The MD and Chef Team Podcast
Combined expertise of a Medical Doctor and a Culinary Nutrition Expert Chef: With decades of experience in traditional medicine, professional cooking, and functional/integrative medicine, we can assess your health and lifestyle from all angles. We provide whole-body health guidance while also showing you how to use food as medicine every day. We're bringing health home using our combined 40+ years of helping people heal.
Because health doesn’t start and end at the doctor’s office. It starts with your thoughts, the foods you eat, and the habits you nurture each day. At home, work, schools, and places of worship.
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The MD and Chef Team Podcast
Transform Your Life: The Power of Consistency in Health and Communication
Ever wondered why some people seem to effortlessly maintain their health while others struggle? Today's episode might just hold the key. Join us as we discuss the transformative power of consistency in health habits. We kick things off by sharing our own challenging week, reminding us all that real conversations and mutual understanding are vital.
We contrast the conventional healthcare model, which often relies on diagnosis and medication, with a holistic approach that empowers the body to heal itself when given the right conditions. Listen as we share specific habits like hydration, exercise, and mindful eating that can foster a consistent, healthier lifestyle.
Get ready to rethink your food choices with our provocative declaration that there's no such thing as junk food—just junk and real food. We highlight the importance of reading labels and being wary of harmful additives like caramel color.
Dive into the inspiring story of Colonel Charles Plummer, a Vietnam War fighter pilot who used the power of a positive mindset to transform his life, even under the harshest conditions. We emphasize the immense impact that small, consistent steps can have on long-term wellness.
But that's not all! Our segment "Cover Your Mouth" delves into healthier communication, drawing inspiration from our own 44-year anniversary to foster stronger relationships.
Reflect on the wisdom of pausing before speaking and maintaining a positive attitude, even during life's most challenging moments. By sharing personal experiences and historical wisdom, we aim to provide you with tools to navigate life's ups and downs with empathy and optimism.
Join us on this journey toward better health and well-being, where small, consistent efforts can lead to significant, lasting change.
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Speaker 3:Warning warning. As a medical doctor, I must inform you that there are side effects to this coaching session. Beware it may enhance your self-esteem, cause you to experience vibrant health, encounter long-term weight loss, heal damaged relationships. Warning there are side effects to this coaching session. It may increase your enthusiasm for life and bring about hope. It may cause you to have productive and optimistic thinking. It could even help you not allow messed up people to ruin the rest of your life and help you realize the masterpiece that you are and empower you to be the boss of your brain. Warning these side effects may be long-term. This is Dr Isabel from DrOnAmissioncom.
Speaker 2:The content in this show is for informational purposes only. It is not intended for medical advice. It does not take the place of medical advice or treatment from a physician or health professional. Listeners and viewers should consult their own doctor or a qualified health care professional for specific health and wellness concerns and questions. And now let's start the MD and Chef Team Show.
Speaker 1:Hello and welcome everyone to the MD and Chef Team Show. I'm culinary nutrition expert Chef Michael here, joined, as always on the show, by my hottie bride, my beautiful wife. We just passed 44 years of being together last week.
Speaker 3:Yes, 44, 44.
Speaker 1:Your doctor on a mission, Isabel.
Speaker 3:Hi, hey hey. Welcome.
Speaker 1:You know I was thinking about you viewers today, you listeners, whether it's watching or listening and you know we're going to have a real conversation. That's what we do on the show here. We have real conversation, and what I mean by that is I don't know if you noticed out there in today's world, but a lot of time when we look at everything on social media or podcasts, videos, whatever it all looks so beautiful, so wonderful, don't?
Speaker 3:believe it.
Speaker 1:Everybody's doing so great, yes, and we want you to know that. Guess what we're like you. This week's been a rough week. We've had a very rough week. It's been a lot of-.
Speaker 1:Lots of valleys, lots of valleys, I mean every week. You know you, always, life always has its ups and downs, but this week, man, I'll tell you, we've been. It's been rough, it's been rough. So I just want you to know, in this conversation today, just know that our hearts come out to you, go out to you if your week, too, hasn't been that great. Go out to you if your week two hasn't been that great, and hopefully we can bring a ray of sunshine today, some light, to you. Just know that we get you, we understand, because it's not always butterflies and rainbows out there. There's a lot of life that goes on to all of us and we're just there, right with you. So today let's have a real conversation.
Speaker 1:A couple of friends, hanging out, having a cup of coffee, having a cup of tea, maybe even a glass of Chardonnay, who knows Whatever turns you on. So, my dear, yes. Why else do you think people would want to tune in and watch this crazy MD and chef team.
Speaker 3:Well, you know, there's this one model of health care that we've been hearing over and over and over again, and when you hear something over and over and over again, you actually believe it. And that model of health care is go to the doctor, get a diagnosis, get a pill or get a referral. And that's the way we believe that health care is. And it's crazy for us to think that health care starts in a doctor's office. It doesn't. It starts right where you are, in your home or wherever you are right now. And then there's another model, and the other model is your body wants to heal. All it wants is that you give it the right stuff and that you remove the bad stuff so that your body is allowed to heal. So that's another model, and that's the model that we encourage you to understand, because you know, back in the days when it was said that the world was flat, that was the story and that's what people believe.
