pretty much dairy and then of course gluten, because 479 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:02,560 the gluten here in the States is totally different than in other countries. 480 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:11,200 I've had clients come with me on a protocol and then they go to Spain or Europe and they're 481 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,400 like, it's like I was healed. 482 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:18,440 But their restrictions for food is totally different than ours. 483 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,240 We have such a low standard and they have a higher standard. 484 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:23,240 It's incredible. 485 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,240 Just night and day. 486 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,240 Yeah. 487 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,840 So you can hear it. 488 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:27,840 It's so clear. 489 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:28,840 It's just crazy. 490 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:29,840 It's sad. 491 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,440 It really, really is. 492 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,720 I feel like we're in a war. 493 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:36,720 Yeah. 494 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,720 With food. 495 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,720 Well, yeah. 496 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:44,360 And as a carb addict, I'll admit it, that's kind of a hard one. 497 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:45,360 Oh yeah. 498 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:46,360 I love my carbs too. 499 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:47,360 No. 500 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,040 I'm not going to cook this. 501 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:55,280 It's just, you got to, I would be mindful of like where's that carb coming from? 502 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,440 That's where, you know, is it from the ground? 503 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:04,160 If it's from the ground, so at it, you know, but if it's processed, that's where I'd be 504 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,480 a little because there's higher sugar. 505 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,880 Your body's trying to maintain balance, right? 506 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:09,880 With your glucose. 507 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:15,120 If you're eating a ton of sugar, it's doing that roller coaster thing and it's hard to 508 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:16,600 keep up with. 509 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:23,600 So in this case, um, you're comparing something like I'm a baker. 510 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:29,600 So comparing something like, you know, your regular bread flour to like an almond flour 511 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,280 or a potato flour. 512 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,120 Is it better to go this way? 513 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:39,520 Or are they, they just as bad because they're processed and they, you know, that's how they 514 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,280 got into my kitchen. 515 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,040 Um, yes and no. 516 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,040 Okay. 517 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:51,800 Um, because like I said, our flour in the States is different than the flour that you 518 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,400 would get in France, right? 519 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,400 Okay. 520 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,200 Um, it's just how we process it. 521 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,800 Um, and how we get it into that bag. 522 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:06,480 Um, I would lean more towards the almond and like potato or cassava flour or any of that 523 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,520 because it's lower glycemic index. 524 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:14,120 Um, then the standard wheat flour. 525 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,320 We'll spike it right up. 526 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:23,940 And what gluten does is it mimics your tee three cells or the proteins in your thyroid. 527 00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:29,740 So that's why a lot of people that have, um, Hashimoto's can have gluten because it literally 528 00:32:29,740 --> 00:32:35,560 is mimicking those T-cells, um, or the protein in your thyroid. 529 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:43,800 So it over accumulates and then that's why, um, their thyroid gland is so off or off balance. 530 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,520 that's why people can't have gluten. 531 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,960 See, you're kind of mindful of that. 532 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:49,800 And then- 533 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,240 So then as a mom, I mean, okay, 534 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,920 now we've established farmers market, good, 535 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,680 stop and shop, selective, got it. 536 00:32:57,980 --> 00:33:00,920 What about some of the more holistic stores? 537 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,340 I mean, not to name drop here, 538 00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:04,880 but we're talking like Whole Foods or Fresh Time 539 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,520 or whatever you've got in your area. 540 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,440 What about these kind of places? 541 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,640 I, so especially living in Massachusetts, 542 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,480 you know, it gets cold here. 543 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,760 So yeah, I definitely, you know, 544 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,960 Trader Joe's and like Whole Foods. 545 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,960 And then I get frozen, even though they're coming from 546 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,480 California or Mexico or Florida or whatever. 547 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:33,160 And I freeze them and I have to use them in the winter time. 548 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,440 I don't, you know, have pineapple in the middle of January 549 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,780 because that's not seasonal. 550 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,400 And it's not gonna help anything internally 551 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,760 because my body is not custom to that. 552 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,680 If I lived in Hawaii all year round, 553 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,160 of course I could have a pineapple 554 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,080 and my body would love that. 555 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,720 I think we have an overabundance 556 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,080 of we can get whatever we want when we want it. 557 00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,760 You gotta think primal. 558 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:04,640 So back even, you know, 100, 200 years, you know, 559 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,440 you couldn't find a pineapple in the middle of Massachusetts, 560 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,920 you know, in the middle of winter, you know, 561 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,960 it's gonna be more squash, potatoes, 562 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,120 that kind of thing, corn. 563 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:21,080 And that's what they ate accumulation of in the winter time. 564 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,200 So I kind of, my comfort foods, which are, you know, 565 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,160 potatoes and sweet potatoes and all that. 566 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,640 So I have more of those in the winter time 567 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,220 and then less, you know, the summery foods 568 00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:34,520 like the blueberries or strawberries. 