191. How to Boost Your Dog’s Health with Vegetables | Green Juju’s New Vitality Blend

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Welcome back pet parent.
We are so excited this week as

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we are every week, but this
episode is extra special because

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this happens to be our guest
fifth time on the show.

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You guys love him so much and
I'm just so excited to keep

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bringing him back to you.
He's such a wealth of knowledge

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and the company he works for
just keeps bringing us

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incredible product after
incredible product.

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They're so innovative.
They have already announced so

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much this year, but we're going
to be talking today to Billy

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Hookman from Green Juju, and
we're talking about their new

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Vitality vegetable blend, which
is so exciting for so many

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reasons.
So welcome, Billy.

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First of all, let's get you on
the show and have you join me

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first.
Well, thank you.

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I actually had no idea was my
fifth time.

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So thank you for enduring me and
my, you know overtime.

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So appreciate that.
Well, it is a big deal to me to

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have somebody who cares enough
to continue to come back and

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speak to pet parents and help
educate so we can continue to do

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better for our pets.
But Green Juju has, you guys

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have just been putting out so
many incredibly innovative

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products lately.
And I think going back to how

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Green Juju all started with the
vegetable blends, bringing in a

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new blend with Vitality is
something that needs to be

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highlighted because it feels
like Green Juju, like going back

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to its roots.
So I'd love for you to talk a

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little bit.
I have, I'd like to go over all

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of the blends again just so we
can kind of compare them all and

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see how they all really work
together.

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But do you want to talk a little
bit 1st about like, why bring a

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new veggie blend to the market?
What Gap did did you guys feel

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like was there that you needed
to create a new veggie blend

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well?
I feel like, you know, there's a

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lot obviously that goes on
behind the scenes and it's, it's

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actually kind of funny because
I'm going back to your earlier

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point about, you know, coming
out with a lot of stuff this

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year.
The plan this year was to

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support stuff that we'd kind of
already done, you know, maybe

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maybe take some time off from
new products, etcetera.

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But then we get ideas and those
ideas come and and we feel like

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they have to be on the market.
And so we don't like to rest

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apparently at all.
And I don't think we're done

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this year, But that's a that's a
discussion for a whole another

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day.
Going back to, you know, I just

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lost.
OK, that that's actually pretty

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good for me.
Usually I lost my lose my train

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of thought like 14 times, not
usually right at the beginning.

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So that's pretty good for me.
OK.

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And then you know me, I go off
on tangents, which then I lose

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the original question, but I
remember the original question.

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So going back behind the scenes,
I feel like since I'll actually

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have been in Green Juju for four
years coming up on in June, and

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I feel like this idea of a
fourth blend has been kicking

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around for a long time.
And I feel like it's been

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kicking around because, you
know, Kelly did such an

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incredible job developing those
first blends and felt like there

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was something there to to sort
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But we wanted the right idea to
be able to do that.

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We wanted to be able to, you
know, I find, and I would say

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this is true of anyone who works
in in nutrition and product

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development, you just evolve so
much over time.

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And I feel like with with this
and the blends, we got to the

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right idea and then it's a new
thing.

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But then we went back to what
Kelly had been doing in the

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beginning.
And it was such an interesting

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thing to watch her not only go
through like the formulation on

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this, because this is her.
This is her jam.

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This is how she this is, you
know, something she invented.

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This is something, this concept,
this is something she was doing

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education on long before I was
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And so I was just excited as
someone who works for her to

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watch the process and, and to go
through that.

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And so the idea came from, I
hope I don't get this wrong

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because I'm not the one who made
it, but the idea comes from

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evolving into this concept we've
done of a different color and

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different color antioxidant
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And pink and purple foods have
such powerful antioxidant

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combinations that we thought it
was different enough from the

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other blends.
I think they all, and that's

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something we talked about, they
all do something synergistically

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together, I feel like, and
provide enough diversity of

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foods together.
But you want what each one of

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these things to, to have its own
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And so with this one, you have
not only those pink and purple

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blends, but sorry, fruits and
vegetables, but you also have

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Venice and bone broth.
So I think it was kind of a cool

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concept too.
And one of the reasons it's

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called Vitality is because it's
kind of a warming blend

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depending on your dog.
And, and I got to tell you, I've

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been learning so much about this
since I started going on tour

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with Rita.
Just, you know, we did our first

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3 events, we're doing stuff
throughout the year and just

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learning so much more.
I already took stuff back from

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my own dog in order to kind of
tweak some of these things

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because I've been out here
before.

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I'm all numbers, math and and
science, and so the energy part

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of feeding and that kind of
thing has always eluded me to

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some degree.
But I'm learning more from Kelly

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and and Rita and some of some,
you know, other people who, who

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I've become close with.
And so I really think this is a

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good.
I think a lot of times we focus

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on cooling because we assume so
many dogs are warm, but I

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actually have a cool dog.
So he is, he is all of the, he

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has all of the traditional
markers for always under

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blankets, always between your
legs always.

