The Livy Method Podcast - Supplements That Help You Lose Weight w/ Dr. Paul Hrkal

Episode Date: May 5, 2026

Supplements aren’t the solution… but they can be part of it. The problem is, no one’s really explaining how.In this episode, Gina Livy is joined by naturopathic doctor Dr. Paul Hrkal to break down what actually matters in the world of supplements, and why it all feels so overwhelming. Between trends, influencers, and “miracle” products, it’s easy to lose sight of what your body actually needs. They talk foundational supplements as support, not quick fixes, and cut through the noise on what’s worth your time and what’s just hype. The bottom line? Most supplements are filling gaps created by modern life. It’s not about chasing the next best thing. It’s about giving your body what it needs to do its job. If you’ve ever wondered what to take, or why nothing seems to work on its own… this one will give some clarity.Where to find Dr. Paul:Instagram: @drpaulhrkalwww.paulhrkalnd.com If you are in the Spring 2026 Support Group, you can check out the full video here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm going to be honest with you, this podcast is unapologetically a hot mess because that is what midlife feels like sometimes. Why, though? And how do we make it better? Do we all just need facelifts and gLP ones? I mean, let's talk about it. No bullshit, no wellness wankery here because we're trying to make real change and change is hard. But we're in this together. Welcome to the Living Method podcast.

Morning. Good supplement. Hi. How are you? I'm great. How are you? Good. So we just want to know what supplements are going to help us lose weight, really. That's the question. Sure. Well, let's get into it. Since we're going to die right in, you know, I think people are wondering when they're looking at some of the primary supplements, the first ones, the foundational ones.

Yeah. You know, what's this got to do with my weight loss? Well, anyone that's been in the program has heard me talk before is going to hear that we've talked about how they are foundational to helping your body do what it's supposed to do. Here's the key piece. Supplements are not fat burners. They're not ozempic. They're not going to do a lot of the same things that I think in our mind we'd like them to do. But they allow your body to do the things that the diet and lifestyle changes that you are making on this program, it's going to allow it to do better. And that's why I think having adequate magnesium, omega-3s to lower inflammation.

are so important, probiotics handle the microbiome. There's some research now showing that probiotics can actually help with weight loss as part of a weight loss program. So there is lots of research coming out about this, Gina. Yeah. But it's really about helping your physiology do its job that the program is trying to upregulate. And that's ultimately the most important thing. Okay.

So content today, we have a follow. on supplements. They are the foundation. Basic, super basic that if you are deficient in them, they can hinder how your body function. So omega-3, vitamin D, magnesium, probiotic, prebiotic, digestive bitters, find the post, use the app, use the AI. All of the information is there on why we are suggesting them, what time to take them. It comes down to, okay, first of all, we're not trying to sell anybody anything. And I think that's really important because everybody out there online is trying to sell you anything and everything these days. So it's hard to know who we can trust, which is why going to your doctor is great, but they are not well versed in the supplement

industry and world. And this is where you come in and why we trust you because you'd give us the real deal. So I don't want to do an overview of the basics because we've already done that. And we link to post in the, like a link to a previous conversation you and I have had. I want to talk to you about what's happening online and, you know, we want to try new things. There's a luxury in being able to afford to try new things. I love that. But where's the line there between just me going and hearing about, well, this supplement, that supplement, whatever, just going and buying them on my own? Like, what do you think about all this?

It's craziness. I mean, I think this is really the crux of what I do as a natural public doctor as I just basically separate the wheat. from the chaff. There's a lot of junk out there. There's, I mean, at the end of the day, even some of these like quote unquote influencers, Gina, they're trying to sell you some something, some angus, you know, and we've been very transparent. I've been very transparent since I've started being a guest on your podcast and being part of the program and working with hundreds of people that have gone through the program personally in my practice. I'm not trying to sell you anything except trying to help you get better and to reach your health

goals. So I think that, you know, I think the ultimate. you know, follow the money question is important. So I think if there is, if it's kind of too good to be true, if they're making a lot of promises. And that's the thing with the U.S. is that in the United States, the FDA at this point in time doesn't really regulate what you say. As long as you say, I don't cure cancer or I prevent heart attacks unless the research shows that. In Canada, you can't say that. And so there's a huge difference between what you can buy online, especially in the U.S. versus what you can do in Canada.