569 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:38,280 And we go, my kids love that stuff in the summertime. 570 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,840 Not to say that we don't have those in the winter time 571 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,680 because I have frozen, you know, strawberries and blueberries, 572 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:48,680 but we don't go as much as we, you know. 573 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:49,920 You limit it. 574 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,360 So I like your explanation of thinking primal too. 575 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,000 It does, it makes it. 576 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,080 It's, to me, that's easier than seasonal 577 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,800 because seasonal is kind of, 578 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,120 especially with everything almost, I mean, you know, 579 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,040 living up north, it snows in May. 580 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,160 So seasonal does not help me. 581 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,480 So I like primal, I like that. 582 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,600 And stick more with farmers. 583 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:13,440 I like that. 584 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:14,920 Yep, yep. 585 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:15,760 All right. 586 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:20,240 So why then, well, I mean, I guess I kind of already know 587 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:22,400 this going back to the basics of nutrients, 588 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,180 this nutrient dense food. 589 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,360 How do we do this basically to jumpstart our health 590 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,760 and our kids, right? 591 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,520 So you want to get them now, lay young, 592 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:37,200 let's set the precedent and give them the optimal health 593 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,760 span, because that's really what we're trying to do. 594 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,440 How do we do this? 595 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,480 You want to incorporate them in the kitchen. 596 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,840 You want them to help out with dinner, with breakfast. 597 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,880 And I know we're always on the go. 598 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:52,720 I get it. 599 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:55,160 As moms are always just like, 600 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,240 we got to do this, this and this and this. 601 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:01,840 But I think we need to slow down. 602 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,720 Our kids are very present. 603 00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:05,480 We're not very present. 604 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,480 Sometimes it's moms. 605 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:11,960 But it's so easy just to be like, no, I'm going to get this done. 606 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,760 It's going to be done in 30 minutes and then 607 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:14,960 dinner's on the table. 608 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,560 But if we actually incorporate our children, 609 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,640 they see how we're making the food. 610 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,040 And it's very basic. 611 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,760 Like I was telling you, primal stuff is very basic. 612 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,480 It doesn't have to be this fancy thing. 613 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,040 It's just one of the favorite things that my kids like to make 614 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,800 with me is shepherd's pie. 615 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,560 And that's something that we have in the wintertime. 616 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,400 Now, mind you, it's not an actual pie. 617 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:37,880 I use potatoes. 618 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,040 But it's very basic. 619 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,040 I mean, do mashed potatoes on top with vegetables on bottom. 620 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,280 I even stink in like Brussels sprouts. 621 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:47,200 They don't know. 622 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,520 They still eat it. 623 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,400 So and I incorporate, you know, they do the potatoes with me 624 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,080 and they cut them and then they put them in. 625 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:58,320 Getting our kids invested in how to prepare foods. 626 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,240 I think as a society, we've moved away from that 627 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,600 because we want everything on the go. 628 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,480 And we don't do that anymore. 629 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,680 So that really shows our kids like, oh, mom's doing this. 630 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:17,120 So I should be doing this to make my body healthy. 631 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,800 They actually can value that growing up 632 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,040 so that they start doing it with their kids. 633 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,600 And like that can be passed down. 634 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,680 Because generationally, I think we've missed that. 635 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:29,760 I think you're right. 636 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,160 I have such amazing memories of my grandmother 637 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,160 and cooking with her, my great-grandmother, 638 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,600 and just the smells and just, yeah. 639 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:39,680 Yeah, but you're right. 640 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,040 We are too busy. 641 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:41,760 How are you going to do it? 642 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,120 We don't have to. Oh, it's six already. 643 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:44,960 Let's just go pick something up. 644 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:45,760 Yeah, yeah. 645 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,680 And that doesn't help. 646 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,560 So you've heard of the sympathetic nervous system 647 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,400 and the parasympathetic, right? 648 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,440 So the sympathetic is your stress and like, you know, 649 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,720 survival mode. 650 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:02,000 And then the parasympathetic is relaxed and relaxed and digest. 651 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,960 And for kids and us adults, like I said, 652 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,520 we don't relax enough anymore. 