Speaker 1:That was the story.
Speaker 3:Yeah, kind of like the first model of health, healthcare that I just talked to you about. And then we found out that the world is round and now we believe that model. So I want you to be encouraged that your body truly, truly wants to heal, and that's what we're going to be talking about. And we're here week after week. We're not going anywhere. So we encourage you to come and be with us. We will walk alongside you, encourage you. We got the roadmap, we know where we're going. All you need to do is come on board and we'll show you the way. You just take small, consistent steps. Ah, consistent. So let me ask you what is our conversation today?
Speaker 3:about today hon.
Speaker 1:Well, our conversation today as our beautiful producer, jenna, will bring that up thank you, jenna is we're going to talk about the power of consistency, and that consistency is it for your wellness or for something else going on? By the way, please know the questions and comments are always open during the show, so if you've got something you want to say, even just to pop in and say hello from wherever you're at, because here we are, coming to you from New Zealand. So, wherever you are, pop in and say hello. If you've got a question, we'd love to hear your questions. We're going to get into what is consistency and what are the habits of consistency. Also, we're going to be talking about five important questions to ask of yourself. About consistency, we're going to have our frankenfood ingredient of the week segment and in today's relationship chat, we're going to be talking about something called cover your mouth.
Speaker 3:Cover that mouth.
Speaker 1:And then later on, toward the end of the show, we're having our empowerment inspiration conversation. We're going to talk about having the right attitude Jam-packed show today, it so hang on tight. We got a lot going on, so welcome, let's go. So let's go, let's get into it we got our notes here.
Speaker 3:We got our notes out because if we don't have notes, we're going to be pinging all over the place.
Speaker 1:We'll be here for the next four hours hanging out.
Speaker 1:So consistency when I'm talking about consistency, I'm talking about the simple daily habits of health that we do over and, over and over. I'm not talking about some big giant kaboom, look at me, I'm healthy or I'm not healthy. We're talking about just the daily mundane habits. A lot of times we don't even think about just like brushing our teeth and breathing. You know, times we don't even think about just like brushing our teeth and breathing, you know we don't really think about them. Hopefully, well, hopefully, you think about brushing your teeth, but it's just that habit.
Speaker 3:And I just want to interject there.
Speaker 1:Yes, here we go, here we go An interjection.
Speaker 3:Can you imagine not brushing your teeth? I mean what's? The side effect of that besides, bad breath.
Speaker 1:Bad breath, and you won't kiss me anymore, yeah, but also people start.
Speaker 3:You start getting cavities. Then you got to have drilling in your mouth. So you know, that's because you just not you, of course not you, but that's because people decide not to be consistent in a habit. That's good for them yes. I just wanted to throw that idea.
Speaker 1:That was very good, yeah, that little example. So, but when I'm talking about consistency, understand that today I want to talk about consistency of quality, consistency that's serving you well for your optimal health, because we can be consistent but that consistency might be an unhealthy consistency we might be doing something consistently, but it's not serving us well.
Speaker 1:Like for instance Well, as you just alluded to, not brushing your teeth, those types of things. So when we talk about consistency, I think a lot of times when you hear that word out there, you think, okay, just doing the right thing every day, Well, yes, but the flip side is making sure that we're not doing the wrong thing every day. So it's making sure that we're on the correct side of consistency going forward. Now I have a quick question. Why are people not consistent? Because you and I both know this. We're working with many people over many years and you, being in front of at least a half a million people face-to-face as a doctor, you've seen what happens to people when they're consistent, but they're consistent with bad habits.
Speaker 3:I know it's so sad.
Speaker 1:Why are people not consistent with good health habits? So one is it's not the easy way. I'll just give an example of some kind of exercise or working out, even to the simple thing of going for a walk. We're all busy, Everybody's busy. They got so much going on. So we actually have to build in certain habits that serve us well, and it's easy not to Like. I know today I need to get a workout in. It would be so simple not to really.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it would be. That would be the easy thing.
Speaker 1:But I know today's the day where I need to have a workout and I've got to do it. It's not the easy way, but it's the way I need to go it's the way you've decided to I've decided because we all have free will, yeah, and we all can make the decision, yes or no. Yeah, right, right, yeah so why are we not consistent in a in a good way is? Well, it's probably because we like to take the easy way. Us human beings, Because we're humans.
Speaker 1:Yes, and the second reason is being because we usually don't see results right away, like if you're someone who decides to start working out or maybe eating with a nutritionally good other types of habits. These are long-term. You know it's like, okay, I'm eating great nutritionally today, I'm having my veggies and good salad and nice protein, some extra virgin olive oil, I'm having quality stuff, nothing packaged today and I wake up tomorrow and go well, why am I not in optimal health yet? You know it's these types of habits are over time. Now the same thing with poor habits.