You know, I think just, let's have a conversation about these things called peptides. Yes. Oh, yes, please. Yeah. Throw on the list. Yes, everyone listening wants to know, I have patience going down to the U.S., finding peptides. Peptides are not regulated in Canada.

But in the U.S., because it kind of is like the Wild West, like all the movies show, is that you can kind of get whatever you want. peptides are strings of proteins that amino, and amino acids that have a particular signaling mark. In a sense, like, Redatrutide is a peptide that works very similarly to Ozempic, for example, which is semaglutide. If you actually can look,

the names are quite similar. And then I think everyone is taking these injectables because they are hearing these incredible anecdotal stories. But in my opinion, opinion as a doctor, I think that they may be helpful for a lot of people, but they also may be not good for some people. I use the example of hormones. We're going to talk about hormones. You're going to have Dr. Olenka on talking about hormones. And hormones, I think, are really becoming one of those things that people are not realizing it's beneficial for you in a lot of cases.

But there are, Gina, there still are some cases where I wouldn't give somebody hormones. They're not, the research doesn't really show it's helpful. It may actually be. powerful in some people. I think it's the same thing. It's, everyone wants to imagine it as this like amazing thing that everybody should be taking. But there are certain cases that we may not want to

upregulate new blood muscle growth, which is kind of what TB 500 does, for example. And that could be a problem if a person has like a cancerous process happening because that's exactly what cancer does. My point is, is that I think we have to sprinkle in a little degree of caution as we're just talking about these new things.

And because there's such a push online, everyone's thinking it's the best thing. And it may not actually be for everyone. Now, I'm not saying it's not can be very helpful because I do think that there's a role for it. But you have to be careful with some of the sources that you get it from and if it's right for you. Okay. And this conversation, Dr. Paul, this is like what you, you live and breathe this conversation with supplements. And it's so fucking complicated, to be honest with you. So for people who might know, there are forms at GLP-1s or weight loss medications that are peptide base. Like what, Trezepatide is another one.

And so it's such a complicated conversation. Is this where if I'm interested in peptides, I really should go, because I just listen to a podcast. I mean, there's some like, there is not a lot of research. There's not. There's not. No. You know what the research is, Gina? It's like one influencer that happens to have some sort of medical credential behind them. And then there's a whole one sitting beside somebody that has no medical credentials behind them saying, this is unbelievable. It's amazing.

By the way, it's actually pretty expensive too. You know, it's like hundreds of dollars per, you know, a weekly stack. They're doing this thing called like the Wolverine stack. These are combinations of peptides that have this. you know, have this touted ability to kind of heal different things in your body. I just like with OZempic, I think there's a role. And you mentioned terseptide like Manjaro, for example, some of these things like Zepbound, these other newer medications that are coming out.

Yeah. There's a role for them. But we also have to be prudent with how we implement them and not just be like, hey, everyone should be injecting Zepbound because it's going to make everyone. No, there are some side effects. know long term, there's more and more research coming out that while there's beneficial effects, there are things that long term, we still don't fully have a good grasp on, Gina. And I think that's where someone like myself that's been around for decades has seen

things come and go. And at the end of the day, you said something very interesting at the beginning of this question. You said, things are so bleeping complicated. They are, but at the same time, they're not. I mean, the supplements that you've talked about, that we've talked about as primary supplements, these are things that even as a clinician, I use with 80% of my patients. I'm optimizing their vitamin D levels. I'm optimizing omega-3s.

