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You Are What You Eat
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Feb 1, 2023
It's true! You are what your eat. Who says you can't be healthy with little time? We share some easy ways to eat well with a busy schedule, and some of our favorite healthy treats. #healthyeating #busylife #heathytreats All interviews are for informational purposes only and are educational in nature. Any health advice discussed in this show/podcast is not intended to treat disease and should be discussed with your doctor prior to implementing. 📌 Subscribe to Caren's Channel: https://YouTube.com/@carenglasser 📌 Subscribe to Rob's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialrobglasser Watch all shows on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3VStXU3 Follow Caren on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carenglasserlive Follow Caren on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/carenglasser Check out the AlteredUniverseLive store to pick up some cool swag: https://www.altereduniverse.live/shop Don't forget to download a free copy of our eBook "Finding Your Passion": http://www.mindingyourmentalhealth.com
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I'm Karen Glasser here and welcome to
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minding your mental health I'm here with
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my co-host and Son Rob Glasser how are
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you doing today Rob not too bad thank
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you for asking
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always my pleasure we talk about how a
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changing World affects our day today and
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what you can do to make life just a
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little easier and today we are talking
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about food
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and you are what you eat
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I just love this title so that does that
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mean does that make me an enchilada or
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something because that's what I had for
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lunch too actually I enchilada they're
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delicious delicious
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um yeah so eating healthy is not
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everybody's cup of tea and for this
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particular episode we're sticking to
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breakfast and lunch dinner is kind of up
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in the air so we're not going to dive
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into that however breakfast and lunch
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can be easier and can easily take zero
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time at all
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um I heartvegetables.com which is
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hilarious title for a website uh have
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some general ideas
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um they recommend things like you know
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prepping your your stuff beforehand uh
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using some of those delivery services
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however I Cappy up because we've done
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that before you run the risk of shipping
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issues and only having what they have in
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stock which if you're kind of like me a
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finicky eater if you don't like what
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they have for the week you're you're
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kind of screwed
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um but generally speaking that stuff is
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pretty good especially if you're short
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on time you usually pop them in the
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microwave take five or six minutes and
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you have a supposedly fresher healthier
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meal okay however for me I take it a
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step further
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um starting with breakfast breakfast is
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probably the easiest thing to do
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um for me my personal favorite now is
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oatmeal
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um Amazon actually has a great deal you
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get I think 40 50 packs of it for like
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10 bucks and you put a couple in a bowl
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I use lactate personally because I like
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the flavor better than water and two
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minutes in the microwave and you're done
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and the great thing about oatmeal is not
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only is it good for you because fiber
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generally helps regulate but it actually
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keeps you full
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um you know we do have things like the
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Jimmy Dean croissants and stuff like
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that which are not super healthy they do
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keep you full but if you want something
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that keeps you full and healthy I'd go
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with oatmeal what is your go-to easy
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breakfast well first of all I want to
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know about this oatmeal is that like
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Quaker Farms is that like or Quaker
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whatever yeah so Quaker oatmeal cream so
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I get the one that's flavored uh banana
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strawberry
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yeah the only thing there because people
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have made comments on online because the
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fruit is in there you add an extra sugar
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content now usually it's not that big of
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a deal because if you compare the sugar
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in that to like ice cream it's a
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difference it's not as bad and I eat
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that too I mean I do the same fruit and
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cream you know veg oatmeal packages I
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what I do is then I throw in a huge
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humongous handful of fresh blueberries
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into my into my oatmeal stick it in the
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microwave now I do put water I never
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thought to do milk or Lactaid but I
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guess that would be tasty too but I put
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that in the microwave then the
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blueberries literally like cook they get
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juicy and oh my God you're adding more
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flavor to it yeah and fruit and fresh
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fruit and so I do that but I also I'm a
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big
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um kefir or or vanilla yogurt girl I
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love to have vanilla yogurt fresh
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blueberries on top of that so I always
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have blueberries at home and you can
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also get them Frozen right you don't
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have to always have fresh
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um and then I put a handful of granola
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really healthy granola on top of that so
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now I have my yogurt my berries my um
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you know granola and it's really really
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tasty really
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yogurt unfortunately pure yogurt I can't
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do so I have to stay away from all of
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that stuff luckily there is Lactaid now
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thank God so I can have my second choice
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book this is a bowl of cereal there you
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go it's that easy now again you pick
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what you get
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um you don't have to