Speaker 1:If I eat French fries and a burger today, am I all of a sudden in bad health? No, but if that becomes my consistent habit over time, yes, it won't be good. So why are we not consistent? Because in a good way, because we don't see the results right away and a lot of times, maybe, when we've done something for a week and been like, well, they put me on this exercise thing for a week or a month or whatever it is. I mean, why do so many people quit the gym after making a resolution, joining the gym on january 5th and by february 5th they're having, they're not going anymore because you don't see the results right away because everybody wants they want to quit they want fast results.
Speaker 3:Yes, and that's not the way it is. That's not the way it works just so you know doesn't work that way.
Speaker 1:No, it doesn't work that way?
Speaker 1:No, it doesn't work that way, with good consistency, quality consistency. We're talking about quality consistency that serves you to your optimal health long term. Another reason why people aren't consistent in that good quality way is little decisions seem insignificant, because the habits we're talking about are just little decisions. You know, if even just from all, very simply from an exercise point of view, if you've just decided that, okay, you know, I, I don't really, I haven't been getting much movement, so I'm going to start walking. A half hour a day Seems like an insignificant thing. Walking a half hour a day, what's the big deal?
Speaker 3:It adds up.
Speaker 1:But it adds up over time if you haven't been doing anything before, you know, and you're getting going. However, why do we not stay consistent with it? Because it's like, well, it's actually just kind of of half hour, no big deal, that like it doesn't matter, but the thing is it does matter over time. So just understand the things we are talking about the daily mundane habits of consistency that will serve your optimal health. They're usually pretty insignificant on a one-off, but when you stack them up and build them up, they're going to make a huge difference in your long-term wellness.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and with that, little decisions seem insignificant. Well, remember the story about the tortoise and the hare?
Speaker 1:Hmm, the tortoise and the hare. Well, can you remind me of the tortoise and the hare, the tortoise and the hare. Hon, I know you know it's the tortoise, Tortoise and the hare.
Speaker 3:Well, can you remind me of the tortoise and the hare, the tortoise and the hare. Hon, I know you know it's the tortoise, it's just constant. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do do do yes. Rather the hare. The hare goes chuck chuck, chuck, chuck chuck, takes short bursts and then stops, and short bursts and then stops. Well, guess who wins the race?
Speaker 1:The tortoise.
Speaker 3:The tortoise, because he's like do, do, do, do, do, do, do, so just be a tortoise.
Speaker 1:And so thank you for calling me a turtle, getting there in the short term and the long term too Too. So now let's talk about five habits of consistency and remember consistency can either lead you into a decline of your long-term optimal health or consistency can lead you to accelerate and serve you well for your long-term optimal health. So consistency habit number one is show up for yourself consistently. You're showing up for yourself. The big picture is and I'll use us as an example, I'll use myself for an example is my big picture for me is I'm showing up for myself because I want to live a long-term happy and vibrant life until my last breath, because I want to live a long-term happy and vibrant life until my last breath.
Speaker 3:And I want to keep up with you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, for me is that? Yes, but then the side effects of that is I'm also doing that for my wife so I can lead a long-term, happy, vibrant, healthy life with her and do a lot of great things until my last breath. And we have two daughters and to be there for them and, if they decide to have grandchildren, to be there for them. So, yes, I'm showing up for myself consistently in a good way, knowing that that's going to have an add-on effect to all the loved ones around me.
Speaker 3:And so what does that look like? Showing up for yourself consistently Well, waking up in the morning and getting ready for the day, taking a shower, if the morning shower is your deal making sure that you drink water as soon as you wake up, because you've been sleeping, hopefully, for the last seven to eight hours. So the key is make sure that you drink at least 500 mils of water. I think that's what. Four cups Two cups. Two cups of water.
Speaker 1:I think two cups.
Speaker 3:Yeah, two cups of water. Drink that, you know. Just make sure that's the way you start the day. Exercise make sure that you're exercising, doing whatever you need to be doing, if it's three times a day, three times, three times a week, four times a week, whatever your schedule is. And then food eating the correct food. Look, there's junk. There's no such thing as junk food. There's junk. And then there's real food. So you make the decision.
Speaker 1:I saw that from Mark Hyman's post when I was like oh, that's really good, there's junk and then there's real food.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but there's no such thing as junk food. It's not even food. You can't even consider it as food. So you know, make a decision. Is your hand going to be in a bag of potato chips at the end of the day, or are you going to be eating an apple or eating a salad with your meal and then sleep? Are you consistently getting ready to have a good night's sleep? Yeah, yeah, those are small, consistent things that you can be doing to show up for yourself, because you know what, like I said last week, nobody is coming to do this for you. Michael, working out and building these hunkabunka muscles doesn't make me have the muscles. I have to do my exercise too. I wish it would, but it doesn't happen that way. You don't make me build muscle by what you're doing.
Speaker 1:I wish you would, but that's just not the way it is.
