Podcasts about superhealth

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2560: Leo Babauta outlines a minimalist, habit-based approach to achieving extraordinary health without relying on extreme diets, exhausting routines, or expensive systems. By focusing on simplicity, gradual change, and mindful awareness, he offers a sustainable way to build energy, clarity, and long-term well-being. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://zenhabits.net/superhealth/ Quotes to ponder: "Superhealth isn't something you need to chase or find in a bottle, it's already within you, waiting to be uncovered." "Start simple. Get moving. Eat whole foods. Rest." "When you strip away the nonessential, what's left is space, space to breathe, move, live." Episode references: Atomic Habits: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits The Blue Zones: https://www.bluezones.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Superfoods such as spirulina and medicinal mushrooms inspired Justin Snyder to create one of Australia's most respected and successful whole food supplement companies! For optimal health—whether to regain, improve, or maintain it—Justin inspires others to grow their own food, choose organic whenever possible, reduce chemical exposure, stay active, and nourish their bodies with superfoods like Lion's Mane Mushroom, Moringa, and Ashwagandha!

KC Craichy is a leading health advocate, author and speaker who frequently appears on television and radio programs nationwide. More importantly, he's a devoted husband and father who has come to be an authority in natural health and nutrition. KC is Founder and CEO of LivingFuel, Inc., a leading distributor of superfood nutrition, and author of the best-selling book SuperHealth – 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality and his most recent book The Super Health Diet: The Last Diet You Will Ever Need!. Through his work, products and teaching, KC is on a mission to change lives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tina-marx/support