653 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:08,680 We're always going. 654 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,400 And that's, you know, the fight and fight, you know, 655 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:16,280 or the survive and go. 656 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,280 And when we're about to eat, if you're not 657 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,440 in that parasympathetic state, you're 658 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,520 not going to digest anything. 659 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,840 So even though you do the 20 bites and you swallow, 660 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,200 you're still on the go and your body hasn't adjusted yet. 661 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,320 So when you're preparing foods, you're actually 662 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,200 going into that parasympathetic state 663 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,200 and you're not in sympathetic, you know, the stress state 664 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,200 or the go state, you're in the digest and relaxed state. 665 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,400 OK, that's why preparing it gets it literally starts, 666 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,120 of course, in your brain, but then it gets your saliva going 667 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,880 because you couldn't like you were saying about your grandmother 668 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,720 smells, you can smell it, it gets your saliva going. 669 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,840 So it's flowing and you're like, oh, that's going to smell so good. 670 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,080 And then you start thinking about that and you start savoring. 671 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,120 And then it gets the the soft, I guess, going and then your stomach 672 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,360 starts to turn and it is getting ready to eat. 673 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,240 When you're like, oh, my gosh, it's six o'clock 674 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:15,440 and you're going to, you know, McDonald's, it's not preparing you. 675 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,080 You're still in that go. 676 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,720 Your saliva hasn't gone. 677 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:20,960 You know, you haven't started to think about it 678 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,600 and you're not relaxing in it and your body's not ready for processing 679 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,440 because it thinks you're in survival mode. 680 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,000 So it's shut down everything. 681 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,440 So it just pushes the food. 682 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:32,640 It's not really. 683 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,920 Yeah. And you have no nutritional value in that at all. 684 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,160 It says that's awesome. 685 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:42,840 So OK, so let's let's kind of shift gears then and think as a parent, 686 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,280 you know, you're going to have soccer practice and baseball practice 687 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,200 and rugby and whatever else. 688 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,960 So. What are some things we can do to prepare? 689 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:57,120 I mean, I'm sitting here thinking about, all right, what if I dehydrated apples? 690 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,040 There's a great snack. Let's throw it and go. 691 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,680 I mean, it doesn't make a difference if we do things like that. 692 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,480 If we you want to give them the occasional cookie or something after school, 693 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,480 something sweet, what if I make it at home versus buying it in the store? 694 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,680 I mean, are these kind of changes? 695 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,320 Will they make enough of an impact is a great place to start? 696 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,120 Is it just if you're not doing everything, it doesn't work? 697 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,520 No, I think you just hit something big. 698 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,360 Yes, it does. 699 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:31,560 It makes a huge impact on from, you know, your kids' moods to how they interact 700 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:39,600 to how they sleep to, you know, their whole body developing to their nervous system. 701 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:46,320 Because if you're giving a cookie that you bought from, I don't know, the local. 702 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,320 Biggery, you don't know what kind of ingredients there are. 703 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:52,840 So there can be chemicals in it. 704 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,520 There can be guys, there can be hydrogenated oils, all of that. 705 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:02,400 And then if you're making the cookie, first of all, you're putting your energy 706 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:06,320 into it and you put that love into that cookie, right? 707 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:10,080 They can feel that just like you you've smelled your grandmother's cooking. 708 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:10,920 It's the same thing. 709 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,440 It's these are grandma's cookies. 710 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,120 Well, these are mom's cookies. 711 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,280 And then on top of it, you know exactly what ingredients are in there. 712 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:23,920 So if it's chocolate chips, which are, you know, just chocolate, sugar and vanilla abstract. 713 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:29,960 And then whatever flour, just basic flour, sugar and butter, that's it. 714 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,960 That is much better than what you bought down on the bakery. 715 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:40,720 So doing these little, little things are huge impact on on your kids. 716 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:47,240 It's growing value from, like I said, from their moods to their 717 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:52,000 nervous system to their their oral health. 718 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:59,720 And then we're always to drinking a lot of beverages that probably shouldn't go 719 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:06,640 in our bodies. Even I've seen young children drinking Dunkin Donuts Starbucks. 720 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,360 Me with my dunks that that one hurts. 721 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,920 There's just can't. 722 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,160 And that's okay. 723 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:17,000 I'm not saying because I love my Starbucks, but but but I'm saying like, you know, 724 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:24,000 they get these frappuccinos and if you only knew what was in them or the energy drinks. 725 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:28,160 Oh, the energy. Oh, oh, right now what they do want to like, you know, 726 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,680 because I got kids too and they love those tiktoks that show them about 727 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,560 prime energy drinks and like I'm like, what are in these? 