I love that it's not being done that way, but why is that approach failing us? And what does true preventative medicine look like in your opinion?

Yeah, great points.

So first off, it is never too early to start.

We age from the moment we're born.

That's not how we typically think about it, but our cells are aging and that's going to continue until we die.

And so to your point, it's not necessarily about extending our lifespan or how long we live.

Although I do firmly believe that many of the interventions that are available that slow down our rate of aging will likely extend human lifespan in our lifetime.

So for someone that wants to live a long, healthy, high-performing life, what are the first three medical metrics or screenings they should prioritize today?

Yeah.

But, but if, if we don't combat, it is something that happens, and we preferentially lose what are called type two fibers first, which are the strength fibers.

This is kind of a whole lecture.

I'll try to keep this high level, but type two for strength, type one for endurance.

But the type two fibers, once they, once they go away, they, they, they don't come back.

So we've got to maintain them.

But there is no question that our muscles are the largest sink for glucose in our entire body or sugar.

Can you talk just a little bit about VO2 max and its importance?

But just hypothetically, if they went to every single schooling degree for every single doctorate degree out there, for every specialty out there, just so that they can work in insurance and whatnot, wouldn't they be pretty much in a couple of million dollars in debt?

Yeah, it's a good question.

So kind of a multi-part question here, if I heard you right, Jimmy.

But to answer the first part, whether you ultimately become a surgeon or a family doctor, primary care neurologist, everybody that goes through four years of medical school through the traditional Western route, which is to become an MD like me or a DO or something equivalent, That's four years of medical school in the United States.

And that, whether you're an in-state student at a state university or you're maybe out of state versus going to a private school, gosh, anymore, I mean, that tuition can be $30,000, $40,000, $50,000, or maybe even approaching $100,000 a year, depending on where you are, not including living expenses and materials, et cetera.

So yes, medical education is very expensive.

I was in the Navy for about 12 years, which is something I always wanted to do.

Without

But I was curious, they might be in knowledge in a few areas, like they might have read a book about something and whatnot, but and you might not know this answer, but let's just say hypothetically, if somehow somebody knew everything had a degree and every little specialty out there, like I said, hypothetically, because I haven't met somebody like that, but just saying, hypothetically, if they went to every single schooling degree for every single doctorate degree out there for for every specialty out there just so that they can work in insurance and whatnot, wouldn't they be pretty much in a couple of million dollars in debt?

Yeah, it's a good question.

So kind of a multi-part question here, if I heard you right, Jimmy.

But to answer the first part, whether you ultimately become a surgeon or a family doctor, primary care neurologist, everybody that goes through four years of medical school through the traditional Western route, which is to become an MD like me or a DO or something equivalent, That's four years of medical school in the United States.

And that, whether you're an in-state student at a state university or you're maybe out of state versus going to a private school, gosh, anymore, I mean, that tuition can be $30,000, $40,000, $50,000, or maybe even approaching $100,000 a year, depending on where you are, not including living expenses and materials, et cetera.

So yes, medical education is very expensive.

I was in the Navy for about 12 years, which is something I always wanted to do.

Yeah.

So so give us some ways that people can really kind of think about that to build some habits and structure into their lifestyle.

Absolutely.

I love that you started with circadian rhythm because that really is the conductor of your symphony or your orchestra, right? All of these bodily processes, or at least most of them, rely on this diurnal or sort of twice daily rhythm that we call the circadian rhythm.

And kind of a funny thing that I tell my Trenton Health members all the time is that Great sleep starts in the morning.

And that sounds a little counterintuitive, but you can modify or you can manage or cue your circadian rhythm with the right lifestyle.

I mentioned getting outside.

I think early morning light is one of the best things we could possibly do.

So how are people supposed to, you know, uncover these things or ask the right questions to figure this out?

Mm-hmm.

And, and that, you know...

So I took a little-- I, I should pause a little bit.

2015 we-- I kind of set the bees aside, built a house for ourselves, moved out of the s- the workshop where I'm sitting right now talking to you, and we also had two kids.And so there's nothing like-- I, I was doing all the labor.

Like I w- I did everything from wiring to plumbing in, like three h- very hard years, and my bee, bee population, they were on their own, and that hundred and twenty hives, uh, dropped down to eight.

Wow.

Yeah.

Hmm

[laughs]

This is great.

Honestly, I, I feel like people are really gonna love this episode, especially if they're considering traveling into Gatlinburg or if you're already here and thinking about getting out the next day.

But yeah, hitting the relocation topic, I think, is, is a big one.

Yeah, so we, you know, as scientists, we have those questions, and we want answers to those questions, and the GPS collar technology revolution has made things a lot easier for us, so we can ask questions and, and let the bears tell us what the answer is.

So for years, we, you know, and this started in, I think our, when we started managing bears in the park.

We realized my boss's master's work looked at taking a, an animal that was in conflict in the park and moving them outside the park, and seeing was that successful? Did that work? And how far do you have to move them for that to be successful? Uh, and when I say successful, for them not to come back.

Yeah.

And that's what we're going to do today.

There's so many directions to go here.

I think the idea is that we can all make plans.

We can all have visions.

We can all have goals in life.

But if you do not have your brain dialed in, you can't really do a whole lot, right? Your brain is the supercomputer and the central processor through which we perceive this thing called life.

And if that is not functioning at 100% or near 100%, then your performance suffers as a result.

How can someone, a new entrepreneur in that position, can you trick yourself into abundance mindset? Can you almost like fake it till you make it so that knowing that there's going to be moments of scarcity, but you don't let yourself slide into the position of losing those neural connections between the prefrontal cortex?

How do you treat them or how do you help them overcome these things to become the high performers that they truly want and can be?

So for starters, 93% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy, period.

And entrepreneurs are in that camp too.

And when I say metabolically unhealthy, that means that we do not have optimal parameters of at least one of the following, and that's blood pressure, fasting blood sugar or blood glucose levels, our body mass index or how much we weigh, in particular central obesity, which is some of that visceral fat, if you hear people talk about that, and then optimal levels of cholesterol or triglycerides or fats in the bloodstream.

And why is that all important? Well, it's not just for your doctor to check a bunch of labs and, you know, shake his finger at you once a year or whatever.

And so you need to get control over this, Brian, or you got to eat more salad or whatever.

These things, these measurements matter.

So what would you say about the five or so things you can do at home to just get started and know you're taking action?