Mason welcomes Nicole Bijlsma onto the podcast today. Nicole is building biologist who single handedly established the building biology industry in Australia. After 15 years of clinical practice as a Naturopath and Acupuncturist, Nicole switched things up, changing her career pathway after noticing a strong correlation between the ill health of many of her patients and the health hazards they were exposed to in their homes. Nicole is a ball of passion, knowledge and insight, delivering the cold hard facts about environmental hazards such as 5G, EMFs, mould and more! Truly a woman on a mission, Nicole has great zeal for raising awareness and educating individuals on how they can create health in their body, homes and general environments. Mason and Nicole discuss: Building biology, what it is and what a building biologist does. The concept that the home or building we spend our time in, being like a third layer or extension of our skin. New home technology and exposure standards; human safety vs profit. The health impacts of EMF exposure. The relationship between immune deficiency and mould, EMF, chemical  sensitivity. The importance of taking a full case history when working to identify the root of chronic disease, and how the mainstream medical system fails us in this regard - "taking a thorough environmental exposure history is the most important thing a doctor can do, and none of them were trained to do it" 5G and why the configuration of the network is problematic for health. The origin of 5G technology, why it was developed and what it was used for.  The data on heavy metal load and electromagnetic sensitivity in humans. Identifying health risks in the home. The myths around EMF shielding equipment and technology. The importance of a healthy lifestyle and home environment in cultivating resilience against EMF exposure.  Who is Nicole Bijlsma? Nicole Bijlsma is a woman of passion, and her passion lies in environmental medicine. Nicole was a former naturopath and acupuncturist with 15 years of clinical experience who changed her career pathway to become a building biologist after noticing a strong correlation with many of her patients illnesses and health hazards in their home. Nicole is the author of the best seller Healthy Home, Healthy Family, was a columnist for Body+Soul (Herald Sun) and is frequently consulted by the media to comment on health hazards in the built environment (The 7PM Project, Sunrise, The Today Show, The Circle, Channel 7 News, Today Tonight, Channel 74, ABC radio, Fox FM, numerous webinars and podcasts). Nicole has thirty years experience lecturing at tertiary institutions in nutrition, Chinese Medicine and environmental medicine, and has published in peer-reviewed journals. Nicole's extensive knowledge in environmental medicine has seen her speak at various conferences both in Australia and abroad (USA, Thailand and New Zealand). Nicole single handedly established the building biology industry in Australia, was the former President of the Australasian Society of Building Biologists and established the Australian College of Environmental Studies in 1999 to educate people about the health hazards in the built environment. The college is the only institution in Australia to provide nationally accredited training in Building Biology and Feng Shui. Nicole is currently completing her PhD investigating health hazards in the built environment under the supervision of Professor Marc Cohen at RMIT.    Resources: Nicole's Website  Nicole's Book Australian College Of Environmental Studies Website Q: How Can I Support The SuperFeast Podcast?   A: Tell all your friends and family and share online! We’d also love it if you could subscribe and review this podcast on iTunes. Or  check us out on Stitcher :)! Plus  we're on Spotify!   Check Out The Transcript Here:   Mason: (00:00) Nicole, thank you so much for joining us.   Nicole Bijlsma: (00:02) Good to be back, Mason.   Mason: (00:04) Yeah, it's been about three years. We're on the SuperFeast Podcast and well it's been three years since you were on the Mason Taylor Show. Now we're on the SuperFeast Podcast, really stoked to be introducing to a much wider audience at this point. So I'm just really excited to share the work around Building Biology, the amount of people who have given me feedback around your book, and just how much it's become a staple for them, and just with really great grounded information. I really want to get this whole community and crew onto it. So let's just dive into it. It's a crazy time in the world. What's taking up a lot of your world and your focus at the moment?   Nicole Bijlsma: (00:54) Well, mould and electromagnetic fields take up most of my time, but I'm currently in the last year of my PhD, and I'm doing a randomised, controlled crossover study that's double-blind, which involves exposing 14 healthy adults to a baby monitor for two weeks. So it's second and fourth week during the intervention weeks, and they don't know if it's on or off, and seeing if it has an impact on their brainwaves, their heart rate variability and their sleep function. So we're currently crunching the numbers as we speak and hopefully by the end of the year there'll be a paper out of it.   Mason: (01:30) So immediately what I'm thinking is, "How long have baby monitors been a thing?" Here's a technology that was willy-nilly introduced and allowed and encouraged to be put next to newborns. Yet how many decades are we down the track, and have there been many studies like this that have been double-blind placebo and empirical?   Nicole Bijlsma: (01:51) Very little. Very little like this.   Mason: (01:54) So I mean this immediately throws us into a huge conversation around, as you were saying, being the focus of EMF. Everyone's in their home and that's why I wanted to have this conversation. A Building Biologist locally in the area, Rhys, when he first came to our place and we were dealing with some mould. That was four years ago when he came and chatted to us about the house being that third layer of skin and he was teaching us about Building Biology a little bit more. Since then he's come and done an audit of our new warehouse in Mullumbimby in-   Mason: (02:25) Definitely recommend people tune in with a qualified Building Biologist for commercial reasons as well. But it is a third layer of skin, our skin, our clothes, and then our house. And everyone's in the home right now and everyone's looking around and everyone's trying to rest and relax and finding there's some blockages in their way, and looking, "Oh wow, we're living in this plethora of technology." Yet, you're talking about something as simple and as innocent as a baby monitor, and yet there's a reason for you to be studying to see if it has ill effect on an adult and their brainwaves, and I'm sure in other variables. What's going on here with the need to review a technology decades down the track, rather than there being a watchdog or an Ombudsman to ensure that this technology isn't detrimental as it's being rolled out?   Nicole Bijlsma: (03:20) Well, that's a good question in relation to exposure standards. Exposure standards are not health-based standards. They're developed in compromise with industry to see what's practicable in a work place. There are no standards for residential settings because you can't suit yourself living in your own home. So unfortunately consumers wrongly assume when they go to the Telstra stores, Optus stores, et cetera, that because it's on the shelf it must have been tested, when in fact that couldn't be further from the truth. The way in which exposure standards are developed is manufacturers can put, whether it's telecommunications or agriculture, pharmaceuticals, not so much pharmaceuticals. But chemical industries can put products onto the supermarket shelf with very little testing because the burden of proof isn't on them to prove its safe. It's on researchers like me to spend their life to prove if it's dangerous.   Nicole Bijlsma: (04:14) And of course we have lots of examples in history where public health doesn't exist. Asbestos. We had potters from hundreds of years ago, with lung related diseases, exposed to asbestos because it's naturally found in the ground when they were cobbing, you know, using pottery et cetera. Whitman was a good example, where people were exposed to all of these asbestos fibres. And of course the latency period is 37 years or so. So it's the same with electromagnetic fields. We actually know how electromagnetic fields affect the human body at a cellular level, but we don't know what it is about the field that's triggering this type of reaction.   Nicole Bijlsma: (04:55) So with exposure standards, they're not health-based. Public health in this arena does not exist. They are waiting to see, and this is where they hide, that, "Until it's conclusive we're not going to do anything about it," because there's too many trillions of dollars to make. And that's the problem. Consumers probably think, "Oh, it must have been tested and it must be safe before it's there." In fact, it's the opposite, and that's why I set up the Australian College of Environmental Studies, a registered trading organisation, to train people to educate the masses that they can't make informed choices because they don't understand that these exposure standards are developed in consultation with the industry that's selling the product.   Mason: (05:37) So where do you focus in Building Biology and for yourself now? Here and now, what are you focusing on in the house? Some staples to ensure that we're at least not overly exposing ourselves. What's in our control?   Nicole Bijlsma: (05:54) Yeah, so basically if anybody just goes in and identifies other hazards in a built environment that are affecting their health. The first thing a Building Biologist is trying to do is to take a thorough exposure history, an environmental exposure history. So we look at the client's symptoms, and the symptoms will guide us as to what to look for in the house. So we know, for example, with asthma and allergies we're looking at dust mite load, we're looking for cockroaches, we're looking for rodent droppings and urine. We're looking for the pets. We're looking for things like mould, which is one of the biggest triggers for asthma and allergies. If they've got fatiguing syndrome, autoimmune disease, it is again mould. It's huge. I think at least 40% of the housing stock in Australia has some degree of water damage, whether it's a smaller degree of water damage being small risk, higher degree of water damage means high risk. So, yes, this is a huge part.   Nicole Bijlsma: (06:46) With electromagnetic fields I expect to see symptoms of specific headaches, palpitations, awareness of the heart beating, inability to sleep is a big one, fatigue, fibromyalgic type of symptoms. You know, these are the common symptoms. And ironically, once someone becomes mould sensitive, more often than not they become electrically sensitive. Once they become chemically sensitive they become more electrically and mould sensitive. I actually don't see the three of them as different because they all perpetuate each other. So the Building Biologist might be called in because a client has a concern about the smart metre, but we'll go in and see the visible mould, smell the damp odour, and we know that's going to affect their immune response to such a degree that they'll become more sensitive to other hazards like chemicals, electromagnetic fields from wireless technology, and of course, mould.   Mason: (07:39) With electromagnetic fields, is this at all creeping into the mainstream, or are you finding resistance to your work? Just for instance, like Lyme disease, right. You might go to a hospital in Sydney, someone will laugh you out and just say, "It's in your head." Here in Byron Bay, going to a hospital that will give you Doxycycline because they'll be able to recognise the eschar. So it's creeping up in the awareness and the acknowledgement. Do you know where the acknowledgment is at within the, for lack of a better word, mainstream medical system?   Nicole Bijlsma: (08:15) Well, they're not taught to take an exposure history, so if you don't ask the right questions you're never going to get the answers. And this is the problem. I published a study a couple of years ago with Professor Marc Cohan, interviewing the top environmental doctors in Australia and New Zealand who specialise in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and environmental sensitivities to see what are the best tests to identify toxic load. And the only thing they agreed on was that taking a thorough environmental exposure history is the most important thing a doctor can do, and none of them were trained to do it. They had to develop it themselves as a result of listening to their patients over many decades, to come up with their own exposure history.   Nicole Bijlsma: (08:55) And what we find with people, by the time they're diagnosed with an environmental sensitivity like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome... MS, I would say a lot of the patients I see with MS have significant mould related issues and biotoxin issues from Lyme disease et cetera, or stealth infections, is to take a proper, thorough history. And this takes 90 minutes. Now the medical system isn't geared to actually doing that. So for them to do it they could risk being deregistered because Medicare, really, they're geared in their trade to deal with acute diseases, which is great. But when it comes to chronic illnesses it's failing miserably, as everyone knows. And even across health industries, whether it's Naturopathy, Kinesiology, Chiropractics, we're not training them to take an environmental exposure history, so we don't understand that a lot of fibromyalgia and fatiguing syndrome we see is actually due to health hazards in the built environment.   Mason: (09:51) I mean it's such a symptom of our reductionist mentality that we're not a part of the environment that we live in. And it's one thing to be like what the medical system would see as just being a hippy, thinking you're going to be connected to the natural environment around you. But just the concept that you're not even going to be affected, no way, by the environment of the room that you're sleeping in every night, it gets a little bit ludicrous. And to think that that could be a mentality and that could be a way that you see the world. But it's understandable, as you say. They just don't get taught it. It's just not in their training, is it?   Nicole Bijlsma: (10:24) Well, that's the thing. A lot of the data on electromagnetic fields, mould, and chemicals is actually not in medical journals. When I went to publish this study about how the doctors assess toxic load, it was rejected by the medical journals as not relevant. So it got published in an environmental journal, where the doctors don't read it. This is the conundrum. They're not interested in getting to the root cause of the illness because it doesn't provide dividends for shareholders. And unfortunately, the longer I'm in this industry the more I realise it's about money.   Mason: (10:59) Absolutely. It is about money. So the big topic going around at the moment is 5G. And I feel pretty cruisy. We did a podcast about it recently and the one thing I share about most of these things is I like keeping a level head about my reaction and the way that I'm relating to EMF in my environment, or if there's going to be toxic exposure. As long as I can be really level and cool and chill about it so I'm not causing more endocrine and nervous system stress through my reaction. Then I'll kind of go forth and start considering. So I like having level conversations about 5G because it seems like in the extended internet world or Murdoch press world, is if you even mention it in any kind of questioning of 5G, then immediately you're in the camp of thinking that 5G causes COVID and all that kind of thing, which I just don't even want a part of that conversation.   Mason: (12:02) The part of the conversation I'm really interested in is in the context of what's going on now with yourself studying baby monitors, rather than testing 5G layered on top of 4G, or just for that matter, any new technology. How about we just slow down, think of a way, test it on humans, get it greener if possible. As you said, I know that's not a realistic thing to ask of a big conglomerate because all they want is money. Nonetheless, just to kind of reiterate, or I'd like to hear from your perspective. What is the stance of Building Biology, or the request or where you're trying to move in the direction of as these new technologies get introduced into the environment?   Nicole Bijlsma: (12:57) Yeah, well, 5G of course is very different to the other four generations because it's going to involve near instant connectivity, ultra low latency, so there's virtually no lag. I mean because who doesn't want to download 600 feature films a minute? Sarcastically.   Mason: (13:18) Yeah. Oh, yeah.   Nicole Bijlsma: (13:21) You know, 50 times bandwidth compared to the 4G, and connects billions of devices on the internet of things. The problem is that this generation is very different to the previous four insofar as that the infrastructure's very different. You need antennas every 50 to 200 metres from your home, because they're using millimetre wave radiation, which is incredibly small waves. And the reality is I don't even think it's going to work in Australia because a Eucalyptus tree will block the frequency. So unless you have a direct line of sight it's going to be difficult. And if you've got a lot of metal in your home that could reflect it as well, which could be a good thing, providing you don't have internet connection inside.   Nicole Bijlsma: (13:58) In terms of health effects, this is the contention. It's because it's high millimetre wave radiation, it's a different frequency, and that means there's actually very little data on its impact on health. The research that has been conducted has shown that it affects the skin temperature. It does alter gene expression. It does promote oxidative stress, which is what we know about all the other forms of electromagnetic fields, whether it's AC magnetic fields from current or radio frequencies from all your wireless devices. It causes oxidative stress. It acts on voltage-gated calcium channels, results in calcium influx in the cell, which results in all these free radicals. And once that overwhelms the cell, and there's not enough antioxidants then the mitochondria become affected and eventually the cell dies.   Nicole Bijlsma: (14:44) But in terms of the physical diseases, only the research that's conclusive says that it causes eye damage and cataracts. That's been really thoroughly studied in rodent studies since the 1960s, that it causes cataracts, because it hits... Because the eyes lack sufficient blood flow they can't dissipate the heat quick enough so it causes oxidative stress and cataracts. It also acts on the sweat ducts in the skin. And this is why it was developed by the military for crowd control. When you have 5G or high millimetre wave radiation projected towards a human it affects the sweat ducts because they act as helical antennas. It vibrates the two to five million sweat ducts and causes to heat from the inside out, which is really uncomfortable, which is why when you use it for crowd control people disperse very quickly.   Mason: (15:34) Wow. And that's like an actually proved in-use measure for crowd control?   Nicole Bijlsma: (15:42) Yeah, and that's what it was developed for. It was a [inaudible 00:15:46] device for the military. Absolutely. That's the problem. So long term exposure, we're not really sure, because this is the thing. We introduce a product like asbestos and we go, "There's no side effects." It's the poor dog defence. "My dog doesn't bite. 5G doesn't bite." You telecommunications say to us, "You prove it's dangerous, but we're going to keep it and expose it to the population for decades until you prove conclusively." That's freaking ridiculous.   Mason: (16:15) Yeah.   Nicole Bijlsma: (16:15) They should be required to prove conclusively that it's safe. And yet this is not the way capitalist society works. And unfortunately that's the problem. So there isn't a lot of data. I hear there's some coming out more and more, certainly in related studies, that it has significant adverse health effects at an animal study level. But of course the telecommunications will use animal studies to prove that something is safe for them, but then dismiss it when you show that it's dangerous. So that's the problem.   Nicole Bijlsma: (16:44) Now, as I mentioned, with existing radio frequencies in our wireless devices we know how they affect the body at a cellular level. You know, they suppress melatonin from the blue light. They increase oxidative stress. They cause permeability of the blood-brain barrier, et cetera. That's really well established. They increase the risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma brain tumours if you use them on one side of the head for five years for two hours or more a day. That's really well established and we've all moved on from that. The problem is that we're introducing millimetre wave radiation that was developed by the military for crowd control. There is quite a bit of study since the 60s on rodents and the impact on skin and of course cataracts and eyes.   Nicole Bijlsma: (17:28) And the problem with skin is that it's so high in mast cells. Olle Johannson was one of the first researchers to show that exposure to VDUs of computers in the 80s in Sweden causes this skin rash, because there's so many mast cells in the skin, because that's your immune system. It's that line of defence. This millimetre wave radiation stimulates the degranulation of our cells and a sympathetic nerve response, which is your body going, "Oh my God, something's attacking me. Quick, fight or flight." So we do know that that's how it reacts. But unfortunately we need a lot more research on this, which is why they should be delaying the roll out until they prove conclusively that it is safe, which they won't be able to do.   Mason: (18:10) You see, this is the funny backwards propaganda driven brainwashing that occurs. And you bring up the fact of asbestos a couple of times, and I had an uncle who passed away from a proven asbestos-based lung cancer through working on the brakes of jets. And it got to that point where it was like, you know, and a bunch of his buddies as well that were working on the tarmac as well, they went down. And so you go to try and get a little bit of cash to help you support your family from a particular airline and they've got a whole sector of lawyers within the company just ready to defend themselves to make sure that they're not going to have to pay out one iota to any of these people. They're just trying to find anything to prove that they're not the ones that need to be held accountable, when it's quite obvious.   Mason: (19:05) And that kind of thing has impacted many people, whether it's DDT, it's lead paint, whatever it is. It's cigarettes being promoted to pregnant women. Whatever it is, the company is just able to go ahead with it. And everyone can look back into the past with now 20/20 vision and see that, "Yes, that was probably something we should have curbed and maybe got a little bit proven before we'd just given free rein to the marketers." But just here in Mullumbimby it's been interesting with the 5G going up.   Mason: (19:35) There's of course a part of the population, you know the ones, which people would label as the trippers who, you know, they can go out there. They're imaginative and they're trying to be off in their mind trying to pull all the different, the web of things that are going on in the world, but they're going and they're doing their thing. They're a small part of the community that's been standing up against 5G rollout, and we were lucky enough to have one of the shires that said, "You know what, Telstra? No." There's been so much backlash of people just requesting, "Hey, can you prove this technology is safe before you roll it out?" because, as you were saying, like many things, we don't want decades down the track to have to roll that back. Now in order to-   Nicole Bijlsma: (20:20) Thank God for the people like you and a minority of the population who are actually making informed choices and taking the time to actually critically think and question what they've being fed, and look at the data and the research.   Mason: (20:34) Well, what's very sad is that if you oppose it, immediately what you're going to get painted as is an absolute paranoid tripper that thinks 5G is causing COVID-19 and you're off on another planet and you're just a basic scallywag and you're a dirty hippy, is the way that it's literally being painted here.. I feel like it's the design, right. It makes people scared to stand up and just say, "Hey, excuse me, I've got a reasonable request here," as our council did, and then I think on a federal level it got overrun.   