728 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:41,480 So just shifting and being like drink water or I know it's not flavored, 729 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:46,000 but drink water or if you are going to have some type of energy drink, 730 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,880 please drink water afterwards just to rinse your mouth out to get that balance 731 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,440 back in. There's a lot of sugar. 732 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:58,160 Honestly, I guess what I'm getting to is there's a lot of sugar that we can't 733 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,920 account for a lot of ingredients have sugar. 734 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,280 It's going to spike everything. 735 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:06,720 But if you're making, you know, let's say sandwiches and on the go, 736 00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:12,280 when you have practices after school, it's much better than picking up McDonald's 737 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:16,280 or pizza, let's say for that. 738 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,880 Because you know what's actually in that. 739 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,680 And it's easier on your wallet too, because that stuff starting to add up. 740 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,280 It does. It's happy meals are just they're not happy anymore. 741 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,280 They're expensive. 742 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:29,280 It's sad. 743 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,280 It's sad. 744 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,280 It is. 745 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:37,280 And I heard something, I think it was yesterday on the news and it kind of 746 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:38,280 startled me. 747 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,280 So I'll bring it up here going into this holiday weekend. 748 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,280 Because, you know, they're talking about right now, you know, the East Coast 749 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,280 and the North, we're getting hammered with all the smoke from Canada. 750 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,280 And they're talking about all of, you know, migraines, summer migraines, 751 00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,280 and it's making this worse and our allergies are worse and blah, blah, blah, 752 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,280 blah, blah, blah, blah. 753 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,280 And oh, by the way, if you're going to be outside grilling for fourth of July 754 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,280 and you're sensitive to smoke, stay away from the hot dogs. 755 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,280 And because something's in them and I thought, OK, first of all, I'm not a big 756 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,280 hot dog person anyway. 757 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,280 But kids are. 758 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,280 Yeah. 759 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:19,280 Okay. 760 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,280 Aside from the fact that it's just hot dogs are gross. 761 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,280 I'll just leave it at that. 762 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,280 Kids love them. 763 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,280 And as a mom, when mine were little, we hotdogged it up. 764 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,280 Now I'm hearing. 765 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,280 Is it titrate? 766 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,280 There's something in hot dogs now that. 767 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:36,280 Yeah. 768 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:37,280 The nitrates. 769 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:38,280 Nitrates. 770 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:39,280 Okay. 771 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:40,280 Yep. 772 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:44,280 So it's a preservative and like the additive and preservatives. 773 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:49,280 I mean, they throw anything that they don't want in their factory into hot dogs. 774 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,280 So, I mean, I've never been into a hot dog factory. 775 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,280 This is what I've been. 776 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,280 But literally that's what has been taught to me. 777 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:02,280 Honestly, my kids fathers, it would be his uncle. 778 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,280 He passed away when he was four. 779 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,280 And it's because he choked on a hot dog. 780 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,280 They thought it was because he choked on a hot dog. 781 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,280 Personally, I think it's because he was allergic to the nitrates in the hot dog. 782 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:15,280 So then his airway. 783 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:19,280 Close because he had anaphylactic shock and he passed away. 784 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:23,280 But this was back in like the 60s or the 50s. 785 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,280 So when hot dogs were really big, right? 786 00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:32,280 So, and, and I've heard numerous times that people will choke on the hot dogs. 787 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:37,280 And I think it's not because it's too big or gets trapped in your airway. 788 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:43,280 I think it's the nitrates or the preservatives and the additives that they add in there closes your airway. 789 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,280 And you get a food allergy. 790 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:46,280 Honestly. 791 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:47,280 So yeah. 792 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:48,280 Yeah. 793 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,280 And it's interesting that they're saying stay away from the hot dogs on top of what are you using? 794 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,280 What are you using on that grill? 795 00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:01,280 So yeah, what's what's causing it to become alive? 796 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,280 And that makes you say, don't eat the hot dogs. 797 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:09,280 You know, that that'd be like, why would I eat it if it wasn't grilled? 798 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,280 You know, because you can't eat hot dogs. 799 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:15,280 They say it's safety hot dogs that aren't grilled because they're already. 800 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,280 Yeah, because they're already on. 801 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,280 What's the word? 802 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,280 They're basically cooked. 803 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:20,280 Yeah. 804 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,280 They're basically cooked so you can eat them. 805 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:24,280 Hmm. 806 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:31,280 So, so maybe this holiday weekend, we prepare our food inside and we just eat outside. 807 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:32,280 Yeah. 808 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:33,280 I think what I'm hearing. 809 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:34,280 Yeah. 810 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:35,280 Yeah. 811 00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,280 I know that it has been pretty drastic. 812 00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,280 What's coming down from Canada. 