I'm testing for those things like iron and B-12. I'm making sure that their body has the foundations. that's why doing a shake diet to lose weight while you will lose weight on it you will always gain it back the same thing is if you just have like a supplement stack or a peptide stack but you don't really do the underlying work it's not going to really do anything yeah yeah right so like in that sense it's actually very simple like follow the follow the livi program start doing some of the harder things like being mindful about how you're eating, consider what you are consuming, both in your mouth at night before bed, how you're sleeping, how you're thinking, and then

put the foundational things in place because the tried and tested method to sustainable weight loss and optimal body composition is basically following the plan and optimizing the primary supplements. Yes, because any one of these things, omega-3, vitamin D, magnesium, whatever, on its own, it might not do a whole lot for you, but in combination with everything you're doing. So I want to talk about NADs. Someone's asking about NAD. I want to talk about berberine. I want to talk about that. I want to talk about turmeric. I want to talk about all these GLP1 supplements that apparently we can take. I want to remember the old, like, you know, is this? this is an old ketone situation? Like, remember when Dr. Oz days were every week, like, you would recommend something and people run out and get it? What is really worth our time?

So the basic supplements really worth our time, because these are ones that are great for weight loss, they're great for health. They're great as we age. They're great for menopause. They're great for a lot of things. But give us the good stuff. Give us the good stuff, man. You know, I have to just pause here for saying because, Gina, we've never.

had this type of conversation. I'm going to say everyone listening right now, you are, you are having some virgin stuff here because we always like are like, let's go over like the basics. And at the end of that conversation, we're always like, well, but what about all these questions like burberine and peptides? I have to say, kudos to you for like actually just going right for the jugular here and asking the question. Okay, fine. I think, you know what? If someone wants to know about all these things, by the way, go back and listen to all the podcasts that we've done. So many. It's a great place to go.

I talk about all this in detail and also the resources that are being sent out are fantastic. And they're kind of a given at this point, right? Like they're a given. Like, BoMet3 is great for your brain health. Like, no? There probably will be some skeptical people out there, Gina. Because like, I mean, the questions that we used to ask, you used to ask me was, you know, what if I'm like skeptical about supplements in general?

And so like, you know, I answer those. So if you have that question, it's okay. You know what? It's good to kind of take this slowly. Some people that are new to the program, they've never taken a supplement before. And so they're kind of like, wow, I'm making all these diet changes. And then I got this Dr. Paul guy talking about supplements. No, I'm taking 20 of them.

I got everything. Well, I mean, then there's, yeah, there's those people too. Like I do take like a select, you know, amount of supplements. I took them this morning. A lot of my patients are on maybe four or five things that are therapeutic for. what they need to achieve. But I don't believe in people being on 20 different things all at the same time. So in that sense, you're right.

It can be overwhelming because they see the primary supplements. And then they're like, oh my gosh, there's like a secondary supplement list. Oh, my God. Is this a supplement program? No, it is not. This is meant to enhance your experience and your weight loss process. But as, you know, I'm going to be back. As we're having more conversations, you will understand when we talk about the root cause

of weight, not why you're not losing weight, you will. understand where some of these things come in, like turmeric. You asked the question about turmeric. So turmeric's a great anti-inflammatory herb, probably one of the most researched natural health products in the world. And the research keeps coming back to it helps lower inflammation, but at the cellular level. And just so we understand, it's, you know, Advil, like ibuprofen, it does lower inflammation,

but it blocks inflammation. It doesn't do it in the same way that omega-3, do it. They doesn't do it the same way that turmeric does it because what these particular nutrients do is that they go into the cell and they block the production of anti-inflammatory molecules and they upregulate your own anti-inflammatory molecules right at the source at the genetic level where something like at Advil, Ibrofen, they come in, they just place a block, but the inflammation still is brewing underneath the surface. So that's the big different. differentiation. Okay. So that's where turmeric comes in. I think turmeric is a great tool for a lot of people. Is that going to get rid of

everyone's puffiness? Is it going to eliminate rheumato arthritis? No. Is it part of a protocol? Absolutely, people with osteoarthritis, people with chronic inflammation, absolutely can benefit from the effects of curcumin. And turmeric is the active component of curcumin. Okay. So wait, there was a character on the pit. You watch the pit? No, but I've heard that. That's the ER show, right? Yeah. And someone turned yellow and had kidney issues from taking too much turmeric. How do we use it?