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you know Special K every day I like Life
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cereal personally she goes for Honey Nut
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Cheerios but yeah on occasion I'll pick
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something up a little more sugar or
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whatever but generally cereal minus the
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kid stuff it's another easy thing to do
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because all you need is cereal and your
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your milk
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um but between the two to be honest
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because cereal doesn't fill me as as it
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would
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I still think oatmeal is the better
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choice personally right right I'm
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curious what our viewers think we have
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we have six people that are listening
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right now I'd like to hear what you guys
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think what do you like to have for a
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quick and easy breakfast we're talking
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about things that get you out of the
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door fast or if you're not leaving out
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of your into your office fast because
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we're talking about those kind of foods
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so let us know what you think Rob what's
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the next thing so the third one for
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breakfast is the smoothie
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um and this is your choice
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um you know places like Jamba uh Rubix
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all that stuff have a wide variety of
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fruit choices a lot of people at home
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you can do the same thing as well more
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often than not though people go for the
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green uh with with kale and spinach
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stuff like that which you can do as well
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but either way whether you're doing the
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vegetable or the fruit again a blender
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your fruit and you're done it takes a
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matter of I don't know two minutes three
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minutes right
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do you do those do you have do you do
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smoothies I have not made a breakfast
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smoothie
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um I have had breakfast smoothies uh
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some of them have a thicker
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I don't know what's the base of it but
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there's a thicker base to it so it's
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it's chunkier yeah it makes it a
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breakfast smoothie it's
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smoothies to me have always been dessert
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or snack it never struck me as a
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breakfast food because it's something
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you get when it's 100 degrees and you
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want something hot here to drink and you
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don't want just a bottle of water
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I can see though if you're on the go and
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again this is one of the ones you can
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prep you can actually put everything in
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the fridge before and then dump it into
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your thing and boom and you go out the
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door and you're done right
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um yeah I don't know I mean I like the
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idea of a smoothie I just I don't
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correlate morning and smoothie
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necessarily I'm not I don't like I don't
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do smoothie I I do though yeah I don't
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know I do the nutritional drink s also
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because I have a challenge right just
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trying to keep weight on me so I do
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Boost which is low sugar you get the low
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sugar one I was gonna say because isn't
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there an issue with the sugar but they
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have all different versions of it and
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I'll get the low sugar one and one that
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has 365 calories but for me is awesome
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and you can get them in chocolate and
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vanilla all different flavors it's like
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drinking a chocolate malt you know I I
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think that um yes there's sugar in it
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and it but it's lower sugar but
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sometimes I don't know how you feel
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about this is it just getting the
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sustenance in you so that you can you
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know have something in you to to be
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pronounce it
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I mean nowadays you have uh for a
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diabetics
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um
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Glucerna which is the same idea but but
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no sugar spikes so right I guess at this
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point it doesn't really matter because
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you theoretically have a version of it
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for anybody I used to like I used to
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drink them thinking it was a balanced
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thing it turns out for me it really
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isn't it doesn't actually have any
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calorie intake so I drink it and I'm
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like why am I hungry so right you have
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to look at the box and and make sure you
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know for you it works for me it doesn't
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for those watching it might be either or
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right you have to look at the box and it
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goes for any of the you know even the
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smoothing and stuff too if it
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yeah I don't know I'm trying to think of
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the right words if it doesn't make sense
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to what your your sustenance need right
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don't spend yeah because it's good you
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know what I mean yes
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breakfast is weird because breakfast it
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depends you know weekend we talked about
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you know the other day the brunch thing
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and if you have more time you can make
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whatever right right for instance I was
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thinking you know what could I for lunch
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and I was thinking like eggs you could
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actually make scrambled eggs for lunch
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if you wanted it's not a normal food but
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it does have the protein and I think
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minimal fat because I think if you use
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this I think with the perfect food it
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has everything perfect you're not one
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has everything you can scramble a hard
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boil soap but going to lunch uh the two
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things that I came up with uh first one