Speaker 1:Now consistency. Habit number two is cultivate a positive outlook. Habit number two is cultivate a positive outlook. Great example of that was something you and I saw today. We saw it on YouTube. It was a gentleman who was a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. He was shot down behind enemy lines. He was in a camp, a prisoner of war camp. He had been there for two months and he would be the first one to tell you he was falling apart and he was losing it. What happened through? I mean, you'd have to watch and I'm sorry I don't have the gentleman's name. I think it was Plum or Plummer, colonel Plum, colonel Plummer, something like that.
Speaker 3:I could find out.
Speaker 1:That's okay, I'll look it up and I'll put in the show notes. If anybody wants to check, find out, that's okay, I'll look it up and I'll put it in the show notes. If anybody wants to check this out? Yeah, but he was just talking about what happened. Was there ended up being a way that the other prisoners could communicate with each other? And he had been in there for two months and another guy was communicating with him another fighter pilot that was shot down who had already been in there for two years.
Speaker 1:Two years that was shot down who had already been in there for two years, two years, and he started passing him messages that basically had a positive outlook and he was like oh, I know. The guy said you know, you are a prisoner in the eight inches of your mind. You're a prisoner up here. You're a prisoner of the eight inches of the brain. You're not a prisoner of the cell, you're a prisoner of your own mind. So here's a guy that's already been in for two years, I think. He said he ended up being in there for six to eight years, eight years, eight years, which is crazy in this small world.
Speaker 3:And he survived.
Speaker 1:And this guy had been in there for two years. He'd only been in for two months and he's passing on a positive outlook for him and he said that's what changed me, because he said I would have probably died Because after two months I was done, I'd given up, I had no hope and I was mentally just done.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and, like Michael said, he was a prisoner. Yeah, between the eight inches, between both ears, because he believed that he was a prisoner of war. But he had to change that and say, no, I'm a survivor, no, I, I, I'm going to make this through, I'm going to make it through. And now he's going around the world speaking. He's like in his eighties 85 something yeah. Charles Plummer.
Speaker 1:Charles Plummer. Yeah, insp Plummer, charles Plummer. Check him out on YouTube.
Speaker 3:Inspirational. I mean it really helped me, especially with what we've been going on with this week.
Speaker 1:Right. And so no matter what you're going through one of the in a good way, with what we're looking to achieve with our health.
Speaker 3:Because we can't control the environment and we can't control other people. But we can control the eight inches of real estate between both ears.
Speaker 1:Excellent, so consistency habit. Number three it really works. Yes, excellent, so consistency habit number, really yes, consistency habit number three I'm just kind of keeping it rolling yeah, yeah, I know, but I could go riffing on that oh, I know, I know the rip on each one of these for probably 20 minutes individually, yeah, but we're not going to do that to you so consistency.
Speaker 1:Habit number three be committed to long-term success, because when we're talking consistency, we're not talking about you know. Ok, you know, I mean yes, if you're 30 days from now you've got something going on and you're trying to fit in your clothes or whatever it may be, or look good or whatever talking about long-term optimal success for your health. So be committed to that long-term knowing that, okay, if I failed today, if I went down the tubes a little today and it was all yucky, that's okay. I've got to get back on positively. Look at my outlook and I'm committed to my long-term optimal success for my health. And that's where your outlook, that's your vision of where you want to go and that will keep you going forward, staying consistently with the good habits.
Speaker 3:And, like we have in the kitchen, we've got a sign that says hold the image, just hold the image right here and you're the front part of your brain of where you're going, because you're going, because you travel by pictures. That's so important is just make sure you know who you want to become, and though you aren't who that is, that's okay. You're moving towards that. And they do say to just say I am that person.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, Picture it. So consistency, habit number four pay the price. Invest in yourself. Now, this could be many different things. One of the things we invested in for us was we don't you know, we're not saying don't go to a gym or belong to a gym, but we don't personally belong to a gym. We did kind of a little workout thing at home where we inexpensively got what we needed with weights and a few other things and kind of set something up in a space we've got at home and we're able to work out together and create something really great at home. So we invested in that. We invested in some courses, some coaching, some other different areas in health. We invested in different things, lots of books, lots of books.
Speaker 1:And so I'm talking about investing in yourself in a way where you're saying, okay, I do want my long-term optimal success in my health to my last breath. What am I willing to invest? Is it time, is it money, is it listening? Is it reading, is it resources, what may it be? Because it's understand. That's you investing in yourself to move you forward to be who you want to be.
Speaker 3:Well said.
Speaker 1:Thank you, Consistency. Habit Number five integrity.
Speaker 3:Integrity. What are you doing? What does integrity?
Speaker 1:I'm about okay, sorry I'm, I was having a and pause. I was building with the pause integrity pause pause.
Speaker 1:What are you doing when no one is looking? And this is the thing. Maybe you're on your own, or maybe you're in a situation where you know your partner, your spouse, husband, wife is away, and then you got things to do and this is and that's. What are you doing when no one's looking? Are you staying consistent? Just as an example, let's just say, I mean, this hasn't happened, but let's just say Isabel's away for a week, for whatever reason. Do I then at home decide I'm not going to work out this week I'm going to have burgers and fries and pizza and this and that every day Am I going to go out, you know, drinking alcohol and doing all kinds of stuff that I would never do because I know it's not good for my health. But no one's looking, it's just me.
