• Hosts: Ed Jones (Owner of Nutrition World) & Clint Powell
• Guest: Ben Fuehrer (Representative with VT24)
• Topic: Microplastics & Detox
• Variety of other topics all related to living a healthy life.

Presented by: Nutrition World

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Broadcasting from the Nooga Dentistry Studio

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Production of: Whitfield Media Group

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Show Summary & Time Stamps:

Title: Detoxing from Microplastics, Hydrogen Water ( Hype vs Benefits), Sleep Tracking & More

[0:00:00] Show Intro

• Ed Jones and Clint Powell open the show with their usual mix of deep health insight and humor.
• Reminder: Content is educational and not medical advice.

[0:01:41] Microplastics: Risk, Everyday Sources, and Lifestyle Strategies

• Why microplastics are a serious, everywhere problem—and why panic doesn’t help.
• Simple exposure‑reduction tips: safer cookware, smarter bottled‑water habits, plastic‑free chewing gum.

[00:03:09] Hydrogen Water: Hype vs. Potential Benefits

• Ed’s year‑long experiment with hydrogen water.
• How it may support mitochondria, inflammation, and aging—and why it can take ~6 months to notice changes.
• Options: generators vs. tablets.

[0:05:42] Other Products & Announcements

• Optimize Your Fertility Lecture: Wednesday, April 1 at 6 pm. Led by Katie Poole
• Digestive Enzyme Discovery – Ed discusses Enzymedica Digest Basic
  • Previously believed in enzymes but didn’t take them consistently.
  • After taking them for ~2 weeks: Reports zero gas, better regularity, and higher energy.

• Restaurant/food talk (Portofino): Ed praises Portofino for using tallow instead of seed oils to grease pans

[0:14:27] Listener Question: Arthritis, Pain & Inflammation

• Listener Gail:
  • Paraplegic, developing arthritis, pain, and spasms in various areas.
  • Asks for non‑diagnostic advice: lifestyle, supplements, diet for pain and inflammation.
• Non‑diagnostic ideas for chronic pain and spasms:
  • Low‑oxalate diet and how it transformed Ed’s own pain.
  • Omega‑3s, microbiome support, and curcumin as natural anti‑inflammatories.

[0:18:53] Sleep, Data & Misperceived Insomnia

• An 80‑year‑old client’s “insomnia” debunked by Oura Ring data.
• Ed reviews her data and finds:
  • She has excellent sleep scores (70s–80s).
  • HRV ~60 at age 80 (better than Ed’s own HRV of ~20).
• Conclusion: She has installed a “software of anxiety” about sleep for decades
• Why objective sleep tracking can rewrite your health story.

[0:24:41] Natural Cough Remedy: Honey + Instant Coffee

• A clinical trial where a honey‑coffee paste outperformed prednisone and guaifenesin for persistent cough.
• Protocol (from the study he describes):
  • Mix: About 20 g honey with 2.9 g instant coffee to form a paste. Use instant coffee, not brewed ground coffee.
  • Dosing: About ½ tablespoon of the paste, 3 times per day.
• Outcomes: Honey‑coffee group: cough scores dropped from 2.9 to 0.2 (~93% reduction).

[0:29:57] Ticks, Twitches & When to Worry

• Best‑practice tick removal to reduce Lyme and infection risk. Strongly advises against squeezing a tick when removing it
• Benign muscle twitches (eye flickers, brief jerks) often due to:
  • Anxiety, poor sleep, stimulants, dehydration, electrolytes imbalance, or muscle fatigue.
• When to be concerned:
  • Persistent jerks in multiple body areas
  • Muscle loss or weakness.

[0:32:13] EMFs & Sleep: The “Toboggan” Hat

• Ed’s EMF‑blocking sleep hat and the broader issue of sleep deprivation and long‑term health.

 [0:36:00] Main Guest Segment: Microplastics Daily Detox (with Ben from Utzy Natural)

• Microplastics found from Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench; They are everywhere; we’re all exposed.

• The body can excrete plastics:

  • Plastics have been detected in urine and stool, showing innate detox capacity.
  • Utzy’s philosophy: support existing detox pathways rather than “reinventing” them.
• Ed mentions:
  • His own microplastic test showed lower levels than ~80% of tested people, but he still wants to address long‑term accumulation.
  • References research finding high microplastic levels in prostate tissue and raises concern this may be a significant cancer contributor.
• Ben outlines three key goals of the formula:
  • Support existing detox pathways, mainly liver and cellular detox.

• Provide energy to cells for detox. Use mineral‑rich and mitochondrial‑supportive ingredients.
• Counterbalance oxidative stress from detox Uses Hobamine as a next‑generation antioxidant to buffer side effects of increased detox activity.

Reported user benefits (variable, not guaranteed):

• Increased mental clarity and reduced “brain fog.”
• Improved energy levels.
• Better sleep quality for some users.
• Enhanced libido in some individuals.

[1:00:30] Closing Stoic Reflection

• Using the shift from winter to spring as a cue to reset habits, regain rhythm, and “get after it.”

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