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was the wrap now I did a wrap over
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sandwich for multiple reasons here you
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know because of her of her um
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intolerance of it we can't eat a lot of
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bread stuff so no Bagels no sandwiches
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no whatever however most people can take
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a tortilla
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limited issue and put in whatever you
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want but when I say whatever you want
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obviously we're talking healthy so put
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something healthy in there but a wrap is
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fairly easy you can usually pick them up
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I know places like Starbucks and Coffee
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Bean will have those wraps for you or
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you just grab it if you want to the
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store put it together and you have a
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wrap
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I will say if I'm gonna eat it I gotta
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get it from a restaurant over making it
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home because first because they they
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fill it
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to a point where it's a legitimate
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sandwich wrap I don't know how much I
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can put in my sandwich without making it
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expensive but really to be honest with
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you I'm going to eat a sandwich or a
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wrap I've got to get it from a
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restaurant I can't make it here it
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doesn't fill me the same way it doesn't
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I don't know if it's because they have
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more quality food they have more
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quantity of food what do you think I
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mean I love a good bagel yeah I just
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when you make it at home it doesn't
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taste right it tastes like I'm eating
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bread and nothing like I don't oh my
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gosh I love that I can't do it I love
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Bagels we do Bagels no no I love Bagels
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I just I don't want I can't make one at
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home I have to get one from someone who
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makes them like at a bakery because they
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know how to fill it and they know how to
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do it right and when I make it here it's
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like it's disgusting I can't make a big
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old home I just I don't like it but for
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those who need something quick a rap is
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really easy I mean don't you know don't
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take it from me but a wrap actually is
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really quick and easy she likes him a
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lot uh we'll take in whatever our
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favorite lunch meat is throw in uh some
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lettuce whatever and you're done and
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they fit in almost anything so you throw
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them in your purse you throw them in
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your bag whatever it is my second one
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that I actually prefer more is the
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starkist tuna packs because it literally
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is just pure fish no fillers and you
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know this from Sushi days fish as a
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protein is one of the best proteins to
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eat minimal fat uh high in the vitamins
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there's a lot of you know vitamin B
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vitamin D and starkist did the best
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thing ever they actually have it in
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chicken now you can do it too and they
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recently actually just made bowls you
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can do as well which is pretty freaking
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cool but I love it because all you do is
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you pour it out you have your cracker
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or your whatever and that's your meal
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now weirdly enough that does fill me if
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I have the right cracker all right right
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so what do you think about the starkist
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yeah I think it's great so you know and
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I would say I wouldn't buy the little
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packages because they probably pay three
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times more for the little packages for
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all the paper and the package I'll tell
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you why I do it but I'll let you I'll
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tell you why I do it a second and so I
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would I would like get a can of tuna and
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separate it out myself but that's just
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that's just me
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there's a taste difference horrible
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taste difference the canned tuna has got
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so much liquid in there to me she she
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likes I think she's fine with it
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the package has done gotten all the
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liquid out all the moisture
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got it canned tuna is
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with an exception of a couple Brands I
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you know starkist canned tuna does
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pretty good but canned tuna generally
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like if it's a store brand like if it's
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the Costco or the Ralphs they don't
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fill it as they should and you're stuck
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with kind of funky tasting so that's why
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I gotta do the packs because for me if
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I'm going to eat something healthy I I
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want it to be good on all forms not just
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good for me but the taste has got to be
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good you know I like to do
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um have you ever had um Nan peep naan
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bread n-a-a a couple times yes they're
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about this big you know in there it's
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like a flat bread right yeah okay it's
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like a pita but better it's it's it's
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got substance Pita you know you can put
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your finger you know hand it and it
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opens it right this is this is a piece
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of flat bread really and I'll buy it and
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I will I'll make little mini pizzas out
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of it I always have tomato sauce in the
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refrigerator
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and I always have shredded mozzarella
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cheese I take out the naan bread I stick
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it in the the oven or my air fryer I put
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some sauce and I put some whatever on it
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and boom would you count uh I mean again
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you're making it yourself would you
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count Pizza as a healthy alternative or
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as long as I as I keep it healthy right