Speaker 1:So hey, I'm gonna do all this stuff I don't see it no, I'm not going to, but I'm just saying integrity we think about oh, that's what I'm with people or not, but it's really about what are you doing when no one's looking? Are you staying integrous for your own success, because you know only you know what you're doing and are you staying integrous to yourself and your success? Good point anything else you got there?
Speaker 3:no, I have. I have let me see. Nope, I just know that we're ready for our.
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Speaker 1:Into your last breath, the good, consistent qualities or consistency can lead you down a poor health path. Which way are you going to go? So now let's talk about five very important questions to ask yourself about your consistency, your consistent daily habits as applied to health. Number one is this habit moving me forward or backwards toward my goal of optimal health? Think about any individual habit that you might be doing during the day. Is this moving me forward toward great, optimal health, or is this habit pulling me backwards or sending me down a poor, a slippery slope of poor health? Just take any habit, think about that, apply that question to it and then you can say, yeah, that's a great habit, or ooh, I got to kick that one out, that's got to go, that type of thing, okay. Important question number two Am I intentional with my habits? And I just want to read a little bit about what that means, because we hear this word intentional.
Speaker 1:But being intentional means making deliberate choices to reflect what is most important to you. Becoming intentional can help you maintain a positive mindset, reach your goals, experience more clarity and be more present. It increases our focus and commitment and brings more purpose and meaning to our lives. And brings more purpose and meaning to our lives Because a lot of times when I'm talking about being intentional to our habits, that means am I committed to that habit? Am I saying yep, I'm committed to that habit? Now, I understand a lot of times we might say, yeah, I really want to be intentional with that habit, I really want to be committed to it, but I'm just so busy.
Speaker 1:The thing is we understand that I don't. I haven't run across anybody in the land. I've been on this planet for almost 67 years now and I haven't run into anybody for a long time who said to me you know, I'm not really, I got nothing going on, I'm not really busy in my life. So you know, I just kind of hang out and up and I mean any time, I don't know about you, but when I ask somebody, hey, how's it going? The first thing I hear is the badge of honor. Oh, busy. Oh, we're busy, yep, busy. Even those are the ones that are retired, so we're all busy. So it's understanding that being intentional is not a time problem, it's a commitment problem, meaning that am I making a commitment to this, am I going to allocate the time, because I guarantee you you can find the time if you drop some of the other things that aren't serving you well, you know.
Speaker 1:I know Is that two hours of TV at night serving you well? Or is that other habit that you've got serving you well? And oh, can I carve out a half hour over here to do some a walk, to do some exercise?
Speaker 3:Or do some study to help you become better.
Speaker 1:Yeah, can I do that and drop those other things? To be more intentional about what I'm trying to achieve here, I love the word intentional because it helps me.
Speaker 3:The picture I get is like binoculars, you know, and you're just looking Laser focus. Yeah, that laser focus action and that's what gets you to succeed. Is having that laser focus intentional yes Process?
Speaker 1:That works. That works All right. Very important question number to ask yourself about consistency Does this habit make me grow? Meaning that we had talked about investing in yourself. The thing is what I needed to understand for the health goals that I had 15 years ago to get to where I wanted to go, that eight inches between the ears needed to change. I needed to invest in some things to understand that I needed to grow as a human being to become where I wanted to be with my optimal health. I needed to learn some things. I needed to change some things. I needed to become better who I am. So does the habit make me grow in a way that, yes, this is moving me toward my goal, yes, this is making me a better me, a better human being on this planet? That's an important question we should all ask of ourselves.
Speaker 3:Absolutely, I agree with you 100%.
Speaker 1:Thank you, Very important question about consistency. Number four if I keep up these habits, where will I be in one, two or five years? Ouch, let's just keep it simple. Where will I be in one year? Life happens over, daily, mundane habits stacking up day upon day, upon day. If I keep up this habit maybe I'm talking about if I keep up my good oral health and brushing my teeth and flossing and cleansing and doing all the things I need to do for my oral health, will my mouth be in a great shape, my oral health? Or if I can, you know, every once in a while I'll do something you know brush my teeth or do something you know la, la, la. In a year, for now, will I have gum disease? Will I be heading down a poor path of oral health?
Speaker 3:And less kisses.
Speaker 1:And less kisses? Yeah, because it doesn't happen in that one day, it happens over time. If I have burgers and fries or takeouts once a week, is that habit going to serve me over a year? What if I make it once every two weeks? Because I'm not saying don't ever have anything, that you know you're treating yourself, but it's that daily habits.
Speaker 1:It's those. You know how often is that Is that now becoming? Because what I have seen, people will start with doing the takeaways or the takeout food or the drive through the fast food. They'll do that one day a week as a habit, going yeah, that's okay, one day a week, not a big deal. And as time goes on you'll check back and all hey, ac from sunny California, great to see you. You'll check back with them and they'll be going well, yeah, now we do it twice a week, but that's okay, it's not a big and it just slides. It just slides it slides downward.