What's too much? Is that like just a crazy pants, like really overdoing it? Let's be like, let's not be crazy pants here. What is that? Do we have worried about that? Part of that is like Hollywood looking for something that they have to like, you know, source that's unique. Like you, I've seen, I've seen people that have done juicing carrots like three times a day

and they turn orange. They do. They're like I've seen people eating meats for three days straight and their poop and urine are red and it like freaks them out. They think it's bleeding. So these are things and turmeric is no different. It's a bright yellow spice. It's been used for thousands of years.

It's a staple in in Eastern Asian cooking, Indian cooking. And so from a dietary perspective, it is very, very safe. In fact, the health care. Canada and certain regulatory agencies in the U.S. have given it GRAS status, which is generally recognized that's safe, meaning that it's like it's like a food grade thing. So we know that the evidence is very safe. However, like with anything, if you do too much of it, like this person that you described on the pit, they must have been taking massive amounts of it. And they might have been taking a formula that it said it might have been 500 milligrams. They might have screwed up

and put a thousand milligrams in it. This actually does happen quite a bit. Like this is the reasons why people overdose on vitamin D where vitamin D, you know, you can get a thousand international units, but then you could also get in the U.S. 50,000 international units. And, you know, maybe some older person might say, oh, that looks like 5,000 and they start popping like 4 or 5, and that's how toxicity happens. So either the manufacturer screws up sometimes and puts the wrong potency or it's like a user error

and they're taking way more because they were prescribed a much lower dose. So that's most often what happens, Gina. Okay. So there's a reason why they put minimum recommended doses. Sometimes you need more, some people do you need less. This is why reaching out and working with someone like yourself. Because someone's like, we shouldn't take it with high blood pressure I found out. Can you have it with gallbladder, stones, if you're on blood thinners.

Like this is where you really want to be working with your own health care provider. This conversation is not prescriptive. This is awareness because we're seeing these things. And we're wondering, so we actually have turmeric curcumin. Yeah, turmeric's the herb. Curcumans is like the extract from the herb, like the most medicinal part of it. Yeah, that's on our secondary supplement list. So if you go into the app or you have the book, you can actually read more about sort of like why it's recommended, what you might want to keep in mind, doses and how to take and whatnot.

So turmeric, you can take in pills. Yeah, you can. You always, Gina, whenever there's a question, so many of the people I work with that are part of the program. They're coming in saying, Dr. Paul, I have, you know, I had a patient yesterday. She had problems sleeping. Obviously, she wants to lose a little bit of weight. But then she's like, Dr. Paul, how do I make sense with all these supplements? So we do comprehensive blood work. Sometimes they bring in their blood work. We review it all. We come up with a personalized, curated plan. We might have to do some additional testing to figure out,

you know what? This may be a hormonal issue. Okay. So let's navigate that. So basically what I'm, What I do is I'm like the quarterback of their kind of like health journey because they're, let's be honest, the current medical system is very fractured. It's very siloed. You see your family doctor for a couple of minutes. One issue. Can't bring anything else up. They know nothing about supplements.

They know nothing about diet. And then they're saying, hey, do you have an issue that I need to write you a script or send you for a referral? And then if you do get referred, it takes you months. And then the specialist is like, well, you know what? It's nothing wrong with your brain. so I got to send you to it to somebody else. So really trying to understand what's right for you.

And that is individualized. You mentioned gallbladder stones. Yeah, that's on the label. You know, blood thin medications. That's on every curcumin label. So yeah, that's case in point. Maybe it's not the right thing for everybody. Yeah.

And this is where working with somebody to help guide you on that. If you do have those questions or maybe you're on multiple medications, this is going to give you that peace of mind and make sure that you don't hurt yourself. Okay. What else is on our list? So tumor curcumin worth taking. What about what about berberine? What about all the other ones?