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I I use I can use low salt tomato sauce
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if I want I can use fresh mozzarella
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cheese Mozzarella cheese grape is is a
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good cheese to use uh thanks Bucky I
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think these are all really really good
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choices
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um and I'll put some oregano on it you
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can put toppings whatever you have in
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the house it's a great thing to do but
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here's my my hack though for breakfast
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foods rub I will make waffles in my
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Waffle iron when I have time and then I
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will freeze them
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and then for breakfast in the morning
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we'll take out a couple of frozen
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waffles that I made during the week
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stick them in the toaster oven boom you
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got waffles
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I would say yeah I know carb wise a lot
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of people that I've talked to that
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that's the issue that's why they don't
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go for pancake or waffle but for ease of
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use I definitely agree with you on that
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because all you do literally you just
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reheat them and you're done and you're
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good to go a waffle is good I mean I I
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used to love them all the time I guess
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you just kind of lose your taste for
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things as you go I don't know
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um but yeah I mean again you can do a
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healthy waffle I know some of them sell
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like multigrain right
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or you could use wheat flour in your
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waffle I mean you could ah there you go
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yeah here's the other thing for fast
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quick breakfasts since we're staying on
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breakfast and lunch and you can buy
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these in the market but I tend to keep
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packages of different things in my
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freezer so if I want to do a fast
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Scramble with eggs but I don't want to
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have to be chopping up vegetables and
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doing all that other stuff to put in
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there I buy Frozen
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um you know vegetables like peppers and
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onions in a frozen bag that I would
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normally put in my Scramble then I'll
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just simply
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put you can even do it in the microwave
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put a couple of eggs
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throw in your vegetable Stone some
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cheese throw in a couple of pieces of
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your sausage or your whatever it is put
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it in the mug heat it up toss it like
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that yeah it is it uh it is a matter of
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balancing out the I mean you I don't
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think I don't think any none of us
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neither one of us saying don't eat carbs
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we're not saying that we're just saying
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exactly what you're saying there is a
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balance you want to make sure that you
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get a healthy balance of carbs as well
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as with protein agree 100 great content
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all right well okay I mean I I I I'll
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agree generally what he's saying I think
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though because we talked about this
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before with the uh you know
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um
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look at the restrictions for you what
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you're doing right the only thing I want
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you know and I think you'd agree to stay
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away from saying this early is generally
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all these things go for everybody I
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think generally speaking yes you want to
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have carbohydrates and proteins what I
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would never say and I don't think that's
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what he's saying but what I would never
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say is um equal amount
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and
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equal or or do it you know some people
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don't eat meat some people don't do
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stuff like that I've noticed actually
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some of the tofu and soy stuff that's
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the false meat tastes better and it's a
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little bit better for you too so for me
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if it's a little bit better for you
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there's another problem with talking
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about food is that it really goes down
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to who the person is I I like
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things for Taste and obviously for
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well-being
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but
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you have to kind of use common sense
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when you're doing it like for instance
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most people would agree a fish is
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probably the healthiest protein backed
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by science most people would say chicken
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is as well however if you get the wrong
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part of the chicken or you eat the
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heavier part it's not you know what I
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mean so it's kind of one of those same
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thing like I will tell you even though I
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do eat burger beef and pork are horrible
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compared to other proteins because of
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what it is
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but those who don't like fish or chicken
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I get it you're kind of stuck you have
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to be
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there you go and then you have you know
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vegan diet so it's a very specific thing
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I from what I've learned in
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research-wise there are things that
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people think are good that aren't but
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you look at what you're eating yourself
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and you decide yourself if you find out
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that you can eat a pork chop whatever
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regularly cool right I don't think
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that's good personally but maybe there's
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something I'm missing from you know what
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I mean
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but science does change I mean it used
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to be they said you could can't eat too
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many eggs it's too high in cholesterol
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and you're gonna you know you're you're