Mason: (21:11) So surprise, surprise, Telstra just shows up and goes, "We're putting it up." And thankfully we've got a crew that really got onto the ground quickly. And we're starting to talk about PR wise, "Hey, guys, what are we actually talking about here?" Exactly what you're saying. "Listen, please just prove your technology that you're going to make billions of dollars out of is really safe. That's all." That's all. Prove us wrong. It would be amazing, which they won't be able to do, as you said. It's interesting how that very grounded request, there's enough brainwashing to make people think that you're absolutely batshit crazy for doing what should have been done with asbestos, right.   Nicole Bijlsma: (21:54) Oh, absolutely. Look, and in terms of the relationship to COVID, look there's very little data to support at this point. Maybe there is. I haven't seen it, and I haven't really got a comment on it, because I haven't read or seen anything credible that I can comment on the relationship between exposures to COVID-19 and electromagnetic fields. What does concern me is that we know people sensitive to electromagnetic fields have more metal in their body. Now where does the metal come from? It comes from amalgams and dental work. It also comes from eating high levels of fish, and aluminium and Thimerosal from vaccines. So it's interesting that a lot of these people, like kids on autism, have very high levels of aluminium in their body. A recent paper showed very high levels. And it isn't coming from their deodorants because they're only four when they're diagnosed. So where is it coming from? This is what we need to start thinking about.   Nicole Bijlsma: (22:48) For me the most important thing we can do as consumers moving forward is to keep as healthy as possible. Get out into the sunshine. Keep your house as clean as possible insofar as fresh air. A healthy home smells like fresh air. It's devoid of any artificial fragrances and smells, that you live in a bushy environment. Your house is like a dry mediterranean environment, so there's no moisture or dampness in the house, and that you have a healthy, preferably organic, diet, that you know your farmers. You know where the food is coming from so it's as clean as possible. Regular exercise, good mental outlook. I mean that's what health is. You don't need to wait til you're sick to get all this other stuff. I mean nature cure has been around a long time, and I think if people just follow basics. And they know in terms of their diet if they're crap or not. They need to act on that. They need to do exercise, et cetera. Keeping healthy is the most important way to reduce your exposures to infection and of course to deal with environmental changes in your environment, whether it's electromagnetic fields.   Nicole Bijlsma: (23:51) I want to make a point about EMFs. Certainly 5G, I'm completely anti because I can't prove it's safe. I get it. And the infrastructure is really concerning. But what we find, as Building Biologists, is that exposures happen the closer they are to the body. So people might have an issue about something outside of the house, but the reality is their highest exposures happen from devices inside the house closest to their person. That's the cell phone. That's the digital device. People often don't want to hear that. They're too busy wanting to blame someone for something else when in fact their exposures are happening in the highest power output from their cell phone, from their iPad, from their wireless device, from their speakers, from their printers right on their workstation.   Nicole Bijlsma: (24:32) So as Building Biologists, 95% of our role is to educate people. Yes, that is an issue, the smart metre, but look at the power output. It's very low at your favourite couch or in your bedroom. What's very high here is that you've got your phone under your pillow at night time and this is what it's doing. And that's going to have a far greater impact on your health than what's happening outside of your house. So let's start with common sense, what's closest to your person, and work our way out, because that's where the greatest harm is going to happen.   Mason: (25:06) I love it so much. I love that you focused on your health and your sun exposure and your great diet and all the things. Hydration being the number one place where you're actually going to be able to make a difference in your own life, rather than going, "Which EMF blocking device do I need to go out and buy in order to block me?" I like that as a fun extension and cherry on top when you can be kind of speculative, because from what I understand it's very speculative, that field at the moment, of what's-   Nicole Bijlsma: (25:37) Oh my God, there's so many people out there. Big rule of thumb. If someone comes to test your house and shield, don't do it. They might only charge $200 and have all the fandangled equipment, but they'll charge you thousands in shielding that you probably don't need. That is a massive conflict of interest for someone to come in, test your house for EMFs, and then con you into tens of thousands. We find this all the time. There's a company out there doing four-day courses and now everyone's an EMF expert, using instruments that aren't actually that great. And then testing for electric fields, which aren't even a problem, and conning people to spend $20,000/30,000 on shielding. Shielding is a disaster. Shielding is a last resort. And the reason is because when you start using shielding paint to attenuate radio frequencies you will often magnify the electric field. With people with electrical sensitivity, that's going to make them worse.   Nicole Bijlsma: (26:29) I find many of these people have spent thousands of dollars with this company and all their graduates, and they can't live in their house anymore. That is the big problem. So shielding doesn't work effectively 100%. Certainly, it often makes other things worse. So that's a problem. And that's why you always, whoever's testing your house should never be the one selling you the shielding stuff, because then you'll get an independent opinion and the $600 or $800 you spend on testing properly could save you tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary shielding.   Mason: (26:59) That's something that's always evident. I've chatted to yourself and had interactions with Rhys and then my friend, Damien, over in WA, and SuperHealth is a big promoter of Building Biology as well. And the ethics are through the roof. It's something I've been having a conversation about a lot in different fields, in different expertise and in businesses, and definitely in government, the voidance of ethics, because when you're in like a quick fix you want systemic change and you can project your apathy onto your desire and your blame of everyone else because you need systemic change. And you know unless that happens then you're going to be a victim. "Poor little me," versus going, "Well, yes, I'm going to work for that, but I'm also going to work for that personal change massively and start actually taking responsibility for this." There's a huge difference there.   Mason: (27:54) And I think it's sometimes boring for people to hear that the onus is on yourself and the biggest thing is that you can go and whinge about 5G all you want. And I am definitely not saying that because you use technology you don't have a right to say, "I think we should improve things a little bit." I think that's not a valid conversation. But nonetheless going, "How about I learn how to responsibly use the technology that's in my house," and acknowledge the fact that it is probably going to be causing more damage than that that's outside systemically.   Nicole Bijlsma: (28:33) Oh, absolutely. Definitely. And that's a hard one for some people to swallow. Like I have my cell phone and I love my cell phone, but I know how to use it and reduce my exposure. So I will never put it near my head per se when I'm making calls. It's always arm's length away, normally with the earpiece, for example, loudspeaker and text as often as I can, because there's no way I'm going to put high frequency radio frequencies right near my head, for that reason.   Nicole Bijlsma: (29:03) So I'm making an informed choice, and that's the thing I train my Building Biologists in the Advanced Diploma is that, "Your role is to educate people. What they do with that information is up to them. If they don't want to follow it that's not your business. They're paying you for your time. You give them the information. Now they can make an informed choice." If they continue to use their devices, like me, I love this, that I don't have to be in my office. I can be from home to work et cetera. I love it. But that's an informed choice. I dye my hair. That's an informed choice. I know exactly what risks are involved.   Nicole Bijlsma: (29:35) So that's really ultimately what my goal is when I set up the college and the Building Biology industry, is to help people make informed choices because most people can't even do that because they don't understand the system is flawed. The exposure standards, which we started with, are not health-based standards. And that's why it's important that a lot of the work we do is to actually educate people. And simple things like move furnishing around. If you have to have a wireless router, let's put it in the room that's not being used and attenuate it by reducing the radiation by 95%, by getting onto the manufacturer's website and this is how we can reduce this. Yeah, you've got a wireless router, and use it in a way that you can use the internet on two or three rooms in the house so it's not bathing the whole house.   Nicole Bijlsma: (30:20) So we look at what the client's lifestyle is and go, "Okay, what are you willing to accept as a risk? This is what the hazards are. Now let's work together to reduce your risk in light of what you've just told me." It's not saying, "Slap on the wrist. Everyone get to Nimbin in a hamtent with bare feet and that's all you've got. There's no other choice." No, of course not. I choose to live with risks, get in a car knowing that it could be a coffin on wheels, et cetera. But at least I make an informed choice. That's what consumers don't understand is, most of them can't make an informed choice because they don't understand that the system's flawed and it's certainly not geared for public health.   Mason: (30:55) Absolutely not. And it's funny because I feel like it's quite common knowledge and everyone knows that a huge business only gives a shit about its profits, and the government isn't there to keep you really safe. I feel like it's an increasingly small, baby boomer kind of portion of the population that still really full-heartedly believes that the government's there to really keep you safe with integrity. Yet, this hasn't clicked over. And I feel like we're getting there, the fact that there are no standards for health here. And I think something you bring up, sometimes people just don't want to hear it. It's a little bit too much. I think that's a huge part of it as well. Acknowledging the fact that there's no standard for the fact we're heading towards smart cities. We're heading towards these huge technological rollouts and hey, we haven't paused and actually checked whether these are safe, and maybe they don't care and you've got to burden that. That's a huge one.   Mason: (31:57) And then your distinction, I think, is something for everyone to take here today, is like informed consent. At least when I know that I go in my car, if I take my phone off aeroplane mode I'm in a big metal box, and just having Rhys explain that all that is, is it's just bouncing around inside. And that's okay, but I'd probably recommend you don't stream YouTube or podcasts if you go in there. Huge. Huge thing. And I don't find myself being hypocritical if I'm doing it and I'm still asking for upgrades, and for everyone to slow down. But if I'm not comfortable with the decisions I'm making and I don't have integrity with my own decisions and I'm complaining externally, it definitely lands the responsibility back on my shoulders.   Nicole Bijlsma: (32:52) Absolutely. You mentioned a confined space like a metal carriage - tram, bus, truck, car. Imagine that as a house. You've built an energy efficient house with a metal roof, metal cladding around the side and a steel concrete slab. There's no way you should have wireless technology in there because it creates, like you said, the microwave oven effect. So it's reflecting and refracting off all those surfaces. So how you build that house is really important. That's why Building Biologists can be very useful. There's only a handful of Building Biologists that actually have the skills because it's an elective in the course on how to build healthy homes and work with architects.   Nicole Bijlsma: (33:33) But if you've got a lot of metal in the house then you should not be having any wireless device in that home because it will be bouncing off and creating hotspots in that space. So hardwired would be your best option. So understanding the interaction between the built environment and its impact on the electro climate of the house is really important. And that's something that we think about at the design stage, based on the client's lifestyle, whether they're willing to have hardwired or whether they only want wireless devices. That's fine but then it comes at cost. And that's what we educate them so they can make an informed choice.   Nicole Bijlsma: (34:03) And that's the thing. It's the synergistic impact. And, as I said, when people are in a damp environment, mould, now they could become more electrically sensitive, more chemically sensitive. So this is why we have to integrate. Well, you shouldn't be using pesticides in the house because you're exposed to a lot of that, that you've got to get rid of it and dry up that mould and get to the source of the moisture and get rid of all that fungal particulate, that exposure to that EMF.   Nicole Bijlsma: (34:27) So more often that not it's this accumulation effect over a lifetime, whether it's a combination of a tick bite early on in life, very poor diet throughout their teens or recreational drugs, and things like being exposed to high levels of electromagnetic fields because they're an electrician and then they go into a damp house and now they're sick. Well, that threshold has built up over years. And that's typically what happens before people are actually diagnosed with environmental sensitivity. So as Building Biologists, even though we say we can do an EMF audit, a mould audit, the reality is we could come in with the whole toolbox because the client doesn't know what they don't know. So when we walk in, based on their symptoms I know what to look for that I need to exclude, and it could be any one of those issues.   Mason: (35:10) It makes sense. It makes absolute sense. It's annoying when you're in a western go, go, go, go kind of way of living to be like, you know, all that stress you're going to accumulate and potentially... Of course, we know stress and pathogens and mould infection and that kind of stuff is going to eventually cause compromisation within the immune system and the endocrine system. And if you've got that from a robust teenager, 20-year old, don't really notice it. A little bit more when you're in your 30s, 40s, oh, it's getting a little bit harder. All right, now we start.   Nicole Bijlsma: (35:49) Oh, 40s and 50s it catches up with you, all the stuff from your 20s and teens.   Mason: (35:52) Got to pay your debt, yeah.   Nicole Bijlsma: (35:58) Pay your debt. Exactly right. Exactly right. But the more you can address those issues the more resilient you'll be for the environment. Now the environments change enormously because of the EMFs. We've talked about mould potentially. Chemical exposures, with each generation it's just worse and worse. Our immune systems are getting really bogged down with a lot of these hazards, which is why we have all these autoimmune diseases, fatiguing syndromes, et cetera. But the message is always to go back to basics, which is what I've mentioned before in terms of your stress, lifestyle, good diet, good attitude, and a relatively dry and healthy home that's free of chemicals.   Mason: (36:33) The dry and healthy home, I think, is the one that doesn't land on that. "You guys know how to stay healthy. Drink your water, get lots of sunlight, have a dry home." That's like-   Nicole Bijlsma: (36:44) Healthy home. Filtered water, very, very important. You don't want chlorine in your gut microbiome. Yeah. You could do a whole podcast on water, Mason.   Mason: (36:54) Well, I've actually got a water series coming up and that's something that I [crosstalk 00:36:58]   Nicole Bijlsma: (36:57) Oh.   Mason: (36:58) And I thought about you. So I will. We'll book in another podcast and we can go all through that because I think water filters is a thing you get 10 experts and you get 12 answers as to what the best filter is going to be. So I mean having a podcast where our aim isn't to give the recommendations, just to give all the knowledge, so then they can take that and run with it.   Nicole Bijlsma: (37:20) Yes.   Mason: (37:20) And what you're saying, hydration, sunlight, a dry... What was it? A dry, cool home?   Nicole Bijlsma: (37:26) Mediterranean-like environment, yeah.   Mason: (37:28) Mediterranean-like environment. What I like about that distinction of you're going to accumulate that, whether it's the permeability of the brain barrier, I think you were saying, through EMF exposure is one of these things. And let's try and get these studies in the show notes as well so people can go and cross-reference them themselves. Just like that exposure being accumulative and immunosuppressive potentially, or definitely, on the other side of the coin you get to accumulate all those benefits with all those exposure to the natural elements and all that you're doing for your health. What I like about this approach is that it's always going and then you can head in this direction, and it's just as good as it gets just as bad over there.   Nicole Bijlsma: (38:21) And how amazing is the body? It's so resilient to deal with all these onslaughts. So by the time it hits that threshold there's been a lot of onslaughts. And of course with genetics that does play a role. But we now know, since they've mapped the human genome in 2002, that genetics loads the gun but the environment pulls the trigger. Most SNPs and gene variants some people have and MTHFR would be completely irrelevant if they weren't exposed to toxic environments, because they've been in the gene pool for thousands of years. So that's the thing. It's the environment that's changed that's brought it out. Oh, you've got SNPs, heterozygous SNPs or homozygous SNPs in these detoxification pathways, so you're far more susceptible to these chemicals. But three generations ago no one was exposed to those chemicals so it wasn't important. Do you know what I mean? So that's why you've got to reduce the exposures to the electromagnetic fields and the mould and the chemicals and the perfumes and the air fresheners and the pesticides and plastics and the four Ps, which I talk about in the book.   Mason: (39:22) Yeah, I was just going to say, I was going to have the book to hold up, but someone had checked it out of the SuperFeast library, which is good. It's one of the ones that yeah, healthy home, healthy family-   Nicole Bijlsma: (39:32) I think another one for your library.   Mason: (39:32) Yeah.   Nicole Bijlsma: (39:32) I think it's through Booktopia. Yep.   Mason: (39:32) Booktopia?   Nicole Bijlsma: (39:32) Or my website.   Mason: (39:38) I'm going to get another one because I need one for my house as well as in the office. It's one of those ones. It's one of those ones, guys, that's like mandatory reading and presence. And it's one of those fun ones as a coffee table book because it's not paranoid. It's just practical. And so it's a really good gift as well for someone that's just opening up. It's just calling a spade a spade, which is what I like about your work, I like about Building Biology, I like about the book, because it's approachable. So thanks for that.   Nicole Bijlsma: (40:10) Thank you. Thank you. I'm currently developing a Healthy Home short course for the public, so videos and things like that. It will be very reasonably priced and it will be your room by room analysis of how to create a healthy home, room by room. So it's going to be a very practical series that will enable people to digest what I've got in the book, because you know this is quite evidence-based and there's quite a bit of scientific research on EMFs. I like the text but I'm going to simplify that and do it as a room by room analysis to help people with videos. Okay, how do we actually have food packaging that's healthy and drinking water and things like that? So that will come out within the next six months.   Mason: (40:52) Okay, cool. Where's the best place to get on a newsletter list so they can be informed as soon as it's out?   Nicole Bijlsma: (41:00) My website, buildingbiology.com.au. Lots of videos, lots of good content there that's very-   Mason: (41:07) Yeah, and it's a good site. I haven't been on for about a year or so. But yeah, it's like super, super rich with resources. The interesting thing is that there's like, you don't have to invest anything to start out with this kind of stuff.   Nicole Bijlsma: (41:24) No.   Mason: (41:24) You don't have to go out and buy the $2,000 device in order to be doing the right thing, blocking EMFs.   Nicole Bijlsma: (41:32) Absolutely. Absolutely. Knowledge is key. Absolutely.   Mason: (41:35) Amazing. Are you, yourself, Building Biology, on any social media platforms as well?   Nicole Bijlsma: (41:43) Well, I have a Facebook site where I post things from time to time, bit slack on that. And of course the Australasian Society of Building Biologists has a Facebook site for the public as well. And of course the college, I've got quite a bit of information there as well and the Australian College of Environmental Studies where people can do individual courses. Like there's this fabulous subject called Children's Environmental Health and it's really good. If you're really loving my book then it's like a snippet of everything, the Building Biology course, like allergens, electromagnetic fields, all of that sort of thing. So that's a really good place to start for people who actually want to get more detail and videos and things like that.   Mason: (42:21) I think it cut out just a tiny bit there. Is there a college website that people can check out?   Nicole Bijlsma: (42:26) Yeah.   Mason: (42:26) Because if you want to do this as a career, if you're young and listening to this or want to consider this kind of path, this is on. This is a legit career path.   Nicole Bijlsma: (42:39) Yeah, yeah.   Mason: (42:39) So where are they going to get that information?   Nicole Bijlsma: (42:42) So it's called the Australian College of Environmental Studies and the website is aces.edu.au. It's an Advanced Diploma of Building Biology, two years full-time, four years part-time. But there are individual subjects people can do. Like if you want to come here as a mould testing technician, that's one subject, four days, 12 weeks online, and you're earning up to a $1,000 a day. So that's amazing compared to what most naturopaths earn doing a $60,000 degree. It's the same with electromagnetic field testing technicians. Four days on campus, 12 weeks online, [inaudible 00:43:17]. And Children's Environmental Health, a great subject on looking at the health hazards in your home thoroughly in order to make informed choices about what's going on.   Mason: (43:26) And it's been cool to see so many practitioners branching out and making that a part of their expertise as well. It makes sense. As you're saying, it makes sense to be able to like get into the home. A lot of the time the practitioner in that really comprehensive 60 minute/90 minute consult isn't going to be able to actually tell you what's actually going on in their environment.   Nicole Bijlsma: (43:44) No.   Mason: (43:44) So I love it. I appreciate your work, and I'm really excited we've connected on the water thing. So we'll have you. Yeah, that should just be a month or two. Phone wants you so I'm going to let you go.   Nicole Bijlsma: (43:55) Thank you.   Mason: (43:58) Yeah, thanks so much. We really appreciate you.   Nicole Bijlsma: (44:00) Thank you so much for having me on.