Burbrine is not on your list. So, I mean, I think we, I mean, unless it's changed. Nothing that's not foundational is on my list because it's such a, it's nuanced. It's specialized. Right. You know, like I said, ketones came out years ago. No one's doing ketones anymore. Not that there isn't a benefit for fasting and, you know, brain health and ketones and whatever.

But we want to talk about what's hot, what's new. everyone's talking about and what's actually going to be worth our money and what isn't. What's worth our money? I'm happy to, I'm happy to break it down. So berberine is a herb that's quite bitter. As a number of herbs that actually have this substance called bourbon. It's been actually research for decades.

It's been around for a really long time. Natural biotic doctors have always used berberine for blood sugar issues because it works like a medication called metformin. And what it does is that it prevents the liberation of sugar from your liver, which decreases your blood sugar. It also happens to kind of decrease your cravings, and it also works on your gut. So if you have some imbalance in your microbiome, using berbering can be helpful. On the same token, berberine is not ozempic.

Sometimes you see that online, you're like, oh, take this natural alternative ozempic. It does not do that. If a person has kind of like cravings and maybe they're pre-diabetic, Burbene might be a good option to talk to your supplement literate health care provider. And generally, it's fairly safe. does have some gut issues because it is bitter. So it could sometimes make people a little bit nauseous. But I do use it in my practice.

But I don't give it to everyone. And I don't think that every single person that's trying to lose weight absolutely has to be on berbering. I would sooner go with something like a prebiotic, a soluble fiber, a probiotic. Those I think are really, really important, making sure you're adequate levels of protein. I know you talk about that a lot in the program. I would say those are better to regulate blood sugar.

and then you can add birdrain if you if you if you're an actual biotic doctor thinks that's a good idea. Creatine you mentioned. I think creatine is like a foundational in the sense that especially people that are going through your program. I mean, you know your demographic. Most people are kind of like middle age women going to metapause. You know that creatine levels start falling in the brain. So it's less about you trying to like lift heavy and that's where a lot of people think of

creatine. It's more about making sure you have proper levels in your brain. brain in your muscles as you're trying to exercise a bit more and as you're trying to like optimize your health. If you are vegetarian, you absolutely should be supplemented with creatine because it is only found in meat, especially like more less done meat. So it's something like medium well state or a medium or rare. So that's the natural source of creatine. It's hard to find that. And yeah, so I would say those are two, you know, good supplements. Cretine I think is is definitely worth knowing.

The other thing, last thing about creatine, the dose matters. So most research, almost every single product is five grams per scoop. If you want the brain benefits, you might have to up that. So, you know, play around with that. So you might go up, you know, a couple scoops, get to 10, 15 or even 20 grams. Anywhere between 5 and 20 grams seems to be their research-based dose. And sometimes for brain health, you need more. I use a lot of it in my concussion practice.

I do a lot of care for people that have persistent symptoms, had a concussion in the past. I've seen a whole bunch of them recently that have gone through the program that want to optimize their brain health because they don't want to go down the root of their parents with dementia is a massive problem right now, you know, massive, massive problem. And it starts now. It starts now. If you're in your 40s, 50s and 60s and you want to optimize your brain health, you should be thinking about it right now.

Not when you're in your 70s and people are saying you're forgetting things and you're not. really yourself. Well, that's unfortunately the damage has already happened. That's why I take omega-3. Yeah. It's one of the best things that has the good research showing the higher the level of omega-3s in your blood, Gina, especially that DHA, which is one of the main ingredients that's in active ingredients in omega-3s, the lower the incidence of dementia is. So it's like they've reduced it for all the other variables. They've controlled that and they said that's the one variable. It's a very simple thing that you can do to optimize, not just your brain health, but your cardiovascular health, because it actually reduces the risk of dying of a stroke or a heart, sorry, of a heart attack,

not a stroke. Yeah, this is not my intention, but it's a great segue because you are working with Aqua Omega, which is like your quality of supplementation absolutely matters. There's so many benefits in Omega 3 is not just for weight loss, but brain health and cellular function and all of that. We're going to add that code to the list where you can, Dr. Paul is like secured us a really great discount with that. So I just want to mention that now so I don't forget it because I think it's it's kind of

amazing. For your brain, your brain, what's the number one supplement you would take? And for your body, what's the number one supplement you would take? Magnesium for your body, omega-3 is for your brain. Oh, really? Yeah. Your body is a majority muscle. And magnesium is one of the most important factors for muscle function.