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gonna end up having heart attack now now
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they say
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you can have eggs so I think that as as
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science evolves right you know then
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things change and what we couldn't eat
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before someone all of a sudden we can
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eat now I think it's a balance you have
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people that are in keto balance keto
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diets that don't eat anything that's
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that's carb related at all right it's
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strictly a protein yeah no
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um and if you're vegan like Janet said
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you know you of course you can eat
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really there's nuts in all sorts of
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different ways you can get your protein
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right and to your point rob you know you
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said fish it's good well the salmon you
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can have farm raised salmon and wild
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salmon correct and we are told don't eat
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the farm raised even though I think it
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tastes better than the wild wild salmon
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tends to be oilier and you know but so
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it's a it is definitely a balance and
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you have to pick and choose what you're
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going to put into your body right
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exactly
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there you go I'm curious to what the
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rest of our uh viewers are also thinking
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thank you for those of you who are
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playing along with us we appreciate that
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Janet says yeah
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and that's like really because you know
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cookies and ice cream and food regular
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food your ketchup has sugar in it and
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your everything has sugar in it so I did
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a video on my other show the other day
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talking about healthy foods and not one
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was actually a fruit other than
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raspberries blueberries and strawberries
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because they were the three fruits from
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medical science that actually had the
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lowest amount of sugar and actually were
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good for you fruit in general it's not
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actually good because of the sugar
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content and it's natural sugar so you've
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got a very good winter Janet right
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they're a very good point
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um we we put together a bunch of
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different things that you might want to
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check out and this is the five
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ingredient cookbook we're doing it quick
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and easy right quick and easy recipes go
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ahead and scan the QR code it'll just
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take you over there to take a look at
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the book so that should be a lot of fun
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the other one that we want to share with
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you is you are what you eat which of
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course we had to pull this title because
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that was the name of the show you were
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and the plan that will change your life
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and again I think this is must this is a
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daily food journal so for a lot of
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people that are trying to figure out
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what they're putting into their body
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it's always a good idea to maybe write
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it down and a food journal is a great
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way to do it and then finally because
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when you're cooking you have to look
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good right so
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check out um from the altered Universe
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Live swag store
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um it's a very cool apron it has the
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Logan logo at the top and you know take
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a picture of you wearing it I'd love to
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see you guys wearing it and bring it out
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to us
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uh wait a second we got a couple of um
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so we have uh Janice naturopathic took
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doctor fruit yes exactly exactly
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just really good information guys um
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check out some of these books check out
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and let us know what you think tell us
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what you're eating tell us what you're
20:38
how you're keeping healthy and how you
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are what you eat
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uh oh I'm in trouble that would make me
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a sushi I would be a sushi I Love Sushi
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hey I'm not going to stop eating that
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that is like the best food in the world
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there's nothing on it other than fish so
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it's like you know well if you're a
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purist and if there's nothing else on it
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if you do all those things I do like a
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little Wasabi and you know all that
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stuff
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anyways we're glad that you joined us
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today Rob any last thoughts about what
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we eat
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you know oh there's vegan Sushi that's
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my final thought I'm now going to Google
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vegan Sushi because I've never heard of
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that there you go I learned something
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new today
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there you go there you go well thank you
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everyone for joining us today
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um as we always say at the end of the
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show
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um give you some resources just in case
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you are looking for some resources right
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now 988 is a short code if you are
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looking for some help and support dial
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that number and you will get sent off to
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the right place that will help you and
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of course check out some cool swag over
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at
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altereduniverse.live forward slash shop
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not just the apron is in there but a lot
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of other really cool things are there as
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well uh thanks buck
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we appreciate you too
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all right guys go out give somebody an
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awesome day and we'll see you next time
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on minding your mental health goodbye
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everyone
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