Damian Donoghue from SuperHealth joins Mason on the podcast today to discuss and the health implications of the 5G network. Damian is extremely well read in the areas of health, wellness, detoxification and environmental pollutants and has a keen interest in finding solutions against harmful EMF exposure. Tune in for a wildly interesting and eye opening chat. Mason and Damo discuss: The 5G network, what is it? The cellular harm 5G can cause and the strategies we can embody to cultivate resilience against it. The ins and outs of non native EMF exposure. Environmental awareness and community based action as drivers for change. Building biology as a preventative tool. The actions steps you can take to reduce 5G paranoia and anxiety. The importance of distance when protecting against 5G frequencies. Using the pineal gland as a navigational tool. Heavy metal exposure. Data collection and advertising. The importance of detoxication and forest bathing. Health sovereignty and cultivating Qi. Simple tips for blocking non native EMF's and blue light in your home. Melatonin and it's role within the body. Damian's favourite supplements and lifestyle practices for full body protection and potentiation.   Who is Damian Donoghue ? Damian has been researching natural ways to heal the body for the last 20 years. After healing himself of an 8 year bout of chronic fatigue, Damian set out to empower others to reach a peak state of health and wellbeing. Damian loves helping people to optimise their health by flooding the body with nutrition from superfoods and tonic herbs and teaching effective detox strategies for removing heavy metals and toxic chemicals. One of Damian's main areas of focus is helping people to protect themselves from the constant onslaught of the health depleting microwave radiation being emitted from all of our wireless technologies like smart phones, smart meters, WiFi and 5G. Damian is extremely passionate about life and helping others and is a proud health crusader fighting for humanity.   Resources: Damian's Website Damian's Facebook Damian's Instagram Damian's Youtube SuperHealth EMF Protection Pack - 15% Off Discount Code - SF15 Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt Website Iris Blue Light Screen Filter Ra Optics Blue Blocking Glasses How To Block Blue Blue From Your Phone Screen Video 5G Apocalypse Documentary Barrie Trower Ex Royal Navy Microwave Weapons Expert EMF Bed Canopies Ken Rohla - Staying Healthy with 5G Wireless and the Internet of Things, EMF Protection Dr Deitrich Klinghardt – Pineal gland, 5G, Aluminium, Glyphosate, Fluoride and WiFi Dr Mercola's Interviews with Dr Deitrich Klinghardt About EMF's Dr Katherine Horton Speaking About Eye implants, 5G and Depopulation Plan By The Shadow Government   Q: How Can I Support The SuperFeast Podcast? A: Tell all your friends and family and share online! We’d also love it if you could subscribe and review this podcast on iTunes. Or check us out on Stitcher :)! Plus we're on Spotify! We got you covered on all bases ;P   Check Out The Transcript Here:   Mason:   (00:00) All right Damo, let's do it man. So first time on the pod, it's been about, I think it's been like just under 10 years since I met you, Randwick race course when you were doing extreme superfoods. "All the extreme." I remember you saying when you changed over to SuperHealth you were like, "Man, it's too extreme."   Damian:  (00:22) It's too extreme, it's way too extreme.   Mason:   (00:25) That was so good because it goes like that Kirlian electromagnetic ball. Just that Qi, like it was the Dougan, like the style that would suit... Extreme superfoods. ... I've got a bunch of your stuff back in those days and you got me onto the marine phytoplankton and the hydrogens right there back in the day. So man, it's good to be on here chatting now.   Damian:  (00:52) Yeah. Thanks buddy. A pleasure to be here. Hey.   Mason:  (00:55) Yeah man. ... So you're over in your place in Perth, we tuned in a little bit, but for everyone, you rock SuperHealth from there. What else are you up to at the moment?   Damian:   (01:07) So about to release a new range of products. So they've been sitting about eight years now. My product range. So it's been time for a revamp, which I'm super excited about. So they're coming out really soon. But yeah, just really focusing on education, especially the topic we're going to talk about today, is just getting people aware on microwave radiation coming from all our wireless technology. It's probably one of my biggest areas now, more passionate areas because I really just want to educate people and get people switched on and what can we do in this environment now? So that's probably one of my bigger messages at this point of time.   Mason:  (01:46) Well, I mean I'm stoked to talk to you about it. Because you're well read on it, but I like talking to you about these things because you got a real good outlook on life. You've got a real positive... through all the deep dives into all the ways we've been poisoned and microwaved in our environment. For those of you who are on the audio, the smile's beaming right now, which is on the video... But it's important, because it can be such a deep dark space and I don't know, some people might not have been in this world. Maybe Super Feast podcast is maybe the place you like learning about some of the.. The drawbacks and the microwave stuff.   Mason:  (02:26) But most people listening have either been down the rabbit hole themselves or know someone that's formed a bit of a dark outlook on life in terms of just being exacerbated by and just overwhelmed by everything that's been thrown at us. So yeah man, I'm super keen because you're super proactive on what we can do about it as well. So let's dive in because it's been a while you've been talking about it, you got and others great Facebook lives about what to do when you're traveling with the wifi and having the building biologist over to your house. So can you just talk to me about when you started tuning into all this and why it's driving your education platform at the moment?   Damian:  (03:08) For sure. So I think it's very much what you said. You go down these deep dark holes of reality or what a lot call conspiracy and yeah, I just find someone's got to digest this stuff and then someone's got to regurgitate it to the people in a format that they can accept and deal with because as you know, the darker and deeper you go in these holes, the more you uncover and the reality of it all is we're under attack from our environment, from the world we're in. And so really now how do we get strong in that environment? So I think for me, I've studied health for so long and it was all about putting clean food in my mouth. Is it organic food? Am I drinking clean water?   Damian:  (03:56) And we're doing all these things putting through our mouth. But what about the stuff we can't see? And that's what really started to interest me because you've got people coming to... Like yourself, we've got people coming to us all the time with health problems. But it's like, is it just the water? Is it just the food? Is it just the chemicals they're exposed to? And I really understand that now. It's not. It's a lot to do with the frequencies that we're bathing in daily. And the more I looked into wifi back in the day before 5G came out, I just realised we were bathing in a frequency that is harmful to human health. It's harmful to all life. And then the 5G started coming on the scene the last two years and I dug deeper and deeper and it all seemed like a conspiracy theory. It's like, 5G is going to be coming out, microwaving us all."   Damian:  (04:50) And yeah, it was something that you think you'd read about on the internet for many years, but now they're rolling this out. And that's why now I really want to focus on what can we do about it? How can we avoid it? How can we protect ourselves? And my biggest message today about 5G is not just getting into a state of fear and going, "Oh my God, these things are harming us. What are we going to do?" And people become helpless and fearful. It's not about that. It's basically diagnosing and acknowledging who is our enemy? What is the enemy? And how can we avoid it? What can we do to protect ourselves? How can we be proactive and take those action steps to either stop 5G, stop the rollout or protect ourselves in a 5G world. And so that'd be my biggest message today is, how can we be proactive about it?   Mason:  (05:46) When you tuned in, what was it about 5G and in its detrimental effect, what was it specifically that got your interest?   Damian:  (05:56) I think it was just after suffering with ill health myself. Whatever it was, 10 years go now, 15 years ago.. When I started experiencing chronic fatigue. And it was that having your health taken away from you, you never want to go back there and you do everything you can to stay healthy and be vibrant and to even think that there's a frequency, something we can't smell, taste or see in our environment that's taxing me, taking me back to that state of fatigue or depletion in my body. But that really interested me. And that's when I started reading more and more and realised, "Hold on, this silent frequency that we can't smell, taste or see is there taxing our body." And it was that, it was the realisation of it's not just food and water now, it's, could be the device that I'm holding texting every day. It could be that that's actually taxing my body. So it was wanting to know what can we do about that?   Mason:  (06:54) How was it taxing the body did you find? Or will it be taxing the body?   Damian:  (06:59) Yeah, so disturbing your cell metabolism basically. So all your cellular functions in the body are disturbed by these frequencies. So what they're doing is keeping us in a state of fight and flight. Now I'm talking about EMF or electromagnetic fields, but specifically non-native EMF because people say, "Oh, there's EMF coming from the sun, the earth's got EMF coming off it all of the time." Well, yes it does, but we're not focusing on that, we're focusing on non-native EMF. Not native to this earth, which is manmade technology that's emitting these things. And so it was the disturbances it was having on our fertility, the way our energy is produced on the mitochondria in the cell. So it was all of these disturbances coming from the frequencies that were really interesting me more and more.   Mason:  (07:52) Because we're at that point, it was an interesting one for me this year because I've had mates like yourself who have been onto the 5G. A few years ago, I've had other friends, real mates more on an esoteric kind of space, again for years and years training people how to acknowledge that there is this entity that's going to be entering into our sphere and how do we disassociate somewhat spiritually with this entity and not allow that unwanted relationship to come in. But then, the world didn't really click onto it so much. The majority haven't really clicked onto it so much. And it was probably three months ago when we saw everyone really jumping onto this bandwagon, which was amazing because this rush came. I had this really mixed reaction to it for some reason because from the start of the year, I remember seeing a photo of a football field at the start of the year in February and it had Telstra 5G on it.   Mason:  (08:52) And that didn't get people's alarm bells going. Maybe the front runners, people who are breaking the ice, but the level of outrage warranted when you look into a little bit of the data. Which is still... The data is still getting verified, but I know there's a lot of very legitimate studies occurring and then maybe you can help me pull up a bunch and we'll put them in the show notes as well so everyone can just calmly go in and just check through this stuff and make sure we all get informed of what's going on. Outside of it, for or against kind of model.   Mason:  (09:31) It annoyed me the level of emotion and fear and outrage that came at such a late stage when everyone had so much of an opportunity to realise years ago that this was coming. I feel what I got was a lot of people... and you know this is me as well in certain instances. I'm not pointing the finger. We need to acknowledge that you're not awake and aware of the changes and the things that are going on in your environment. You need to be vigilant. And if you're late, and you're too late, maybe cop some of the responsibility that, "Shit maybe we're not going to be able to change or stop the rollout as much as we could have, if we'd got in way earlier." So it was just a wake up call, but as a community we need to be really switched on at these legislative stages of these projects. I don't know what it was like for you up there, whether it was out in the west, if it was the same, like three or four months ago that everyone became aware for the first time and jumped onto it.   Damian:  (10:36) Well, I think you're exactly right Mase, yeah it was a real last minute explosion. And I really feel it's lack of information. People don't understand the severity of it, which is what I want to communicate today is this is really serious. And it's going to take all of us coming together, and it's not just protecting ourselves, it's standing up and going to the rallies, getting these letters into parliament and saying that we're not happy. Will they have any effect? Probably not. It's such a huge industry, $17 trillion industry, we're probably not going to have any effect. We're probably going to have to see a lot of people who suffer before there's big change and that's when we will all-   Mason:  (11:22) Yeah, maybe a couple of decades, few decades even. And we're talking about industries to be fair that I'm not allowing any information to come out. I think I'm talking more about just realising the level that we all need to step up on very individual levels.   Damian:  (11:43) And when you've got... I follow a gentleman called Barrie Trower and we'll put some links in below for your listeners. Barrie Trower was a Royal Navy microwave weapons expert. He specialised in directed energy weapons. Like looking at how can you target an enemy with one of these weapons and just listening to him, he goes through research paper after research paper of all the biological effects of 5G on our environment, on humans. And there's no testing being done, and that's the freaky bit. It's never been tested yet. Somehow it's still rolling out. These groups of scientists from 40 different countries around the world, leading scientists all saying, "No, this cannot happen. We can't allow this to happen." Yet It's still rolling out. So it tells you there's a lot of money involved. So-   Mason:  (12:37) Huge amounts of money. When you look at the opportunity here, and I definitely think there's... I think we've talked about this a lot. There's probably of course... There's always a particular percentage of psychopaths in the world and people that know these things, and how damaging these things are. And will go ahead if there's some kind of game, whether it's power, mostly power, fiscal or just egoic. But then there's like a lot of people who are in that undertow who just see the fact that this is going to connect the world in a way that it's never been. Something like 5G... That's basically every device is going to be connected. You will never ever not be able to instantly upload something. You're not going to have any drop offs.   Mason:  (13:18) And so you've got to remember there's a lot of... I don't know if ignorance is the right word, maybe, because you could say, "I'm ignorant to the possible benefits to humanity." So that's fair. But there's also a lot of ignorance in what this is going to do to the human body. And some people can only see that beautiful side of the coin, and then that's going to be very offensive if you bring up the fact that this grail for something that's going to revolutionise, in their world like the medical industry, you know, the way that you know, the, what, you know, like medicine, like the development of technologies to help humanity. That's kind of that shit that you can hide behind really, really easily here. And so I think it's always important on these ones to make sure you know what it's like, you've got to develop a lot of empathy when you're having these kinds of very tricky conversations eh.   Damian:  (14:10) Yeah, definitely. And yeah, I think you're hitting the nail on the head once again. So just open up. I'd love to just explain 5G, just as a brief. What is 5G? It's the fifth generation solar telecommunications. So we're familiar with 3G and often 4G because we see it on our phones. So anyone who's new to this, you'll see 4G often on your phone next to your reception bars. 4G was what was still current now, and has been for quite some time. And that's the cell towers that we see around the place they are sending out this 4G message. 5G is a whole new game. It's nothing like 3 and 4G, people think it's just another step up. But the deeper you dig, you will realise that it's not. And that's what I wanted to talk about in a moment. But what are they promising? Faster downloads like you said, you can go anywhere, faster downloads, driverless cars, smart homes, walking into your home, everything's intelligent, turns on, all voice activated, your washing machine finishes washing a load and the next thing a notice comes up on your TV screen saying your washing is finished. Or your toast is ready. I mean for God's sake. So these are all the major-   Mason:  (15:33) The other one that's coming is a fridge that can scan what's going in and out of the fridge at any time and develops a shopping list for you based on your input and recipes you want. All this shit that's like dancing towards the virtual reality realms.   Damian:  (15:52) Yes. And the whole toothbrush, where you're using electric toothbrush, it does an oral scan and sends the data back to your dentist, so your dentist calls you when you need to have your teeth checked. It's just crazy, and I don't know if you've seen the Samsung phone, I saw an ad for a long time back, but there's a lady laying there with her pregnant belly and she's holding the phone and it's like an ultrasound of the baby and she can see the baby. So she's using this microwave radiation to take a scan of her baby. And so this is the things that they're promising is all this fast technology that's going to speed things up and make things easier for us, so they say.   Mason:  (16:37) The Jetsons.   Damian:  (16:38) Yeah, definitely. But at what cost? And that's what this is all about, at what cost? So I just want to give a bit of a brief what the 5G world might look like. I've got some notes here of some things I really want to bring up because I really think we have to understand the severity of it and actually acknowledge that, "Oh my God, this is not just something that's going to wash over and we'll forget about it in five years. This is going to impact all of us. And if not us, it's definitely going to harm our children." The exposure to microwave radiation on a child, they're much more delicate than us. So what does it look like? 5G world? Well, 5G millimeter waves don't travel far, they say roughly about 350 meter radius from a transmitter. Now 4G can easily travel 10 kilometers and so it'll cover a big area. But what's happening with 5G, it's beam forming. So if you pick up a device, you're using your phone, instead of just being in this 4G frequency now, you're getting 5G beaming at you like a laser beam specifically at that device.   Damian:  (17:49) So it's very accurate on where it's sending its frequency. Now, because of the 350 meter radius, it doesn't go very far. It doesn't do the 10 kilometer coverage so they are going to need small cells everywhere. These small cell transmitters are going to be on lamppost. We've just seen some go up now in Subiaco near the city in Perth. Now what we're looking at is an LED streetlight, but on top is a little aerial. So this is how they're going to them in everywhere, is you get all new street lights, no one will know anything different, you've got bright LED streetlights, but on top there's a transmitter. And so all these transmitters are emitting a field and will be beaming lasers exactly at every device in that area and they're going to need millions of... There's not just one, two or 10 in a suburb, they're going to have them everywhere. And we're going to be saturated with this stuff. And so that's why I really think we've got to become aware of this so we know what to avoid.   Damian:  (18:55) Now the biggest thing with 5G, there is no safety test done, and that's the scary bit is they're rolling all this out and nothing's been tested for safety on human health. Not only is it harming human health, it's harming all living organisms, plants, trees, insects, animals, aquatic life, microbes in our soil. Now one of the biggest one is the bees. We're seeing it now, you see videos where near a 5G tower, there's bees being wiped out. They're dying, dropping off. Now if we lose our bees, we lose our food. We need the bees to pollinate our food so that we can have fruit and all of these veggies and what have you, all fertilizing and producing food for us. If we don't have bees, we have no food.   Mason:  (19:43) So, even without this massive rollout, I think it's been pretty widely proven now that there's a dramatic drop in insect populations all around the industrialised world. I'm going to throw this on top of it. And that's like... I was listening to actually a comedian''s podcasts, he sometimes brings up some of these issues this morning and they were just commenting on the fact, you know what the problem is with that boomer generation is that they just weren't quite educated about just very simple things like, "Oh the bug..." And this is a very big generalisation of course. But like, "Hey, the bug populations are dropping." And they're like, "Oh cool. That's convenient." They're like, "What are you talking about? This is something that we all learned in year five. That insects are important." And so that's for sure, been like there's this older generation that's just here and it's going like, "Look, it's not that big of a fucking deal guys. Just relax."   Damian:  (20:45) Yeah. And if we don't have these insects, we don't have food, right? It's just crazy. But the worst thing about the 5G and the 4G and all this microwave radiation is it's harmful to all living things except mold, fungus, bacteria, and parasites.   Mason:  (21:07) Where is that data? Is this independent research going on?   Damian:  (21:10) Yeah, definitely. There's a lot of information on that and Barry Trower talks all about that. So catch this, we've all been injected or a lot of us have been injected as a child with god knows what heavy metals and potentially retroviruses, and-   Mason:  (21:27) Even if people aren't tuned into that conversation, there's an accumulation of heavy metals as you move along through life anyway, just through life, living and breathing in our industrial world.   Damian:  (21:35) Yes. And so what they're saying now is these frequencies are going to wake up a lot of these dormant viruses and bring them to life and bacteria thrives in it. So a lot of these bad bacterias will multiply at such a rapid rate, they actually become antibiotic resistant in these fields.   Mason:  (21:56) Antiviral resistant?   Damian:  (21:58) Antibiotic resistance.   Mason:  (22:00) Oh you're talking about the bacterial infections being waken up? Yeah. Right. I thought we're still talking about the retroviruses, sorry.   Damian:  (22:07) Yeah. So they'll become super bugs and they're saying these retroviruses will wake up and start to thrive. Now, if you get mold near a wifi device, a router, and they've measured mold produces up to 600 times the biotoxins in a wifi field. So you think about it, we're seeing people come to us with gut problems, ill health. And they're living in a home with wifi. Now if they've got mold in their body, the mold is just flourishing. It's being potentiated by these fields. And that's the scary thing is, the parasites and molds and viruses, they all love it and they will thrive. And that's why we're going to see more and more of the Lyme's disease sweep through us.   Mason:  (22:50) Spirocetes yeah, because they're really stealth. They can just sit there dormant for decades until there's a little bit of a crack, right?   Damian:  (22:58) Yeah, so they're loving these frequencies and that's the scary thing. Now, the other scary thing is we can't measure it. Right now, a building biologist can come in our home and say, "Right, your phone, your wifi is producing a frequency at such a high level that's basically going to lead you towards being sterile, leukemia, different diseases." Now they can link to the amount of exposure. Even Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, I love him. He's amazing. I don't know if you've heard any of his talks, but-   Mason:  (23:30) I've only heard of him through you, when we spoke last time.   Damian:  (23:34) Yeah. German doctor and yeah, he's describing how basically he's gone into homes of women that have got children with autism and he's gone back to where they slept when they were pregnant. They had to go into homes that they've got new people living in them and they started taking measurements of where mum was sleeping. What they found with the mothers that had children with autism, the EMF exposure in that area where they slept was 20 times higher than someone who hasn't had a child with autism. And now definitively saying, he said, "It's definitive, we now can guarantee that if you've got this certain level of exposure of wifi and EMF, your child is going to become autistic," or stuff with autism or however you word that, which he said up to now they could never link it to heavy metals in the brain and all, they couldn't definitively link it, but he said with this measure of wifi, now they can say, "Yes it is." Without an ounce of doubt.   Mason:  (24:40) What's interesting there, because I'm sure... We'll get the links so people can go down that route and see that connection there. Because of course if you've got that... We can see now, like if these frequencies of interrupting our own indigenous frequencies and about, now if we're electrical beams and we have a collection of Qi and electromagnetic energy on our membranes and our mitochondria instead of producing this energy and how our vital organs have this combined collection of electromagnetic charge in different areas of each major organ. If you're going to throw a new aggressive frequency in there, it doesn't take a genius to know that there's maybe going to be a little bit of interaction there.   Mason:  (25:33) So the problem is then, that we're relying on people who are, some more credible than others but yet independent people to go and get this data because as you said, no one's testing this stuff. And then you get this back and forth debate, which can go on for a long time and people going, "Well that person didn't do this. It's not a true scientific method, that's anecdotal," and they pick a part. It's like, "Yeah, Yeah." Maybe, not all the time, but there's something there. So if there's something, why isn't that bringing up the hypothesis for us as a collection of humanity to then maybe go up and set these double blind placebo full down the line, "Here's the theory and with no bias," which that's not really possible as we know, physics tells us that you're going to have a personal bias on the outcome anyway.   Mason:  (26:32) That's what I feel like with these kinds of things it's like we got to keep the conversation going. ... Like is it all a distraction? Is this whole entire thing just made up by one party or another to distract us from one other big thing that's going on. Whether that be the people who are rolling out this technology or the people who are creating the hype and fear around it. It's just like, just shut up and get real and just keep on the cover, let's go back and forth and have a conversation because something's going on here eh?   Damian:  (27:04) Yeah, that's right. Yeah. No, I agree. And-   Mason:  (27:07) Man, can you just go back and talk to us about what a building biologist is for people because that kind of industry, and Nicole Isma think is the woman who created building biology as an entire science. For me, it developed a lot of credibility for this whole thing. Because you've had quite a bit of experience with building biologists [crosstalk 00:27:30].   Damian:  (27:29) Yes. A building biologist will come into your home or your work space and they will bring in instruments like high-frequency meters that can measure non-native EMF. So electromagnetic fields coming from wireless technology, wifi, phones, earphones, smart TVs, all of these devices, they can measure it and they can tell you that this frequency is at a harmful level. They also can go in and teach you how to shield these frequencies. So if you've got a cell tower in the distance and you're living on a high rise apartment, and I have heard of this and your level with the cell tower, they're beaming it out, the frequencies, and it's smashing straight in through the windows and microwaving you. And they've taken measurements in situations like this and it's been horrific. The level of EMF coming in through the windows. So-   Mason:  (28:28) What you're saying ... Your subconscious programming go like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're hearing something like it's smashing through the window." No, this is a science now and this is the reality, this is happening. And then the next conversation is, is it detrimental? Well that's what everyone we're going down, that deep dive down from now, and if you talk to someone like a building biologist, they will show you some pretty impressive data. And educate you about how it's happening. Sorry, go on.   Damian:  (29:00) Definitely. And if anyone wants scientific documents on this, we can get all, we can dig all that out and put it in the links below. But they will diagnose the source, where it's coming from and then show you ways of shielding it. So it could be curtains that you're hanging that have got silver woven into them, which helps shield that window so you're not being hit. They may find you've got a smart meter and so it could be mounted on the wall of your house or outside the house. So they may put a metallic plate on the back of that wall and they may encase the meter in a metal box to stop those frequencies coming out and they will walk you through all different techniques of reducing that exposure.   Damian:  (29:44) Like my friend Ian, she helped me get wifi out of my home a few years ago and it was the best move I ever made. She went through and showed me, "Right, what we can do is put ethernet points in here. You can plug your devices in." All of my devices, my laptop right now, we're all plugged in. There's no wifi, there's no Bluetooth. And so they will help you design a safe home or a safer environment. But this is where the complications come in. The instruments that are required to measure the 5G frequencies, they can't be tested on these 2, 3, $4,000 meters.   Damian:  (30:22) You need a $250,000 meter and you need probably a degree behind you in that area of how to read these devices. And that's the biggest problem now. And that's really why I want us to talk about all of this because we can't measure it now. We can't say your kids, your family is at risk based on the small cells that are being put out on your lampost. We can't measure that now. Hopefully in the coming years, people will develop things that are much cheaper, but at this point of time we can't. So we're going blind into it. Before-   Mason:  (30:56) And even like a lot of building biologists, even the price of the instruments and just how... It's not a huge paying industry. They're not the most affluent.   Damian:  (31:08) No.   Mason:  (31:08) The biologists. They can't afford it. They can't afford these devices. ... That's not an official thing and I haven't studied the industry, but just from sniffing around.   