It is hard to find in your diet. Pumpkin seeds are really the only thing that has adequate level. of it these days. And a lot of people are kind of like low key sub, you know, kind of subclinical deficiency of magnesium. So if I had to, if you had to pin me on it, I would say, I would probably put vitamin D in there as like the trifecta because vitamin D just does so many different things. And we're Canadians and probably North Americans, most people, unless you are getting natural light, sunlight regularly and you're living close to the equator most of the year, you're not going to get adequate levels. I mean, I've talked about this last time. I'm on this massive

kick of optimizing your light exposure, including sun health, sorry, circadian rhythm and sun hygiene. So we'll talk about this more, but I think this is a huge thing that I think we're kind of missing the boat here, Gina. A lot of times we're being told you need to like, you know, slather on, cover up. And I think that you were missing the benefits of. of natural sunshine. You mentioned something like NAD. So NAD is a supplement that increases mitochondrial energy production. That's the whole gist.

Plus, there's some animal research showing that it might upregulate some anti-aging genes at the level of your cell, like right down at the core. And so that's why it's being touted online, being like, oh my gosh, it's the best thing for, you know,

these anti-agers. So sunlight, natural healthy sunlight, red light therapy, if you've heard about that, it's all doing the same thing. That's going after your body's mitochondria to increase it. There's little tiny, little transporters. They're called coenzymes inside in your mitochondria. These are cells. And when light hits them, Gina, it increases its ability to transfer electrons and produce energy. So this is why laser works, like therapeutic laser for people that

have like some chronic issues. This is why red light therapy works. This is why everyone, that goes out in the sun feels better. Why does everyone feel miserable in the winter? It's because they're not getting natural sun. So you want to have proper sun hygiene. No one's saying getting burnt. I'm just saying, you know, five, 10, 15 minutes just to get your body charged up, make vitamin D, and then you can cover up and do whatever else you need to do.

That's very important. I just want to address. People are like, what brand of Omega 3, what magnesium, all that's all in the notes, including a link to the one that Dr. Paul recommends. You know what is so interesting because you and I've talked to. about this before, how supplementation is like, if you were trying to get enough magnesium, you'd have to curate your whole diet to make sure you're getting enough. And supplements are there to supplement until you're able to get the nutrients, for example, from the foods that you need.

But I just got hot with hit with this major aha moment where all of these conversations, creatine, NAD, these peptides, all of that is supplementing the things that we are not fucking doing in our life. are not making an attempt to get the sun. And I know, you know, obviously you don't want to be at there at 12 o'clock in the Caribbean with no sunscreen on. That's not what we're saying. You know, creatine for our brain, because when we're not sleeping, we're not sleeping because we're up watching Netflix. Like all of this stuff out there, they're not magical fat burners. They are things that, GLP ones, right, food noise. Yes, it helps with food noise and helps with

appetite. Or you could also work to be in tune to those things. So all of these are supplementing the shit that you are not fucking doing in your own life. That is a massive, massive aha moment, mic drop. Because I could go through almost every single supplement and tell you what diet or lifestyle thing that this is kind of making up for. You know what, Gina, you and I, let's do it together right now. Vitamin D. We are not meant to be inside, sitting in front of a desk all the time.

We're meant to be outside. So it's a, it's a sunlight deficiency, you know, when you really think about it. Now, I know I get it sometimes, you know, if you're living in Norway or if you're living in Northern Canada, that doesn't, that's not possible. However, they also ate a lot of fish and they ate organ meats that when I say they, I mean, people are ancestors, I'm talking 50, 100 years ago that had natural vitamin B in it and had natural vitamin A in it. So you got it through your diet if you didn't get it through your son.