Speaker 1:So if I keep up these daily habits, keep it simple. Where will I be one year from now? If they serve you well, fantastic, but you think they're going to send me down a slippery slope? Kick them out. Very important question number five to ask yourself about consistency. Does this energize me? Now I'm talking about long term. I'll use exercise as a point of view.
Speaker 3:Like who likes to exercise?
Speaker 1:you know yeah if I do 30 minutes a day of resistance work or something you know, doing it with weights and all that kind of stuff, it doesn't energize me. Well, not thinking about doing it Probably not for the first five minutes when I'm like ah. About doing it, probably not for the first five minutes when I'm like ah, but once I'm into it and when I'm done I feel really good because I know I served myself well michael and I will start like a really hard workout, like a pyramid workout with weights and stuff, and the first 10 minutes were really quiet wow I'm not gonna.
Speaker 3:I am not gonna let anything come out of my mouth because I have nothing positive to say. But then, as the time goes and we finish, yeah, we're like whoa, that was great, I'm so glad I got that done.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah yeah, so it doesn't so it does energize you.
Speaker 3:it does, but not right away. Right away, not right away, not in the quick, temporary and long term.
Speaker 1:It energizes you because the better shape you're in like that physically, the more energy you will have, the better you eat nutritionally. Yes, and day one am I going to be like, wow, I'm just energized. Well, maybe not necessarily, but as time goes on, you will find in the long term that good nutritional eating you will be energized because you are fueling your cells, you are fueling your body. Understand that everything that, every spoonful, every bite that we eat, every gulp that we drink, is the energy, the fuel for our body systems functioning. And if it's not good, you're not going to have a lot of energy because the body's just going oh man, I need some good stuff here to function. You know this isn't working.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 1:When you put the good stuff in you are energized. You know, a lot of times people say to Isabel and I why you guys?
Speaker 1:are always up and da da, da. I'm like well, first off, not always. As we said at the beginning of the show, we got blasted this week from life and it was a rough week. But overall, yeah, because we're fueling our body for success from a nutritional point of view and making sure we keep energized with movement, even if it's just today. I might only get out for a walk for a half hour or 45 minutes today, and we know that that releases stress too when you're taking care of yourself, because stressors are so heavy and they weigh us down.
Speaker 1:So just think does this energize me and will it energize me long-term? You might think, well, right now I don't want to do it. I'm not talking about right now. I'm talking about is this serving you well long term? To energize you? Yes, so I've got a big take home for all that we've talked about with consistency. Can power of consistency can work for you when? When we hear consistency, that's what we normally think. But the power of consistency can also work against you, because you can be consistent with poor habits. Your health depends on the power of consistency in your daily, mundane habits. You can easily get off course by time goes by.
Speaker 3:And I did want to share the idea of you know, when a space shuttle goes out into the atmosphere to go and hit a target, be it the moon or wherever it's supposed to go, NASA is where it's helping it stay consistent. Did you know that 97% of the time that a space shuttle goes out it's off course? 97% of the time the other 3% it's on course because NASA, you is course correcting, being consistently course correcting to help that space shuttle hit its target? So this is just a principle that you have to implement in your life. It's not straight forward to the target, it's kind of like this, but you, just you are ground control yes, you consistently have to guide yourself to where you want to go where you're going because I can guarantee, if you don't pay any attention to what's going on in your daily habits, they will slide.
Speaker 1:That's just us human beings, because that's the easy way they will slide. And then all of a sudden it's like oh my gosh, how did I get here which I did at the age of 50. Yeah, because they kept sliding and I went oops, how did I end up here? And it's not so good place by your choices, yeah, by our daily mundane habits over time?
Speaker 3:yeah, and the cool thing is is that your past or your present the cool thing is? Is that your past or your present? The cool thing is is that your future doesn't rely on your past or your present. Why? Because you can change at any time. I'm a firm believer that you can change your course at any time, regardless of where you are in life, right, ben?
Speaker 1:Right on.
Speaker 3:Right Ben, right on.
Speaker 1:Yeah, our life right bet right on, right, babe, right on, yeah. So there's the power of consistency. Is it serving you or sending you down a slippery slope of ill health questions and things to think about? All right, hey. So let's get into the next segment. We're going to talk about the franken food ingredient of the week Danger, hazardous chemicals. Yes, yes, yes, and that's why we talk about this.
Speaker 3:You love this part.
Speaker 1:I do because this helped me out so much. I never read labels, I never understood what was in stuff, never paid attention to it, and I really just I share this with you, just so you know that, listen, we can't avoid all this stuff that I'm talking about as I talk about different ingredients and foods. We can't avoid it a hundred percent, even if we go out to eat. Who knows what we're getting some of the foods when we're out there? I mean, we can't just ask, you know, find out about every little thing going on if we went out to eat, find out about every little thing going on if we went out to eat. But again, my purpose is so that you are aware, so that you are able to say, okay, I understand some of this. And when I read the label and see this ingredient, I say, oh, wait a second. Ooh, okay, I have a choice now. Do I really want to grab that and think about having that in my body systems or not?