Damian:  (31:22) Well that's right. And $250,000, I don't know what business could afford that for what you charge for a visit to a home. So yeah, they're very useful at helping diagnose and locate these harmful frequencies, but now things are going to get a lot different as 5G rolls out, the exposure to the millimeter waves and the biggest concern is we can't measure it now. So ultimately it's like we need distance between us and those transmitters. That's the biggest goal now.   Mason:  (31:56) In terms of like distance. If it's going to be a 350 meter radius, that's a difficult task. And we have people who are just not realistic of course, they're just going to be, now we're going to be like... I think about like my mum. There's just no way. She's in the city. How am I going to get her away from like... Someone who's got a permanent disability needing to be close to all those resources, so then we arrive at a crossroads. I think it's something that comes up and doesn't get spoken about much is when you go through these stages of going down the rabbit hole, I feel like people don't stop. You mentioned digesting before, you wanted to be someone to digest this and then share it. I really want to...   Mason:  (32:40) I think that's really good. That's a specific language because quite often when you go down this deep dive and you see people go towards paranoia a little bit quick, it's because they haven't stopped and actually digested. Whether digestion of what's going on looks like, "Hmm. Okay. That's the reality. That's really nice for me to understand that that's what's going on. And I think I'll make sure I get a little bit further in touch with my body, so that I can be aware." That might be one thing or it might be shamefulness or it might be this grief, for what was, or it might be just this other sadness. It might be anxiety.   Mason:  (33:25) Whatever it is. It's generally going to be something that's there anyway. It's like, we all have our own ways of dealing with that... We can keep on going down any route, but I would love to talk about what you're doing, whether it's getting yourself away from these, even having holidays away from this 5G network, which I really want to talk about forest bathing you're doing, because it's right. But even before we get to like, because that's step, that's what people try to, "Okay shit, there's all this bad stuff happening and it's going to destroy me and oh my God, my kids and what are we doing to the planet..."   Mason:  (34:01) It's like the global warming or the climate change anxiety that you see kids getting. What's that stage of digestion? This can be quite... I know this isn't so much of a solid conversation, might be a bit lofty to an extent or maybe psychological, but have you just got any recommendations for how you stay afloat and progressive even in those situations? How do you digest it?   Damian:  (34:28) So we get heading towards the action steps.   Mason:  (34:34) Yeah, first step of the action step in terms of actually digesting this. How do you... At a mindset level even, how do you stay positive with this?   Damian:  (34:44) Yeah, and I think it's not for everyone. The more you research all of these topics, the darker it gets. And I know that there's times I just need time out, and get out in the forest to clear my head. Ultimately, I know we're all here for a purpose and I'm pretty sure you and I are pretty solid on our purpose. You know what we're here to do, and I know for myself it's taking in all this stuff, but there's always solutions and I do want to mention one guy's name, which is Ken Roller. He's a great guy for people to follow because he talks about all this eerie stuff that goes very much into solutions.   Damian:  (35:21) There's always solutions and we've just got to stay focused on them. Taking the time out in nature for me is regrounding myself. You learn some new information and there's been some horrible stuff in the last two years I've uncovered, but it's taking time out to go clear your head and moving forward in a moment. Once we talk about some of these other steps, it's getting a clear mind, cleansing that pineal gland, so we can be divinely guided on how to protect ourselves. And ultimately that's how I do it, is learn about it, digest it, sit with it, when it gets all too much, get out in nature, clear your head, drink some water, get out in the sun, do those things and then come back to it and then basically work on a plan that people can apply to their lives.   Mason:  (36:12) Yeah. Nice. 100% man. And then I had to throw in for me getting right back into comedy. It was just a few years there when I went down the deep dive. I felt I'd lost a little bit of my own sense of humor and getting back that to jestery kind of feel, it brings a lighthearted reality into the fact that there is a bit of a cosmic joke to this whole thing anyway and the world's going to keep on ticking, no matter what. It's like this is really important to humans and we're doing some really bad shit to the earth. But you know, I was talking to Tahnee about it in terms of how much of a human centric view it is that we're destroying the planet and the planet just goes on... Even have millions and millions and millions of years.   Mason:  (36:58) It's just going to be like, "Oh gosh, what was that little spec? That back there that..." So that kind of... Definitely the comedy and taking that real macro view really helps me get some breath and yeah ageed. If you can connect back into the natural world, that is going to be the primary practice that fortifies you and the natural world includes love, loving connection, connection to your own spiritual self. These thing, and dancing in through the elements as a way of living. I think that's what we're going to be talking about now. That's what fortifies you, to an extent it's the beginning and then we've got lots of gadgets and shit as well.   Damian:  (37:43) And Mase, it was when you visited Perth last, when you came over that night and you arrived at that point of doom and gloom for me. And I was like, "Chem trails, this, that... And you were like, "Aah..." I could see you were like, "Far out this dude's way fought up in it all." But you've got to determine who the enemy is, what is the harmful... what is harming us? And that's my process. And I was digging in there and now I know that it's now we plan the steps. But the one thing you said to me that night, and it really motivated me, it actually become a type of some of the talks I did. You said, "Oh, aren't you interested in..." you used the word a moment ago, fortifying your body, like how do we build resilience? And that was your focus.   Damian:  (38:33) Because you're at that point where that's how you roll in your life right now. We are All still digesting all this. And I was like, "We've got to do this, and we're going to do that and this is happening..." But it was those words that you said... Isn't it important for us to look at how we can fortify our body? How do we build that resilience? And that led me into really delving into where we're going to go now with the conversation is, what can we do about it? What are the biggest things we can do to build that resilience to...   Damian:  (39:05) And like you and I have been teaching to our communities for the last eight, nine years, that super hero consciousness. We used to joke about being a superhero, but I feel now, now time to develop superhero consciousness is at an all time peak, this is where we've got to do it now. This is where we've got to step up and actually put the cape on and learn to fly. Because if we don't, we're going to melt. We've got to stand up and inspire others. And so, how do we become that superhero? Ultimately how do we do that? And I'd love to delve into that, now if you're ready, we'll start talking about some remedies and ways to protect...   Mason:  (39:50) Cape is on. I'm ready.   Damian:  (39:55) So number one thing to separate ourselves from 5G is distance. And this is going to be a hard one for a lot of people, but I want to put this as the biggest priority because if you have an opportunity to move away from city areas, populated areas is where the high density 5G is going to be. If you had that opportunity, I would say take it. And even if you don't think you have that opportunity, plant that seed now and plant that seed and water and water, because I've been watering for the last couple of years working out how I can get further away because it's the populated areas that we're going to see a lot of this 5G, intensity of the 5G. So distance is everything. People say, "Oh, if I use a blue a shield device, orgonite, this thing or stick on my phone, they're all great. But distance is number one. If you can get further away from the source of these frequencies, you are going to be safer.   Damian:  (40:53) So I just want to plant that seed and ultimately trees block 5G and this is why we're going to see more and more trees getting logged in city areas because the tree's will block that frequency and interfere with the effectiveness of 5G transferring information. So they're going to drop all the trees, which they're doing now, you can Google 5G trees getting cut down. So we know one thing is they block 5G. Now my whole life, I've never been that ocean person, I've been a tree person. And it all makes sense now, because being in the trees is going to be a lot safer place than being in the cement bound city area.   Damian:  (41:32) Now, not everyone can move, so let's have a look at some other areas, but please plant that seed for yourselves. Work out ways you can maybe get into a more rural location. They're talking about beaming 5G from satellites and when that day comes, there's going to be no safe place for us, but in the interim, let's do everything, fight back now and build the consciousness around each other. Because if we all come together, we're in here, we can take this down, 5G will fall. But, hopefully we can do it before there's too much damage done. So distance number one. Next thing is we need to tap into our inner intelligence, our divine guidance. How do we do that? Through the third eye, our pineal gland.   Damian:  (42:21) Now I remember someone saying to me, "When cyclone Tracey came through Darwin, there's two things you didn't see in Darwin. None of the native Aboriginal people and no animals. They were all gone." Now, you start thinking, "Well, why did they go and all the other white man, everyone else is just hanging around waiting for the cyclone?" Because the animals are tapped in with their pineal gland, their navigation gland. It's like a grizzly bear. Grizzly bear doesn't just hibernate because he thinks it's time. It's when he knows there's all of a sudden changes in the environment, he knows he's got enough food and then he gets the whisper from his pineal gland to say, "It's time to hibernate." Birds do the same, it's their navigation plan. And what they say is there's studies done that if your pineal gland is calcified, you will have a loss of sense of direction. That's interesting because this navigation gland in animals I truly believe is our navigation gland for ourselves and it gets us out of danger. So cyclone Tracy comes in, there's no Aboriginal people or no animals because they're all gone away now.   Damian:  (43:36) Their instinct has said, "Get away, get into safety." And that's what I believe we have to tap into now is tapping into that intuition, decalcify that gland and maximize its ability to guide us. Right now I'm guided to get away, get in a more rural area. That's what my heart is telling me every day. How do we do that with our pineal gland? Well, I'm sure you've got some good tips because we've been focusing on decalcifying the body for years. And we both have been around MSM for many years, so I'll just rattle off some things that you can add in on your day-to-day basis to help cleanse that gland. Because if your pineal gland is working, you have better sense of guidance and you will know what to do in times of need, like what we're heading into now.   Damian:  (44:23) So MSM, great for decalcifying the pineal gland. Boron. Iodine, super important to decalcify and remove the fluoride off your pineal gland. Lemon juice, the citric acid in there, cider vinegar. You've got the malic acid, they all help break up the calcification of the pineal blend. Tamarind fruit, you can have that in a paste or different preparations. That will help decalcify the pineal by removing fluoride off the gland. Getting out in nature, doing... I've started doing a lot more of the Joe Dispenza's listening to his talks and it's all about activating that pineal gland.   Mason:  (45:02) I've never done any Joe Dispenza stuff, but I feel like I've known so many people and gone over it and done his work in Mexico and doing these meditations. I feel like I have.   Damian:  (45:11) I had so many friends talk about him and it's only been the last three months I actually sat down and listened to some of his stuff and I was like, "Oh my God. Well this guy, he's onto it."   Mason:  (45:24) And then, I've got to get back into this. I'll get back to the third eye conversation at some point. I started going down this trippy thing around... Like when you look at the MRI, when you look at the scans and you see that it's just they're the pineal glands, like the soul. That's what they use to test, to really gauge a lot of the time whether there's a brain tumor. I think, I heard that. And that makes sense if it's off center. But it started tripping me out at one point, that level of localised calcification. I started being like how, "How? How the hell can it be that localised?" And so I haven't fall on either side of the fence of whether I think... Because I think our whole environment is like halogen fluoride that goes in and takes in receptors of iodine, which we know is one of the healthiest things possible.   Mason:  (46:17) All these things are going to contribute. This is just a little fire side like note... But how can it be an endogenous... Maybe it's an endogenous calcification, so, are things entering into our body that is forcing our own biology to calcify that kind of localised gland there or is it somehow... I just don't see how toxicity could be, like that's the only thing in that brain tissue that can actually be grabbed onto. But anyway, as you said, I need to dive back into it because it's been years since I've really gone down that rabbit hole. I'm looking forward to doing that actually, but as you said, decalcification is going to be a key thing anyway, like the MSM, the Boron, citric acid, tamarind paste is such a delicious addition anyway, I can get into it... I can definitely not need anymore excuse to get stuck into that but that decalcification process, where you were talking about going away.   Mason:  (47:18) I think we're going to go into it and talking about other things that you do for your body to take you away from the susceptibility that you have to these frequencies which are going to be frequencies that are going to take you towards the earth faster for composting basically right, get you in the death span quicker. And anything that's going to make you less susceptible to that gravitational pull and that slowing down and gumming you up is going to be something like it's a step in the fortification step in the right direction. So there's all these things you're talking about. We're working on joints, arteries, capillaries, all over the entire body.   Damian:  (47:53) Yes. Most definitely. And another thing around the pineal gland, I love Dietrich Klinghardt's work. He talks about-   Mason:  (48:03) Who?   Damian:  (48:05) Dietrich Klinghardt. He talks about glyphosate actually chelates with the aluminum in our body. From, he says it's all from the aerial spraying of aluminum for geoengineering. And it chelates with the aluminum and carries it straight to the pineal and he goes into depth about that. So that's something else we can share.   Mason:  (48:26) Does he?   Damian:  (48:27) Yeah.   Mason:  (48:28) Yeah, share that with me, because the pathways fascinate me so much. Possible pathways. I don't know what they are yet.   Damian:  (48:34) Yeah. So cleaning in that air I think is utmost importance just for our inner guidance. And so we know what to do. As you know, as we've got healthier and healthier over years, you know what herb you need, you know that you need to go to a sauna or you know if you need to go out in the bush. And it's following that instinct. Super important to follow that instinct and trust your heart, listen to that gut feeling. But now the biggest area I think we have to move in is heavy metal cleansing because like you said, it's environmental poisons, car fumes, injections going to the body, foods we're eating, there's all kinds of heavy metals accumulating. Now you've got to think about the TV aerial on your roof. What's it made out? Aluminum.   Damian:  (49:22) What does it do? Receives these frequencies and then transmits them down into your TV and turns it into a picture? Well, the more heavy metals that accumulate within us, the more we become an aerial. And this is what we don't want to be. We don't want to be an antenna. So reducing our heavy metal load is super important. And if you watch that documentary, the 5G apocalypse, they talk about that they, they talk about the accumulation of heavy metals and spraying of the skies is all part of 5G because it's also 5G's surveillance. They can actually see what's going on in everyone's home with all these devices.   Damian:  (50:03) It's data harvesting, all this information, but if you're full of heavy metals, you're going to show up in a 5G grid wherever you are. And people say, "Oh, why would they want to surveil us?" Well they do, they want to keep us in control because we're waking up, we're becoming conscious, we're realising that, "Hey, things aren't right in this world. We've got to make change." So they don't want us doing that. And when people say they will... The elites of this earth, whoever's got the most money, this is obviously one of their goals. So being heavy metal toxic is going to make you more conductive of these frequencies. So how do-   Mason:  (50:41) And about that, like that last scene of The Dark Knight where Batman's going after the Joker and he uses that full cell... That device like Morgan Freeman's like you can't use this, I'll quit, and he uses the cell phones to scan and he can see every single human in the entire city and... And I'm like, and at the end of it, he just like Morgan Freeman s the head of this multibillion dollar company but has the ethics to actually destroy it afterwards. I'm like, "Yeah guys. Morgan Freeman isn't running these companies in real life. They want it. They want the surveillance." As you said, that's data. It's not hard. What is the data for? Advertising.   Mason:  (51:24) It's not... Everyone's like, "Oh my God, I can't believe Facebook's harvesting data and then selling it to other people. That's such an intrusive..." Yeah, what did you expect? Why would this thing exist? How are they going to monetize it? And then once you stop monetizing and you get money invested, you have greedy people investing who want more money, how are you going to do it? You're going to keep on capitalizing on the number one thing, data on humans so you can psychologically either appeal to them or in a sinister sense, really twist them to make them want something that they didn't want before. It's not rocket science.   Damian:  (51:57) Yes, and I think you're dead on the nail again, Mase, that's exactly what's going on, it's companies want to know what we're doing at 5:00 PM, they want to know what we're doing at 7:00 AM. They want to know what we're consuming. What can they market to us next? I was looking for stock images on my computer yesterday, jump on Instagram today and stock images are rocking up. So it's interconnection of all of this data harvesting so they can market to us. I even have heard of 5G being used when you walk into a shopping center. They beam you with 5G and they can put suggestions in your mind with this technology. So you walk in, being you, all of a sudden you think that'd be a great dress over there to buy your wife or you need one of those new shavers. And there's been, Barry Trower talks about, there has been lawsuits against department stores that have used that technology.   Mason:  (52:53) Really? How does that work? I've got no idea, no concept how that could work. I know how crazy the world is. I know how crazy it is, but that's another level.   Damian:  (53:04) Well, he studied the spies in the cold war, he would take them and they'd use microwave directed energy weapons to basically manipulate people, get them to do things. He says basically within 36 hours he can have someone in their custody, they can have someone doing things that they would not normally ever do with microwave frequencies going into the brain that can actually change you and make you do things... They can make you hear things, all kinds of things. He talks all about that. But the department stores is one of the ones he explains and it's just fascinating that they can influence your decision making with this. But let's get back into the heavy metal cleansing. So what are we going to do about heavy metal cleansing? Charcoals, clays, great. But what I want people to understand is these binders passing through your gut are great, but they're only going to absorb heavy metals that are in the gut.   Damian:  (54:07) A lot of them for us are bound up in the brain. So we've got to look at ways of getting some of these metals out of the brain. And what I'm really getting into now is zeolite but not zeolites that we've always used. I'm looking at water soluble zeolites now, nano zeolites, which I did talk to you about when you visited last time. Zeolites that are super fine particles that can get across the blood brain barrier, go in, grab hold the heavy metals and carry them out of your system. Also, how do we squeeze ourselves? So Dr. Chris Shade is an expert on removing heavy metals from the body. And a lot of his detox protocols are squeezing yourselves, purging out the heavy metals, and then you've got them going to the bloodstream, the blood is then dropping it, filtering it out in the liver and it's dumping it into your GI tract when then the binders come through and collect them. And so it's strategies we've got to start to practice. Look at some of Dr. Chris Shade's work is Quicksilver scientific, he's got some great heavy metal cleanses...   Mason:  (55:14) What have you integrated in terms of like every day things that you you be doing to like to keep yourselves been squeezed out or maybe are you... I'm sure you have lots of everyday things you're doing, but then are you having pockets of heavier detoxes to keep you kind of rocking, maybe once a year or every quarter?   Damian:  (55:33) Exactly right. Yes. So you do, possibly it could be a four week process where you heavily purge the metals out of your cells, bind them up and eliminate them. And then we've got your everyday things, which is your charcoals, your clays, your nano zeolites. Another thing I'm using is an ion cleanse. Now there's lots of these cleansing units. You see them in in this shopping malls where the Chinese massage and you see people with their feet in these baths of water. A lot of those units are cheap battery chargers converted into an ion cleanse, but I've got a device that's called ion cleanse by AMD and it's about a $3,000 unit. But Dietrich Klinghardt talks all about this unit. He said, it's not what's going on in the water. It's not your feet being in the water and the ionization process and then toxins being released in the water. It's got nothing to do that. What he observed was for 72 hours after you'd had an iron cleanse, this specific unit, there was an elevation of heavy metals and toxins in your urine and your stools.   Mason:  (56:39) ... Like it was just mobilising heavy metal toxicity.   Damian:  (56:45) It was dropping your body into rest and digest, and the minute you go into rest and digest, all the pathways open. Now all this non-native EMF in our environment is keeping us in fight or flight. Fight or flight is designed for us to get out of danger real fast, we need to come into rest and digest. And so anything that brings you back in a rest and digest meditation, deep breathing, getting out in the forest, all of these things will activate that parasympathetic dominant nervous state. So you are now building that system that's calm and relaxed and you're opening up pathways to eliminate. So ion cleanse, I bought one myself just because I heard they'd reversed autism in a certain number of kids by just using the ion cleanse. And I was like, "Whoa! They're getting these heavy metals out of the kids' brains and that's why they're functioning better." So devices like that-   Mason:  (57:39) There must be some kind of other mechanism, unless it's a real heavy, therapeutic influence on taking the nervous system specifically into a parasympathetic state. Maybe, it must be working on some kind of level there. I don't know. I don't really get it but again, how many times do we come back to living life from, from a place where you were consistently resting and digesting? This is where it gets so hard when you're in the beginning of these stages of learning about this stuff because it's so hectic and sometimes people feel like they need to be like Cypher from Matrix and be asked to be plugged back in. I don't want to know this stuff but I can't forget it and now I just look around and... "Yeah, plug me in," and you see and then you think... And other people don't want to hear about it, "Oh my God, what are you talking about? How can you not listen to me?" You become that crazy person or that anxious person.   Mason:  (58:36) And that in itself is this cosmic giggle that you actually make yourself much more susceptible for having knowing rather than possibly, If you're not taking action steps for having not known. But that's where you need to rest and digest everything you're learning do everything you can to stay... I remember like, I think a few people who heard me talk about Wolfgang, Tanya and Wolfgang that live up in the hinterland. I think that 13 days into battling the fires, I think it's calming, it's calmed down the last two days. So like all the water prayers to them, but Tanya's like for permaculture, we loved going up there... Like springwater and Wolfie is as well... He's a German engineer and he's just... He's not onto us, the obsession we've had with supplements and cleansing. He's just so happy. He's just so relaxed, and we all know these people and we all look around and go, "Gosh, they're going to outlive all of us."   Mason:  (59:34) They just up that swagger. And even when they do know. And that's a great thing as well when you hear all these things to not get swept up straight away, because that's something I'm really aware when you and I have a conversation, that there's the extremes that people go like, "Pff! Get out of here. This is paranoid shit. Get out of here. ... How dare you put this kind of information out." And then the other extreme is like, "Oh my God," and gobbling it all up without running it through any kind of internal filter.   Mason:  (01:00:02) And that middle ground that I think we take for granted sometimes that people can say something and you run it through your internal filter and you can identify how much you're willing to take on at that moment and digest. You're not just going to be like a donkey being led by a carrot. You'll take on what's useful and maybe go do a little bit of your own research, so on and so forth. You manage yourself, right? It's something that's going to make you very successful in being a tripper like us. And I went down that route. So yeah man... In terms of practice, you've been running those forest bathing days. And just alone, is incredible.   Damian:  (01:00:48) So the inspiration probably originated from spending that week in the Byron hinterlands on Tanya and Wolfgang's property that you just spoke about. It was that week of not having any wifi, not having any technology going. Nature spoke to me and I really came home with a strong message that time it was, I just felt this sense of, "I've got to get back, I've got to build community and I've got to purify the people." That was just this message I had in my head. And it was that clarity being out on that land. I'd not experienced no wifi, I hadn't experienced no wifi for years and being out in nature then planted that seed for me. So as I got further and further into researching cannabis, as you know I'm a big fan of cannabis medicine and one of the biggest components of cannabis that makes it so medicinal is the terpenes.   Damian:  (01:01:44) It's the fragrant molecules in the herb. Now those fragrant molecules determine whether cannabis is going to make you feel sleepy and relaxed or make you feel energised and you want to go hiking. And so I become really fascinated with these fragrant molecules, the terpenes, and started researching them more and more. And then I looked into forest bathing, which was a Japanese practice, originated in the early '80s and what they were doing is sending their busy business people in the technological rich world, sending them out in nature to restore their vitality because they're all just being wiped out. And there was a few people that actually started doing science on it and the Japanese people spend a lot of money on researching the actual science of forest bathing.   Damian:  (01:02:33) And this is what they observed, if you got out in the forest for say half a day to a day, there was a profound change in your body. Stress hormones went down. Instantly the stress hormones were reduced and once the stress hormones went down, the natural killer cells, some of your white blood cells would be elevated. Now your natural killer cells are what we use to fight cancer. And what they found is not only did the killer cells go up, but depression melted away, anxiety melted away, confusion dropped away and people become more clear and more energised. And they observed, if you spent a day in the forest, you could go back to the city and you could get 30 days, like about a month of these benefits they observed, because they kept taking blood tests and observing the people and finding that their natural killer cells stay elevated, the depression stayed down and it was about a 30-day process that it hung around for.   Damian:  (01:03:37) And so my whole idea was forest bathing, is getting people out on a monthly basis, getting them off their devices. Now they go into the science of what's happening in the forest. Well, when you're in the forest, you're breathing in all the phytoncides. You know it's like when you're in the forest and you're hunting for medicinal mushrooms and you're looking for your reishi and stuff like that and it's almost like you're in that fairytale kingdom and the nature is talking to you. Well, a lot of that influence is happening from the fragrant molecules you're breathing in, the phytoncides, the terpenes. And you're out in pine forest or conifers and they're all rich in pineen. Pineen is what's known as the terpene that's rich in like your pine cones and pine needles, and it's very stimulating and uplifting. And that particular terpene, people would be familiar with the lemon, you scratch a lemon and you smell the limonene. Lemonade is very uplifting. You smell a lemon and it brings you to life.   Damian:  (01:04:38) Well, those fragrant molecules are out in the nature, we're submerging ourselves in a forest where the is no non-native EMF microwaving us. Our phones are off and all of a sudden you're breathing in deepering all of these fragrant molecules in and uplifting your state. And we have the most profound weekends now when we do the forest bathing, people come out of there totally rejuvenated. We walk into the forest, I do a little talk and then I give them all two hours to go and lay out, do whatever they want, they can journal, meditate. Most people go to sleep within 10, 20 minutes. You've got 80% of the people are asleep on the yoga mats. Everyone's so exhausted and they're so used to being in this fight or flight, you take them out there, deep breathing and then boom! Instant grounding.   Damian:  (01:05:26) And so, I think this is a big part of us dealing with this modern day world now is get out in nature at least once a month. Spend a day in the forest. If you can do