We don't do that anymore. Food noise, OZempic. Food noise is a problem because food has been created to increase pleasure, not for sustenance. And so when you're eating ultra-process food, that screws up your brain's ability to differentiate between what's pleasurable and what's good for me. And so I'm just stuck on this like, think of like a mini drip of cocaine. If I'm just going to drip it in like in tiny minuscule amounts, that's basically what ultra-process food is doing.

So that results in food noise. So then we have to take GLP wants to combat that. Yeah, because no one's obsessing about broccoli all day long. But yes, okay, go on. No, yeah. Magnesium. We're not. the agricultural food practices of having these massive fields, pumping them through all season long

for growing spinach, for example, not having proper fertilizer, not having a regenerative farming happening. The amount of the plant is there, but the amount of nutrients in those plants have precipitously gone down. So, yeah, I'm eating my greens. And that's the way that we normally got our magnesium. Magnesium is the main part in a plant that's attached to things like chlorophyll, which is the same as what's in our blood called hemoglobin.

It's analogous. That's the main thing in plants. Magnesium, because they don't care about magnesium. Farming practices don't care about magnesium. They care about fast growth. So they pump in nitrogen. Tons of nitrogen as fertilizers, but they don't put magnesium and other things. Problem.

So it's a, it's a food deficiency problem because of agro. Omega threes. Well, we've lost touch with foods that are higher in omega-3s, like good quality, fish because of the massive amount of pollution that we have in our environment. So we're like, let's cut back on that. So now we're switching over to non-Omega-3 sources. And in fact, we're upping omega-6s, all these seed oils, which are a little controversial because there's research showing they do nothing.

There's research showing that they may be pro-inflammatory. But basically, our amount of omega-6 seed oils have gone up massively. And saturated fats in omega-3s have gone. down. Yeah, it's not the seed oils. It's the lack of omega-3s. It's the balance. Right? If it's vilifying seed oils, seed oil, seed oil. It's the balance. Yeah. So we have now 20 omega-6s, that's the seed oils, to one omega-3. Our ancestors, even 100 years ago, had five omega-6s to one omega-3. That's a huge shift in ratio to them. Massive. Because they were fish not making oil out of their plants. Okay. Got it. Cs. Yes. Okay. You know,

You know, creatine, for example, creatine came from eating animal meats that were kind of unprocessed, local. That was all that our levels were fine because of that. But now we're eating highly processed meat, sandwich meats, you know, burgers. All that's done, gone. You know, creatine's going to be destroyed if you're overcooking it, heating it, anything processed. So agro, agro food processing is destroyed creatine. So why? Now we've got to supplement it.

So you got to spend money on doing that. You know, Gina, I could go on and on and on and on. K-Q-10, probiotics, the amount of antibiotics in our world. Great. Saves you from that life-threatening infection. But then when it's used kind of like over the years frivolously, there was like the 90s, 80s and 90s, antibiotics were like tick-tacks. What do you think happens to those antibiotic substances when you pee them out?

It goes back into our environment, starts destroying the ecosystems. And then we're absorbing that back in. So yeah, maybe our water doesn't have bacteria in it because it's treated with chlorine, but it has medication residues. It has hormonal residues, all the women on birth control, all that's being absorbed. The water system does not filter that. I know I'm going dark here, but this is like, I know, you ask for it, you're getting it. This is what's happening in our water systems that's absolutely, that's destroying our microbiome.

Glyphosate. Glyphosate is Roundup. So all these poor farmers that were forced to switch over to using seeds that are Roundup ready. Now they can spray Roundup. It doesn't kill the plant, kills all the weeds around it. That glyphosate is all over those plants, especially wheat. Who listening to this has gone to Europe can eat all the pizza and pasta, no bloating.

I had a patient yesterday. Yeah. Same thing. Oh my gosh. My gout is horrible. when I'm eating here, they went to Europe. Oh, you know what?

