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You Are What You Eat
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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