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KC Craichy explains exactly just how it is that food can stop cancer! In This Episode: Four primary processes in cancer to be dealt with and how foods can play a role in halting each. KC’s seven golden keys to health which play a huge role in preventing and reversing every disease imaginable. Many ways that cancer can be thought of as a lifestyle problem not a cancer problem. Sugar and Cancer: both KC’s thoughts on whole food sugars from fruit and a really good explanation of things like glycemic load and response which can serve as tools to help evaluate these things a little more than just asking whether or not any food with sugar is a bad thing. A very interesting story about the sugar industry being aware of their link to cancer and the shenanigans they’ve been pulling for a long time to keep the public unaware of it. KC’s four corners of superfood nutrition to give us an idea of exactly how we can start achieving these things in our own health journeys. Highlight article, video interview & how this information applies to childhood cancer: www.mykidcurescancer.com/KC-Craichy  How to live an anti-cancer life: www.youtube.com/mykidcurescancer www.facebook.com/mykidcurescancer KC Craichy is a leading health advocate, author and speaker who frequently appears on television and radio programs nationwide. More importantly, he’s a devoted husband and father who has come to be an authority in natural health and nutrition.   KC is Founder and CEO of LivingFuel, Inc., a leading distributor of superfood nutrition, and author of the best-selling book SuperHealth – 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality and his most recent book The Super Health Diet: The Last Diet You Will Ever Need!. Through his work, products and teaching, KC is on a mission to change lives.