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 1:So this week's Frankenfood ingredient of the week and Frankenfood and stuff is not food, it's things that are created in laboratories and they call it food. It's caramel color, so caramel color.
Speaker 3:Why would they? You know what's the purpose of caramel color.
Speaker 1:Well, I'm actually actually gonna pass that on. All right, here it comes, let's do this. It's a. It's a brown food coloring, chemically made, that has zero, zero nutrient value in food. So it's adding absolutely nothing to your body systems that your body can say, hey, wow, that's great, I'm going to use that for fuel. Now it has zero. It's only added to enhance the appearance of certain foods and certain drinks. So it's the food industry saying, well, this food or drink doesn't look good enough for you. Your eyes probably aren't going to think it's good enough, so we're going to enhance it with some artificial type thing, ingredient that we've created that's going to change the coloring of it. So you think, oh yeah, that's great, oh yeah, I like that. Yeah, I can see, that's good. Just understand that the research shows has been linked to cancer fancy that yeah.
Speaker 1:now you will also see in research out there about caramel color, caramel food color and caramel color in foods, that you will see some research papers say there is a safe level. You will see others say there's a toxic level. So what they're saying is, well, we know this is toxic, but there are certain levels you could go up to. Well, when I hear that, that's like saying, well, yeah, you can have a little bit of this poison and it's okay, I'm like no, I don't want any of it. I mean, if it's got links to cancer.
Speaker 1:what are you saying? So the more I have, the higher chance I have of getting cancer? Or the more I have, the worse poison it is for my system? So I can have a little bit of poison, but that's okay. There's already enough junk out there. Why do I want to add even more? On Now, where this is found mostly is in cola, c-o-l-a, cola, soft drinks or soda pop whatever you want to call it your part of the world. But cola drinks usually have caramel color in, just to give it that cola look to it. It's actually found in pancake syrups. It's found in a lot of coffee shop syrups.
Speaker 1:And you do remember, you know that line of syrups when they have the syrups up in the remember, you know that line of syrup where they have the syrups up in the back and you know you might say, oh, I'd like it with this. I don't even know because I don't do this, but I know starbucks has it, there's many others that have it and they have all the other flavors and the little pump bottles they can put in. Well, a lot of anything that's got that kind of darker color that is going to have a caramel color additive to it and you're just getting a syrupy, sugary, cancer-like caramel color flavor to it.
Speaker 3:Who needs it?
Speaker 1:And look cereals. Certain cereals have caramel color. Deli meats is another one. Sometimes it's added to deli meats to give it a certain look, a certain color look. And certain packaged canned soups Packaged and canned soups have caramel coloring to it just to give it a look. Maybe it might be a beef type of soup or a certain type of soup. They want to bring a little more brownness to it and they'll have caramel color in there. So be aware, if you read labels, hopefully you do look out for caramel color in there. So be aware, if you read labels, hopefully you do look out for caramel color in there. Totally up to you.
Speaker 1:Again, if you look it up and research, some will say oh yeah, you can have a little bit of it, and others say, okay, here's the level you can have, and then after that it's toxic. Um, I prefer not to even bother having it at all, because if there is a toxic level, then I don't even want to think about any of it.
Speaker 3:And I love that you bring this to the table so that people can be aware. Yeah, you know, so you know what's going on out there.
Speaker 1:Now we're on to our next segment.
Speaker 3:It's called Relationship Chat because Michael and I like want to see people stay together. We want to see marriages healed and glued together. So we go ahead and do just a little blip on this part and I've entitled this as Cover your Mouth.
Speaker 1:Cover your Mouth. The Relationship Chat for this week. I am excited to hear I have a little inkling because I've got the notes.
Speaker 3:Because you've got the notes.
Speaker 1:You put this one together, my dear. Yeah, and after a 44-year anniversary celebration last week. I want to hear what you've got for the cover your mouth, because this should be interesting.
Speaker 3:Yeah, well, I've learned how to do it more and more and still have to. Have you ever said something and just after it came out of your mouth, you wished you could grab it and pull it back in? Essentially, you wished you wouldn't have ever said that. Well, I know Jenna says yes, yes, me too, and so I just want to teach you a little something about this. Okay, so the Greek sage Publius said I have often regretted my speech, but never my silence. You know what? That makes a lot of sense. Sometimes you just need to sit there and listen and not let the first thing come out of your mouth, because it can hurt. And King David in the Bible said I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin, I will put a muzzle on it. So if you know what a muzzle is, a muzzle is something it's kind of like looks like this it's kind of like a knitted piece of material that goes over a dog's mouth, over the dog's nose.
Speaker 1:Yeah, nose and mouth.