I ate everything, Dr. Paul. I had nothing. No flares, no nothing. Yeah. Yeah. It's glyphosate because they don't have it in the EU. They don't have it in Italy. And we have a ton of it in Canada and North America.

I don't want to keep going because it's going to be a depression session because it's literally, my goal is to motivate people. The point is, the point is. Let's bring this back full before I get totally unraveled here. Yeah. Point is. What is the point?

What is the fucking point? What's the point? The point is that you may take a moment and step back being like, why do I have to do all this extra crap? Why do I have to take supplements? Why do I have to work so hard at losing weight? Why can't this just be easy? Because unfortunately, as I've just outlined, there's a lot of things that we've been exposed to since we've been little that have tinkered with our optimal metabolism. So the livy program and all the things that it's asking you to do is literally trying to get you back to your foundational physiology.

And it sometimes is going to take weeks, months, maybe even multiple sessions to start rebuilding that at the root. Because our physiology has been so toxified over the years that it has kind of forgotten how to properly do what it's supposed to do. are not supposed to be overweight. We are not supposed to be tired. We are not supposed to be this deficient. And this is where nutrients, like we talked about today, can play a role in just giving your body those building blocks to properly function. That's the takeaway point. Yeah, you know, I so appreciate you. And you're right, we've had a lot of conversation as and I tend to avoid these because I just think there's so much chitter chatter and out there and conspiracy theories and villainizing. It's nice to hear from someone who actually knows a little

something about something when your mission isn't. Your mission isn't to try to get likes or clicks or sell or all of those things. And we're all sitting there seeing these things and wondering about these things. So I don't know that we solved anything for anybody today, but it's nice to have a really open conversation where we're like, oh, okay, all right. I get it. It's not just me. We want, We want people thinking differently. We want people thinking differently here. What's our next conversation going to be on? I don't even know.

Well, you're totally going off script at this point. You threw me for a curveball. And you know what? I think we had a great conversation. I'm glad you did it. And you know what? More importantly, I think the people listening appreciate this, Gina. You know, I think it's like real talk.

We've had those other kind of more, we'll call them like stale conversations, kind of the basics. We're important. but we've done that. So I'm glad that, you know, we're answering questions that people have ultimately. Like my goal is why I keep coming back and wanting to chat with you about this is because I really feel like helping them navigate a tough thing is part of my mission as a doctor. You know, the word doctor means teacher in Greek.

That's the original meaning. And I truly come from a family of teachers. I do a ton of education. I love sharing what I, what I do. do and what I've learned with my patients and I've done openly. So, you know, I'm, for example, on next Friday, the 15th, I'm hosting a free webinar talking. I was going to ask you about that detox, about detox, right? It's all about detox. I'm going to talk about this with a colleague of mine. He's actually one of my mentors. I grew up in early in my practice learning from him.

He does a ton of detox stuff. He's been around the world, learn about the best detox things. I'm going to break all this down. I mentioned his detox at the end because we've been toxified. like I just laid out. So how do we kind of navigate that? Gina, you talk about detox. You say, well, you're just detoxing, right? Like, I really appreciate that right from the start that you even were talking about that. So I'm going to try to break it down for everybody on Friday.

So come free, join. We'll send out the link for everybody, but this, you know, just come learn. Yeah, I will, we also have an email that goes out every Monday because it's next week. I'll add the link in it for anyone. So check your emails. We'll give you more information on that because, you know, detoxes are jam around here. But, you know, you don't got to do detox teas and cleanses and all that shit. No, we're going to talk about that.

Your body's quite good at it. Okay, good. All right, Dr. Paul, I always adore you in our conversations. This is where we're going to do. We're going to meet people where they are at moving forward. If you are joined us live, I see your comments. Thanks for your questions. More information to the post, the AI, use the app.

This is just an awareness conversation, not run out and buy everything we talked about conversation. Have a great day. Thanks for joining. You as well. Have fun wherever you are. You're sitting some hotel room. Ottawa. Ah, okay.

Enjoy it. Thanks. See ya. Bye, guys. Bye, everyone.