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KC Craichy, Founder & CEO of Living Fuel, Inc., The Leader in Superfood Nutrition, shares his insights into nutrition and natural health with Ty Bollinger, host of The Truth About Cancer.

SuperHealth Podcast Host KC Craichy shares practical strategies that parents can use to help their students navigate the school cafeteria. Making the right decisions in the cafeteria can help your student make the right decisions on their math tests.

Can juice transform your life? Can you clear the patterns of addiction with nutritional detoxing? Can the ancient science of ayurveda transform your health? Find out recipes and information about addictions from Mukta Kaur Khalsa, director of SuperHealth, and how you can use the teachings of Yogi Bhajan for your students, loved ones, and yes—yourself!—to create a pattern of vibrant super health in your own life.

While whole eggs are relatively high in naturally-occurring cholesterol, you may be surprised to learn the total level of cholesterol in the body compared to that in your three-egg veggie omelet.  You'll discover in today's episode if this is a real concern. 

You'll learn foods that are dietary staples and readily available in modern society that should be on your and your family's "Never Eat" list. Knowledge is power!

Consistent and gradual fitness gains tend to re-program your mind and solidify a new, healthy lifestyle that reaps physical benefits for years!

The beauty of High Intensity Interval Training is that these workouts take only a fraction of the time of a conventional workout, plus there's a limitless variety of movements that you can use! HIIT works for swimming, cycling, elliptical, running, push-ups, boxing, and more.

Mukta Kaur Khalsa from Superhealth talks to Ramdesh about addictions. What are they? How can we overcome them? Discover the nature of addictions, simple breathing tips to help you overcome them, and the perfection of who you are now!

Chris GriscomDen spirituelle lærer Chris Griscom gæstede Danmark oktober 2009, hvor hun både holdt et foredrag samt en workshop. Foredraget havde hun givet titlen Superhealth: Feelings, Body and Self-healing.Chris Griscom siger, at vi aldrig behøver at blive syge. Vi er selv i stand til at arbejde med de følelser og tanker der skaber sygdomme i vores krop eller stress.Hun har undervist i snart 50 år og skrevet ikke mindre end 14 bøger. Hun er også andet kendt som skuespilleren Shirley MacLaines spirituelle lærer.Et par dage før foredraget blev Chris Griscom interviewet til dagbladet Børsen. Hvis du vil læse den artikel, finder du den her: InterviewJeg optog foredraget Superhealth, og fik lov til at lægge det ud her. Lydfilen varer 112 min og du kan høre den på harthimmer.dk/podcast - vælg lydfil / podcast nr. 74På YouTube kan du se en kort 3 min video-optagelse fra den aften: Chris Griscom video

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Do you have a future podcast question for Ben? Scroll down on this post to access the free "Ask Ben" form... In this April 13, 2011 free audio episode: What is a good pregnancy exercise routine, supplementing with citrulline, should you worry about high cholesterol, is kombucha OK, books that I like, diabetes diet recommendations, liquid food diets, does CoQ10 increase metabolism, can you turn white fat into brown fat, and acid reflux during exercise. Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. --------------------------------------------------------------- Featured Topic: "What Is A Good Pregnancy Exercise Routine?" Cassandra Forsythe, Ph.D., R.D., received her doctorate in kinesiology from the University of Connecticut, and completed her dietetic internship at UMass Amherst, both in 2009. Originating from northern British Columbia, Canada, she received her M.S. in Human Nutrition and Metabolism and her Bachelors in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She is a Registered Dietitian (RD), certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and is a Certified Sports Nutritionist (CISSN) through the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN). Cassandra's research experiences are the effects of low-carbohydrate diets, dietary fat manipulation, and resistance exercise on risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and body composition. She is also passionate about women's health topics, including the Female Athlete Triad and pregnancy. She works as a nutrition educator and weight loss coach and is the author of two popular books for women: “The New Rules of Lifting for Women”, co-authored with Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove, and “Women's Health Perfect Body Diet”. During our chat, Cassandra talks about: -how to exercise and eat during pregnancy -why some medical recommendations about pregnancy could be wrong -how to stay  as fit as possible during pregnancy, without risking the health of the baby - sample exercises or workouts that are good during pregnancy -nutritional recommendations for pregnant women -the best way for a woman to get fit quickly after pregnancy -sample exercises or workouts that are good in the first few months after pregnancy ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: -Click here to donate $1 to keep this podcast going! -Ironman Coeur D' Alene triathlon camp registration deadline extended to April 15. Click here for more information, or to register! -Here's how to win a FREE autographed copy of KC's new book: “SuperHealth: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need”. At http://www.facebook.com/BGFitness, send us a video in which you tell us your biggest problem with diets, nutrition, losing weight or staying healthy, and why you think the SuperHealth book could help you! For example: -Do you have trouble sticking to fad diets and want something that's finally not a fad diet? -Do you lose weight, but then put it back again, and want a complete solution to the yo-yo weight issue? -Do you get sick all the time and want to know how to boost your immune system for life? Whatever your struggle is, we want to know about it, and why you think the book that we discuss in Episode 139 and 140 at http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com will help YOU. Share your video now, and get a FREE autographed copy of the book. Only 12 copies are available, so act fast! Go to BenGreenfieldFitness on Facebook and post your video today. -BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle is now just $1 for a 14 Day Sneak Peek! Click here to join now. - Get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code)   --------------------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: ====================================== [contact-form 3 "AskBen"] ====================================== chunkybearcub asks via twitter @bengreenfield: what do u think of citruaid citrulline amino acid supplement? Helen asks: Please can I ask about my friend who has had a medical with the following areas of concern; Blood count MCHC 31.8g/dL, Gamma Gtp 167 IU/L and LDL Cholesterol 4.6/total chol 6.7. He is keen to know what these figures mean and what he can do to treat naturally/lifestyle changes. Nick asks: I've read that kombucha should not be taken by pregnant women.. why is that? Chuck asks: I'd like to listen to some audio books while I drive and I know you often recommend some good ones. What are your picks for health and life balance/prioritization/efficiency? In my response to Chuck, I recommend he visit my personal blog at http://bengreenfieldtri.blogspot.com/, and I also recommend Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Steve asks: I am an avid follower of your training and nutritional advice, successful ultra-marathon runner and a neurological physical therapist in the UK. My younger brother is soon to return to the UK. He is morbidly obese, has acquired type 2 diabetes while living abroad, and suffers from associated health problems. I would love to get him on the right path to good health and longevity, but frankly the diabetes issues confuses me. Please could you advise of good training and eating strategies, or some good resources to refer to. In my response to Steve, I recommend he look into low-carbohydrate diabetes diet books written by Dr. Richard Bernstein. Patrick asks: I'm getting all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled out of my head on Thursday, and the dental hygienist has told me some terrifying "facts" about my future nutritional practices. She said I should expect to eat semi-solids like mashed potatoes and applesauce for a couple days. She went on to say that because of the craters (for lack of a better word) that will be left after surgery, I'm forbidden from hard foods for 6 months, including all nuts and seeds! What is your take on this? What are some food suggestions you have that can support 70.3 and IM triathlon training, but won't be as damaging to my dental health? I encourage Patrick to read the SuperHealth diet book by KC Craichy and look into LivingProtein and LivingFuel (read the label), along with this Vitamix/green smoothie video, and the BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle. Layla asks: I know CoQ and ubiquinol supplements are recommended for older people for energy and antioxidant benefits, but since these molecules work in the electron transport chain in mitochondria, will they also increase metabolism? I also have a second question. I live somewhere really cold so I'm interested in shifting my metabolism toward heat production. Therefore, I'm wondering if there are any ways for adults to convert white fat to the more metabolically active brown fat. Are there proton uncoupling supplements that act like thermogenin (ucp1)? Craig asks: Whenever I drink from the aero bottle on the bike I get a burning sensation in the back of my throat that feels somewhat like GERD. I know it's not the water source, it's the same one I've been putting in bottles for a decade. What gives? How can I stop it? BTW, great tip using the flexible refrigerator tubing in the aero bottle. -------------------------------------------- Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Brand new - get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code): Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. ------------------------------------------------------

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Do you have a future podcast question for Ben? Scroll down on this post to access the free "Ask Ben" form...   In this April 6, 2011 free audio episode: The last diet you'll ever need, part 2, when to use a foam roller, fish oil skin break outs, body fat measurement accuracy, shrinking your stomach, a supplement called Vitargo, are frozen meals healthy?, eating before a morning workout, and rapidly digesting foods. Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. --------------------------------------------------------------- Featured Topic: "The Last Diet You'll Ever Need - Part 2" To listen to Part 1 of this series, click here. Unlike other self-help and dieting books, The Super Health Diet, by best-selling author KC Craichy, compares popular tactics used by Americans such as weight loss centers and mainstream dieting plans, and tackles the topic of prescriptions, pills and procedures. In The Super Health Diet Craichy provides readers with a wealth of clear, concise information for his Super Health Diet, which is based on his scientifically proven “Four Corners of Superfood Nutrition.” He also covers the dynamic role of proteins in weight loss; anti-aging benefits of eating the Four Corners way; meal frequency, snacks and eating speed; exercise, weight loss and health.It is highly recommended that you listen to a two-part free audio interview below, which Ben Greenfield conducted with KC Craichy. What are the four corners of Superfood Nutrition? You talk about consuming high antioxidant foods in your book. What is your take on recent research suggesting that may not be ideal for some people? What is the role of protein in weight loss? What is your “stealth technique” of preloading with essential amino acids? What is AGE, and why is it in your book? Do you think we should eat several small meals per day? If so, why or why not? You have a chapter on exercise in this book. What does your workout routine look like? In the book, you mention the “SuperHealth 7 Tiger Moves”. What are they? You finish with 7 Golden Keys to Weight Optimization. Can you give a brief overview of each? Click here to get the Super Health Diet book now. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: -Click here to donate $1 to keep this podcast going! -Ironman Coeur D' Alene triathlon camp registration deadline extended to April 15. Click here for more information, or to register! -Here's how to win a FREE autographed copy of KC's new book: “SuperHealth: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need”. At http://www.facebook.com/BGFitness, send us a video in which you tell us your biggest problem with diets, nutrition, losing weight or staying healthy, and why you think the SuperHealth book could help you! For example: -Do you have trouble sticking to fad diets and want something that's finally not a fad diet? -Do you lose weight, but then put it back again, and want a complete solution to the yo-yo weight issue? -Do you get sick all the time and want to know how to boost your immune system for life? Whatever your struggle is, we want to know about it, and why you think the book that we discuss in Episode 139 and 140 at http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com will help YOU. Share your video now, and get a FREE autographed copy of the book. Only 12 copies are available, so act fast! Go to BenGreenfieldFitness on Facebook and post your video today. -BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle is now just $1 for a 14 Day Sneak Peek! Click here to join now. -Tuesday, April 12 at 6pm PST: Join Ben Greenfield from BenGreenfieldFitness.com and Dr. Rick Cohen from Bioletics to learn everything you *didn't* know about Vitamin D and Fish Oil, in the interactive seminar "The Shocking Truth About Vitamin D & Fish Oil". Click here to RSVP at Vokle and make sure your camera and mic are ready if you want to use them for questions. -Interested in advertising on the BenGreenfieldFitness podcast or blog? Click here to download the advertising information and pricing sheet. -Here's what you get in the new BenGreenfieldFitness iPhone app, which you can get for free by clicking here:   -Weekly audio podcast featuring exercise and nutrition Q&A with Ben and a featured interview with a health or fitness expert. -Articles unlike any you'll read on other sites, featuring the real truth about your health, your body, diet, medicine and more. -Workout and recipe videos – designed for the complete beginner up to the advanced athlete. -Nutrition supplements, popular diets, workout programs, book and video reviews from Ben Greenfield. -24/7 access to ask your questions to Ben, suggest custom content for the articles and videos, or request guest experts. - Get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code)   --------------------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: ====================================== [contact-form 3 "AskBen"] ====================================== Kelcey asks: I recently saw a write-up on a new foam roller called the "rumble roller." It has little bumps on it as opposed to just a smooth rolling surface, and this is supposed to make this foam roller superior to a conventional roller. I was wondering if you had seen this roller or had any thoughts about it. Also, one of my physical therapists made me roll immediately before and after run workouts, but another source said it was better to wait several hours to roll (i.e. roll in the evening if you did a morning workout) to "allow time for lactic acid to accumulate." Is there a better time to roll than another, and are there times when I should not roll because it might hinder performance, or for some other reason? Mer asks: I started taking Udo's oil. I feel like it's making my skin break out a bit. Is this possible. It has happened to me when I increased fish oil intake as well, but I thought it was an old wives tale that using more oil would make your skin break out. I haven't really changed anything else and I swear it seems like a trend. Mike asks: At the beginning of the year I did the hydrostatic weighing and was told to have 10.2% bodyfat @ 204 lbs. I got tested with the Bod Pod today. I came in at 17.4% bodyfat @ 207.4 lbs. I haven't changed my training much (4days weights, 2 days cardio) or diet in the past 3 months. Which test should be more accurate? David asks: Is it really possible to physically shrink your stomach by eating less? Kara asks: What are your thoughts on the effectiveness of Vitargo S2 and/or Karbolyn as a carbohydrate source for pre, during and post workout. Based on the high molecular weight of these products, they claim to "vacuum" nutrients to the muscles, provide improved glycogen replenishment and eliminate gi distress based on the rapid gastric emptying. Is there any validity to this? Do you feel these are more effective carbohydrate sources than maltodextrin like CarboPro? Jenny asks: I was wondering what your opinion is of frozen meals. I used to eat a Spa Cuisine Lean Cuisine for lunch several days a week but now only eat frozen meals if necessary for convenience. I also sometimes buy the Kashi brand frozen meals. What is your opinion on eating these brands of meals and frozen meals in general for convenience at lunch? Are there any specific ingredients in frozen meals to watch out for and avoid? Matt asks: My stomach/digestion needs a couple hours to process breakfast. ... so I just eat a banana, coffee & water and then start my training session for 1.5 to 4 hours eating & drinking as I do it and then getting protein right after I finish. I need my sleep & can't imagine waking up to eat breakfast and then going back to bed each Sunday morning. With the fasting workout strategy that you have mentioned for 30 to 60 minutes workouts, Will the technique I use (no breakfast before a long training session) be fine? - I want to avoid cannibalizing muscle, etc. ... and weight loss is not my goal, though it wouldn't be bad to lose a couple pounds. Lou asks: My daughter had her colon removed a year ago due to an illness. With absence of her colon her digestion has to occur rapidly and in a shorter time frame.She is a photography major, her day is full of activity, moving gear, etc.  She also works in retail 20 hours a week and rides a bike to get around. If she was your daughter, which products would you recommend to complement/enhance her nutrition? -------------------------------------------- Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Brand new - get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code): Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. ------------------------------------------------------