Speaker 3:Yeah, nose and mouth so that the dog won't do anything dangerous like bite somebody or eat poisonous food. So how do we go ahead and muzzle our mouth? How do we go ahead and cover our mouth? Well, I've got a couple of tips. Tip number one is first, pause Before you say anything. Just pause for 10 seconds and think if what I'm going to say out of my mouth is it going to lift somebody up? Is it going to be encouraging? Is it going to be positive? Is it going to be necessary? Is it going to be positive? Is it going to be necessary? Is it going to be kind? Is it going to be gentle? Is it going to be loving? Ask yourself those questions, and if the answer is yes, it's definitely going to say it, then say it. It's going to help. But if it's not going to do any of those, then just keep it back in here, don't. But if it's not going to do any of those, then just keep it back in here. Don't go ahead and cover your mouth. And if you've got to go, then do it. Or you can. If it's not appropriate, just do it in your mind. That you're putting on, you're covering your mouth.
Speaker 3:And then the next tip is talk less. We've been given two ears and one mouth, and so we're supposed to listen more and speak less. And you know what, when I have done that with Michael and the girls and other people, my relationships I have noticed that I've learned more about that person because I'm hearing them. I'm not the one speaking, I'm hearing them and then I'm able to. If they ask for an opinion, or if they ask a question, what do you think? Well then they're asking me. Well then it's time to open my mouth. And the third tip is you can go ahead and begin today with this. All you need to do is think first is this going to be helpful or not helpful? And talk less and listen more and just watch your relationships. Just go ahead and implement it and see how it goes. I'd love to hear your feedback on that.
Speaker 1:I have to agree with everything you said there, because we've learned the hard way, because we've learned that you know, I mean you and I, in our own ways, did that beginning.
Speaker 1:You know, saying, um, I mean we were I don't think we were ever really really nasty, but you know, at the beginning you know we'd have harsh words and and then when you start to, then when? But when you stop and you listen and you hear the other person's side as far as how they are feeling or why they said what they said or they came to, you start to get a little more of an understanding and and maybe gain some empathy and some insight and then you go, oh okay, well, now I understand. Gosh, I was just shooting my mouth off. I should have you know. All right, sorry about, about that. You know, yeah, you know, and we all do that.
Speaker 1:As human beings, we want to be heard. Yeah, I want to get my word out. I want to be heard, and so that's a struggle for all of us. It's not us, but then I'm not saying it's just any of you listening and watching today. It's you individually, but it's all of us as human beings. We want to be heard. It's all about us. So this is a real great skill with relationships, even if you feel that the other person is wrong or maybe something's harsh. Just take that pause, nod your head like, okay, I'm thinking about this, you know, and just take a break on it. You know, and listen, because you it might uncover something you didn't realize, even possibly about yourself. That you'd be like, oh, okay, wow, all right, now I do hear what you're saying. Okay, maybe I'm changing my thought process on what I was just about to go with my mouth.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so I love this this is very, very good hon.
Speaker 3:Thank you, thank you Thanks.
Speaker 1:Yeah, did you have a great inspiration and empowerment to leave everybody with today?
Speaker 3:Yes, Having the right attitude. How important it is to have the right attitude when life goes kapow to you. You know life's going to happen, that's just the way it is. I read a story about I've been reading a lot about soldiers and war heroes. I read that during the Korean War, when US Chester Puller found himself surrounded by eight enemy divisions, his response was okay, they're to the left of me, they're to the right of me, they're in front of me, they're behind me, they can't get away from me. Now I mean, is that a wonderful way of looking at the whole situation? Okay, I see where you are.
Speaker 3:Now I know where the enemy is you know so, in life there will be challenges, there's going to be good days and there's going to be bad days. It's inevitable. It's just the way life is. But just when you find yourself in a really hard place, you have two choices. One choice is having a bad attitude and letting the situation win over you and you feeling like the victim Because, remember, the greatest real estate is the eight inches between your ears. Are you going to be a victim or are you going to be a victor, saying no, I've got this, I'm going to win this battle, this battle is not going to overcome me. Or the second choice is well, that's the second choice is having the right attitude. The first choice is having the wrong attitude and then being overtaken by the situation. It's our choice. We get to decide what kind of attitude we get to have, and that has been very important during this last week for me and for you.
Speaker 1:And for me and for me. Yeah, like I said at the beginning of the show, we've had a rough week, so a lot of stuff has happened, but we've had to check our attitude constantly throughout the week so we don't crumble and just whine and complain and, oh, woe is me. And all this and that, yeah, you have it. And I'm not saying, yeah, you don't have that for a moment or two, but it's when you check your attitude and start coming out the other end of it and some things came up through the week where you know others might have contacted us where their situations were incredibly horrible. You know, you gain that perspective also too. And yeah, just us as human beings. It's our attitude throughout our life that's going to keep us moving forward. You know, instead of so, do we take that positive attitude moving forward to keep going, or do we crumble under our own attitude?
Speaker 3:And let the situation win.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's our choice.
Speaker 3:Well, we've come to the end of the show the MD and Chef Team Show and we want to just say it's time for us to say goodbye, but we'll be back next week and we encourage you to come back and be with us week after week. Look, our goal is to help you emotionally and physically. Be your best, because you know what that's. The best way to live our lives is to feel our best. So that's what I just wanted to close it with.
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