Thymo- like T-H, thymoquinone?

Thymoquinone.

It, it's referred to as the principal bioactive.

But this plant is, is remarkable in its, its composition.

One of the things that got me, uh, so passionate about natural medicine is I like to experience the feelings of awe.

I like to be overwhelmed with- Just recognizing the beauty and harmony of nature.

And, uh, so my life has been a life of discovery, and there's so many things that are so wondrous about plant medicines.

Great for the prostate, right?

That would've been something that fascinated me a lot to learn to start generating things with your hands.

From The Green Loy here, I haven't talked so much about making cocks of hay and digging with loys.

Daddy taught me how to use it too.

We learned from our fathers.

I'm sure you would find that too, Michael, that you would be so attached to these things.

Yeah.

So it's kind of the, the exhibition has triggered a, just a general interest in the ways that were before.

Absolutely, in my circles, and other people's circles too that I've talked to as well.

Michael, if this bill passes unchanged, what could it mean for Queensland farmers?

In some ways, I'm speculating a little on this, Amy, because I've got to be upfront that there seem to be conflicting legal advice as to just how much extra power this bill would give.

But in the worst case scenario, it would override the very limited protections that are in place for the Regional Planning Interest Act that does strengthen landholders' rights in regards to proponents who are wanting to do stuff on their land.

And look, it does look to us that there is a genuine risk.

that this bill would diminish those rights.

Now, this is particularly sensitive because it was only a couple of months ago that we presented to this same committee on a bill that was making changes to a range of legislation around access and the requirements for the development of coal seam gas on the Darling Downs and overlaying the Condamine Alluvium.

And that bill at the time would have diminished rights and the government wisely, after going through this committee process, decided that they would not go ahead with that diminishing and we applaud them for that.

Do you think that there's a better way that they can do that without reducing consultation with landholders?

And so when you started asking individuals from the Chamber of Commerce, what have been their program topics? Just what have you found?

So it's what they're involved with, really.

So, I mean, for the most part, they have been sort of service oriented in some aspects.

Some have been sports related.

Some have just been their specific area of expertise.

But it's been varied.

So it's also, I think, you know, it's also engaging the members of the club itself.

Not every membership initiative is going to have 100% effectiveness.

David Whelan?

David Whelan, yeah.

We bought the...

They went into administration, and it was basically gyms with sports shops.

So like half the store would be a sport.

Uh, h- one floor would be a sports shop, one floor would be a gym.

We bought like 30 or 35 of them back in 2020.

Um, where do you see yourself in like 10, 20 years' time? Like, do you ever think about that?

Now, how does it compare to ashwagandha? Uh, well, ashwagandha also lowers, uh, cortisol levels, but you'll see that, uh, thiamine outperformed it.

Uh, and ashwagandha extract...

I looked.

These are best case scenarios.

There are other studies with ashwagandha that didn't show it had, uh, this, uh, degree of benefit.

But the study that I looked at, it, uh, decreased cortisol levels by 33%.

... et cetera?

Yeah, and, and it's, it's been amazing.

Just going back to the vitamins and minerals, the deficiencies you mentioned, aside from the omega-3, what other particular vitamins and minerals are really important for brain health?

Remember I said that the, the brain is the most metabolically active tissue in our body, so the deficiency of any vitamin or mineral can lead to an impaired brain function, and this is demonstrated over and over and over again.

The omega-3 fatty acids get a lot of attention because they are key structural components of our brain, and most people, about ninety percent of people in, in developed countries are, are low in omega-3 fatty acids.

So, you know, taking a good, high quality fish oil is very important, but, uh, research at Oxford showed something really interesting, and they did some studies that looked at the importance of omega-3 fatty acids in preserving the size and function of the brain and low omega-3 fatty acids were very detrimental to long-term brain health.

But then they found something interesting, and that is the interrelationship between omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins.

When they, uh, combined B vitamins with the omega-3 fatty acids, they got even better results in maintaining, uh, gray matter in the brain.

This tells the story of the importance of synergy with nutritional approaches.

Visit www.cnmpodcast.com. [outro jingle] With the mushrooms, uh, Michael, the ergothioneine, is it in all mushrooms or are there particular mushrooms that have higher amounts of that?