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Do you have a future podcast question for Ben? Scroll down on this post to access the free "Ask Ben" form...     In this March 30, 2011 free audio episode: The last diet you'll ever need, what to do if calves are too big, using power cranks on a bicycle, is flax seed oil bad for you, knee pain from riding a bike indoors vs. outdoors, the bar method of working out. Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. --------------------------------------------------------------- Featured Topic: "The Last Diet You'll Ever Need - Part 1" Unlike other self-help and dieting books, The Super Health Diet, by best-selling author KC Craichy, compares popular tactics used by Americans such as weight loss centers and mainstream dieting plans, and tackles the topic of prescriptions, pills and procedures. In The Super Health Diet Craichy provides readers with a wealth of clear, concise information for his Super Health Diet, which is based on his scientifically proven “Four Corners of Superfood Nutrition.” He also covers the dynamic role of proteins in weight loss; anti-aging benefits of eating the Four Corners way; meal frequency, snacks and eating speed; exercise, weight loss and health.It is highly recommended that you listen to a two-part free audio interview below, which Ben Greenfield conducted with KC Craichy. How do you recognize a fad diet? Does the type of diet even matter? There are a multitude of pills, prescriptions and procedures out there. What are some of the more serious dangers and complications of the more popular ones? What about spas and clinics for weight loss? Do those actually work? You talk about the thyroid hormones in weight loss. How does hypothyroidism cause someone to gain weight, and what can be done about it? What about sex hormones, such as testosterone? How can loss of that cause weight gain, and what can be done about it? Aside from aesthetic reasons, what are some other reasons people might not know about for losing weight? Click here to get the Super Health Diet book now. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements -Here's how to win a FREE autographed copy of KC's new book: “SuperHealth: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need”. At http://www.facebook.com/BGFitness, send us a video in which you tell us your biggest problem with diets, nutrition, losing weight or staying healthy, and why you think the SuperHealth book could help you! For example: -Do you have trouble sticking to fad diets and want something that's finally not a fad diet? -Do you lose weight, but then put it back again, and want a complete solution to the yo-yo weight issue? -Do you get sick all the time and want to know how to boost your immune system for life? Whatever your struggle is, we want to know about it, and why you think the book that we discuss in Episode 139 and 140 at http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com will help YOU. Share your video now, and get a FREE autographed copy of the book. Only 12 copies are available, so act fast! Go to BenGreenfieldFitness on Facebook and post your video today. -BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle is now just $1 for a 14 Day Sneak Peek! Click here to join now. -Tuesday, April 12 at 6pm PST: Join Ben Greenfield from BenGreenfieldFitness.com and Dr. Rick Cohen from Bioletics to learn everything you *didn't* know about Vitamin D and Fish Oil, in the interactive seminar "The Shocking Truth About Vitamin D & Fish Oil". Click here to RSVP at Vokle and make sure your camera and mic are ready if you want to use them for questions. -Interested in advertising on the BenGreenfieldFitness podcast or blog? Click here to download the advertising information and pricing sheet. -Here's what you get in the new BenGreenfieldFitness iPhone app, which you can get for free by clicking here:   -Weekly audio podcast featuring exercise and nutrition Q&A with Ben and a featured interview with a health or fitness expert. -Articles unlike any you'll read on other sites, featuring the real truth about your health, your body, diet, medicine and more. -Workout and recipe videos – designed for the complete beginner up to the advanced athlete. -Nutrition supplements, popular diets, workout programs, book and video reviews from Ben Greenfield. -24/7 access to ask your questions to Ben, suggest custom content for the articles and videos, or request guest experts. - Get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code)   --------------------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: ====================================== [contact-form 3 "AskBen"] ====================================== Violet asks: I have always had large calves and no matter how much weight I loose, they don't change. I don't want the muscle any bigger, I just want to loose fat, especially the fat right under my knee. I have done the calf raises on the stairs, but is there anything else I could try? Also, I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I am very hyper-mobile especially in my knees. Listener Mike has a call-in question about PowerCranks. Ron asks: Several podcasts had mention of flax seed in a positive vein. My research differs. I stopped taking Flax Seed Oil about a year ago because of its very high Phytoestrogen content. Mens Health had an article on Soy Milk, also high in phytoestrogen, awhile back in which a male was drinking two quarts a day and his breasts were enlarging. Listener Ranieri has a call-in question about knee pain from riding a bike indoors vs. outdoors. Listener Mer asks: Have you ever heard of bar method? In Chicago and LA it's taking off like wildfire. Lot of pretty bold claims by this Burr Leonard Woman. Lots of youtube coverage as well. I think I (and my muscles) would get bored with this formulaic type class 3 times per week. -------------------------------------------- Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Brand new - get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code): Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. ------------------------------------------------------

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Do you have a future podcast question for Ben? Scroll down on this post to access the free "Ask Ben" form... In this May 4, 2011 free audio episode: Everything you need to know about colostrum, is birth control healthy, why can pro athletes eat bad food, what is a parasite zapper, how to train for a 5K without losing muscle, what happens when you hit the wall in a marathon, why it's hard to sleep after a hard workout, how much vitamin A is too much, and should teenagers be eating flax. Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. Scroll down to donate anything over $15 to the show, and Ben will send you a BenGreenfieldFitness.com t-shirt...you can also conveniently donate any amount with your phone by simply clicking here. --------------------------------------------------------------- Featured Topic: "Everything You Need to Know About The Link Between Performance, Fat Loss and Colostrum" If you've been wondering: is colostrum healthy? what is colostrum? can colostrum help fat loss? can colostrum help performance?, then this interview is for you. In this featured topic, I interview Joe Stout, a food scientist from Mt. Capra nutrition who was interviewed in Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast #16 (digestive enzymes & probiotics) and Podcast #32 (goat's milk vs. cow's milk). Joe also traveled to Kona and interviewed me after Ironman World Championships in this video. During our discussion, Joe answers the following questions: -what is colostrum? -how is it harvested and collected? -traditionally, what are the benefits of colostrum? -are there dangers in taking it? -what is the link between colostrum and sports performance? -what type of people would be finding a benefit of using colostrum? If you're interested in incorporating colostrum into your diet for fat loss or performance, then click here to view my recommended brand: CapraColostrum. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: -Click here to donate $1 to keep this podcast going! -Want to create the next "BenGreenfieldFitness" t-shirt? Simply submit YOUR design to ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com -Ben Greenfield's Ironman Coeur D' Alene triathlon camp is May 13-15. Click here for more information, or to register! -The new phone app update corrects a problem where some people were downloading blank news and video stories. If you are experiencing this problem, do not Update your app, but rather Delete it and re-install it so that the blank stories will be restored. -Here's how to win a FREE autographed copy of KC's new book: “SuperHealth: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need”. At http://www.facebook.com/BGFitness, send us a video in which you tell us your biggest problem with diets, nutrition, losing weight or staying healthy, and why you think the SuperHealth book could help you! For example: -Do you have trouble sticking to fad diets and want something that's finally not a fad diet? -Do you lose weight, but then put it back again, and want a complete solution to the yo-yo weight issue? -Do you get sick all the time and want to know how to boost your immune system for life? Whatever your struggle is, we want to know about it, and why you think the book that we discuss in Episode 139 and 140 at http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com will help YOU. Share your video now, and get a FREE autographed copy of the book. Only 12 copies are available, so act fast! Go to BenGreenfieldFitness on Facebook and post your video today. -BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle is now just $1 for a 14 Day Sneak Peek! Click here to join now. - Get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code)     --------------------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: ====================================== [contact-form 3 "AskBen"] ====================================== Kalley asks: My question is in regards to birth control. I am 24 years old and have been on birth control pills since I was 18. In the last year or so I have taken a real interest in my health: changing my diet to be mostly real foods, working out with a personal trainer, and begun training for a half marathon. That said, I have become increasingly aware of the lack of (credible) information available surrounding birth control and the effects it may have on women's hormone levels, weight loss, and overall health. Estrogen seems to be linked to many health problems, so the increased amount being introduced into my system through daily birth control doses makes me nervous. (Especially considering we are also exposed in other forms in the environment). What are your thoughts on this topic? What kind of effects may taking birth control have? Should I be worried about this? Are there some forms of birth control that are better for overall health than others? Amy asks: I was watching a video interview of Jenn Shelton recently and have been impressed by her ultramarathoning, as I am hoping to run an ultra in the next year or so. She briefly talks about her diet and basically says it isn't a good one, she loves Taco Bell & Mountain Dew. How can she run ultras as well as she does while fueling in a not-so-healthy manner? Stephen asks: A guy at work is telling me about Dr. Hulda Clark and her parasite zapper. He swears by it's effectiveness. Hocus Pocus or real medicine?? This might be an interesting topic for an upcoming podcast. I'd like to hear what you think. glen asks: Hi Ben. First, thanks for your earlier advice on maintaining optimal T levels while I was prepping for my first BB show at the young age of 53. It was instrumental in winning the NPC Natural Ohio Over 50 Master's Championship on April 16th. Fast forward to today, after a 2 week major flu illness, I am back to training, but would like to add minimumal 5k mileage training to compete competitively in my age group this summer. Any suggestions on how to incorporate my mileage and pace training as not to burn up my lean mass. I am lifting 2days on, 1 day off, 2 days on per week. Presently, I am doing treadmill work for 2 miles at a moderate pace 3 days a week. Have competed in 5k's in years past and know I have to bump up my mileage and intensity, therefore need your expertise in accomplishing this in a intelligent manner. Kyle asks: If I person has full glycogen stores at the start of a marathon, which is enough to run approximately 16-18 miles, why does so many online articles about the marathon say that running out of glycogen is the cause of "hitting the wall" when a runner is only getting about 70% of their fuel from glycogen, and other 30% or so from fat? Also take into account that they are likely fueling with some sort of CHO supplementation during the event. What I'm asking is, is there any physiological basis for fatigue occurring at mile 20? James asks: Any suggestions on how to resolve why I consistently can't sleep on higher training volume days (any day I ride 50 or more miles or do a brick workout)? Kathy asks: I had a question about how much Vitamin A and beta carotene to take in. My husband, who is 31, and I are both into cycling, and he's gearing up for his second season of triathlons. He smoked heavily from roughly 16 - 28. From what I have read, it seems that smokers or ex-smokers should avoid supplements with either Vitamin A or beta carotene. We eat a fairly healthy diet, and he eats a ton of fruit and probably two servings of vegetables a day. I considered trying the enerprime superfood you recommend, as we travel once a month or so, but was hesitant due to the extra beta carotene put in. What are your thoughts? Craig asks: In the Q&A section of episode 139 you mentioned flax reducing the effect of estrogen. We secretly give our daugher, who just started puberty, ground flax for fiber. Anyway, should we be concerned with the effects of flax on her physical development? 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Click here to join now. - Get insider VIP tips and discounts from Ben - conveniently delivered directly to your phone! Just complete the information below... First Name Last Name Email Cell # (1+area code)     --------------------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: ====================================== [contact-form 3 "AskBen"] ====================================== Eric asks: Yesterday I completed my first 130 mile weekend with 80 of those moles on Sunday. I did the best I could regarding nutrition in the saddle but I'm still super hungry today. What would be your replenishment plan after an effort like that. Garmin said I burnt up around 4500 calories. I'm 174 6'1 & male if that helps at all. Emily asks: I am a runner, and I used to be a smoker. I recently quit, but I am wondering if there are any supplements or health tricks that might help my lungs heal faster and to keep me motivated from going back to the dreaded cigarettes? I have run a marathon while smoking, and I can't wait to run one smoke free! Melanie asks: Not to keep on the whole fasted morning exercise thing that you've talked about, but I'm wondering your opinion on a very small woman with no muscle to lose on what point should I actually be concerned of "eating" muscle. I'm 5'2 and 105 and approx. 17% body fat. I want to get to 13 - 14% body fat but don't need to lose much weight or any muscle. Should I even be doing fasted exercise? Is it okay to do fasted 45 minute strength training? Susan asks: Please Help! How can I tell if I'm truly in menopause or experiencing exercise induce amenorrhea. I lost my cycle at age 42 while doing heavy volume triathlon training while following a low carb vegetarian diet (stupid, I know). I got very lean. Dr. figured it was related to low body fat. Now almost 4 years later, it has not returned - I cont. to train heavily but BOOM! put on almost 10# even though I made no changes to my regimen. Now doc says it's menopause. My FSH wa 34.8 (menopausal) but my LH was low (7.2). I've tried to research but, from what I can tell, the levels are usually either both high or both low. Do my results mean anything? Todd asks: I switched gyms and have gone from chlorine pool to saline pool. I find my times are better and swimming seems a bit easier. Is this because of saline buoyancy? Gerry asks: Hi Ben, my best half marathon time to date is 95 min. However, in a 70.3 race, I've struggled to go faster. My best there is 115 min. What's the most effective way to train to improve that half marathon time during a 70.3 race? I'd like to do it under 100 min without fatigue or cramps. Janet asks: I work out 30 min. every morning six days a week. My workouts are 1 minute hard resistance/ cycling with cadence of 55 or 60 with my heart rate getting up to max 180 beats followed by recovery for 1 minute with cadence of 50 or 60 and heart rate around 150. Workout Is 30 min. Could you give me some ideas for other spinning workouts I could do? Can my body get too accustomed to this? Mike asks: I recently passed a kidney stone. My urologist had me do a 24 hr urine test, which showed high urinary calcium and oxalate. He has recommended I avoid Vitamin D supplementation (I'm currently taking 3000 IU daily), as well as decreasing coffee, cola, chocolate, nuts, spinach and green leafy vegetables. I don't drink cola and only 2 cups of coffee/day, but I really don't want to give up my big salad, handful of nuts, and small piece of dark chocolate. I've researched other "high oxalate" foods and it's a lot of otherwise very healthy foods that I love! What can you suggest for eating healthy while maintaining a "low oxalate" diet. Tony asks: I have recently finished my first 1/2 marathon, and my first Biathlon. My partner and I are signing up for a trail marathon in October. We are both in good shape and are dedicated to being better. I am a professionally diagnosed genetic hypertension person. I take two tablets each morning so that I will not stroke out. They are Procardia and Hyzaar. As I train, how should I approach supplements? What type of drug interactions do I need to be aware of? Melanie asks: Melanie asks: Hi Ben, What do you know about D-ribose? A health and fitness person that I follow sometimes said he just completed his own trial of ribose after being sent a sample and said after one week he felt a big difference in his energy level. Wondering if this is a good option to increase energy and what the drawbacks might be? Carlos calls in and asks: I am just a beginning amateur runner and am wondering if "regular" Multivitamins and Protein will be detrimental to my health. I hear you mention a lot of things about regular multivitamins and other regular supplements, but you never recommend them. Are they actually unhealthy for a beginner like me? By "regular" I mean, the more popular & affordable supplements used by a greater number of people such as products by Nature Made, GNC, and Optimum Nutrition. Are the supplements you recommend specifically for triathletes? My health is no where near a triathlete. Do I still need to take these "special" supplements or am I good taking the regular ones? I heard from another source I trust, that the differences between "special" and "regular" supplements are slim, and unless you are professionally training, the slightly higher benefit from taking special supplements is not really needed. -------------------------------------------- Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com And don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes 2 minutes of your time and helps grow our healthy community! Just click here to go to our iTunes page and leave feedback. 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