813 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:42,280 I know a lot of people are having a hard time breathing. 814 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:48,280 It definitely has picked up the allergies that everybody's had. 815 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:52,280 And it's funny because this cough, I don't know if you've had other listeners, 816 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:57,280 but they seem to have a dwindling cough that hasn't gone away. 817 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,280 So yeah. 818 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:05,280 Me and my thing would say, or me and my, what I believe in the supplements, 819 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:07,280 but it's just parasites. 820 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:12,280 Honestly, we're so inundated with so many toxins that our bodies accumulated 821 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,280 that it doesn't know what else to do. 822 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,280 And so it shows up in different symptoms now. 823 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:26,280 So like the coughing or having like the post nasal drip to grinding to all 824 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:30,280 these different nerve it like nerve endings too. 825 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:33,280 And people are getting like little zings. 826 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:39,280 So it's it, it links back to parasites or not just parasites. 827 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:44,280 I shouldn't just say that, but any toxins that have accumulated in your body. 828 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,280 So yeah, 829 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,280 flush them out water, water, water, water on a binder. 830 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,280 I always tell people binders. 831 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:57,280 So I don't care what supplement you take, but a binder and what I mean by binder. 832 00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:59,280 It's not like fiber. 833 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:06,280 I'm talking it's a binder that clears out toxins in your body. 834 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:09,280 So yeah. 835 00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:14,280 So there's different herbs like that the ones that I use, 836 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:18,280 use different herbs that will literally, it's like a sponge and it cleans out 837 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,280 your from your oral cavity. 838 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,280 Cause I have my patients swish it around in their mouth, 839 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:27,280 especially if they have gum disease and they swish it around and then you 840 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:28,280 swallow it. 841 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:33,280 And it's literally like taking the scum out of your intestines and then 842 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:34,280 flushing it out. 843 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:35,280 Oh wow. 844 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,280 Yeah. 845 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:40,280 And then you can take all the, whatever you got fungus, 846 00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:47,280 you know, from radiation to on any type of poison or any type of toxin that you 847 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:51,280 have in your body, bacteria. 848 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:57,280 I can't even, there's so many that you could mean, but it takes a lot, 849 00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,280 a lot out of there. 850 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:03,280 Are these things we could make ourselves or are these things we would get at the 851 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:06,280 end of the day? 852 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:07,280 Yeah. 853 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:08,280 Yeah. 854 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,280 Yeah. 855 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,280 You can get them any Amazon. You can get them not, you know, 856 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:14,280 like we were talking Whole Foods. 857 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:18,280 I'm trying to get the foot out. 858 00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,280 Yeah. Yeah. You can get them off the internet. So a binder, 859 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:22,280 a binder. 860 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:23,280 Yep. 861 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:24,280 We check on that out. 862 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:25,280 Yep. 863 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:26,280 Awesome. 864 00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,280 Well, so at the end of every episode, 865 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:32,280 I always like to hand the floor back to the guest and so that you have the 866 00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:33,280 first thing you would like to do. 867 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:37,280 And so if you didn't cover anything you would like to emphasize or just, 868 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:38,280 you know, 869 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,280 something you'd like to leave parents with. 870 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:44,280 I always do like the 1% role because like you were saying in the 871 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:46,280 beginning with the, the gilts, 872 00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:50,280 you got like parents, you were rocking it, like literally rocking it. 873 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:56,280 And just remember like you are there. 874 00:49:56,280 --> 00:50:00,280 They are for your kids a hundred percent. I know it. 875 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,280 But if you're not sure what you're doing, 876 00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:03,280 you're just going to do that. 877 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:04,280 And you're going to do that. 878 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:05,280 So just do that. 879 00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,280 20% just do that 1% and that'll be it. 880 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,280 So even if it's, you know, 881 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:13,280 instead of having the cookies from the store and making homemade 882 00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:16,280 cookies, that's the 1% or, you know, 883 00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:20,280 making sure when you check on your kid at night, 884 00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,280 see, make sure that their, you know, 885 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:26,280 their mouth is closed by their breathing or whether sleeping, 886 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:27,280 not breathing. 887 00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:30,280 And that's the only way that you can help them. 888 00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:31,280 You know, 889 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,280 you can help you cook maybe once a week, 890 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:36,280 just that 1% that I love the 1% role. 891 00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:38,280 Cause I think we're hard on ourselves as parents. 892 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:42,280 Oh, I think so. I absolutely think so. 893 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,280 Thank you so much for being on Rocky. 894 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:47,280 This was amazing information. Thank you so much for sharing. 895 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,280 No, thank you for having me. 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