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And so, you know, in trying to
incorporate more of those

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things, I incorporate all the
blends.

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But having an option for those
dogs I think is a really good

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thing too.
So to go back, Vitality is an

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addition to just greens,
Bailey's blend and the Golden

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Blend.
So just greens, I don't know.

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Do you want to go through some
of the fun things?

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What do you like about each of
these blends and how they kind

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of like will put together?
Well, my favorite, I would say,

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I break them into kind of like 2
categories and that is the green

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blends.
And then that will be Golden

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Blend and Vitality Blend because
I think the Golden Blend and

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Vitality Blend are in my opinion
more specific in different ways

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where in Bailey's blend and just
greens are sort of a similar

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concept, but you're achieving
that concept in different ways.

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So what I mean by that is say
you are looking at just greens,

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what you have there is you have
high antioxidant foods, you have

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your herb for detoxification.
And so you're going to get a

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different antioxidant set in
that than you are Bailey's

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blend.
So at Bailey's blend, you might

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get the sulfur compounds that
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that are, you know, anti cancer
and and do a myriad of other

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things in just greens.
You might you have kale and

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dandelion greens, which you
know, kale's going to be really

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high, for instance, in beta
carotene, which is precursor to

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vitamin A.
And so that's a really strong

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antioxidant.
And so with all these things

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you're going to get, you know,
in these green lens, you're

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getting these, you're using
plants for what they're supposed

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to be used for, which is fiber,
which is antioxidants, which is

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vitamins and minerals.
And they're also very, very low

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in carbohydrates.
And that's a super important

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part of this because I really
think it doesn't matter.

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So whatever you feed your dog
doesn't matter if it's if it's

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kibble, doesn't matter if it's a
combination, doesn't matter

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whatever you're feeding your
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If you just reduce the
carbohydrates as much as

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possible, you'll get a better
health outcome in the short term

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and the long term, in my
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Short term being quality of life
generally and you know what,

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avoiding disease conditions and
then healthier aging as time

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goes on.
And So what I like, what I love

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about both of these things is
they fit into any diet,

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including say like ketogenic
diets or dogs.

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You know that you're trying to
reduce, say that you have a have

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heavy yeast animal and you're
trying to there's, there's many

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different methods for getting
over yeast.

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But the one that I'm talking
about is kind of the starve out

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method, which which is actually,
we had a dog on our feeding

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trial that this were a frank
bulldog that worked out really

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well with this.
And that's basically providing

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almost no carbohydrates.
And so that could you could

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still use the green blends in
conjunction with a diet like

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that in order to get some of the
other constituents that we know

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they need.
And so I think out of, I always

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hate to take to have favorites,
but I feel like out of the four,

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those two are my favorites in my
own personal use.

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And then both of them having
some of those, you know, smaller

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amounts of those detoxifying
foods and antioxidant foods like

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turmeric and lemon and ginger.
And I do think too, if you look

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specifically at the parsley in
just greens or the cilantro in

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Bailey's blend, those are two of
my kind of favorite herbs in

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general that you use for cooking
and they taste really good and

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they smell really good.
That's part of their antioxidant

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content.
That's part of.

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Have to interrupt you because
yeah, I hate cilantro so much.

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I'm one of those people that
cilantro tastes like soap to me.

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So I just have to disagree with
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Cilantro a when when we make
food at home, it's like a tacos

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or something or like a Taco
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It's essentially a cilantro
salad on top of it.

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And so that would be your your
worst nightmare, but for for

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normal people.
Normal people, thank you.

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Yeah.
So for normal people, but those,

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the compounds in there, those
volatile oils like the, the

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smell, and they actually lead to
a higher antioxidant amount than

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even say your traditional like
greens and that kind of thing.

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And so, you know, I think Kelly
had a lot of foresight when she

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was putting those together and
putting those detoxifiers in

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there because we know that those
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detoxifiers.
And, and each one of those has,

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again, it's a different method
of doing it.

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So if you're you just want to
use the the green blends because

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they're 3% at carbs or something
like that, then you can rotate

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between those and you'll be
getting a ton of benefits from a

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lot of different things.
OK, I, I have to interject a

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story because I, I just, I have
to with, with cilantro.

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I, I love parsley actually.
So that's like, I'm good.

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That's my saving grace right
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Because I had a session with
Michelle Thomas, magical Mets

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Michelle a while back and she
was supposed to be tapping into

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my dog.
And she wound up telling me more

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about me than anything else.
And she gave me this like, list

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of foods, vegetables
specifically, and herbs that I

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needed to be including in my
diet more.

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And one of them was cilantro.
And I literally went on my

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social media and I'm like, help
me, What do I do?

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I can't do this.
And so I had her, she talked to

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a couple of my cats.
And then my cats were like, it's

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OK, you don't have to eat a sand
shrimp.

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Because I was legitimately like,
well, I'm like, Oh my gosh, I

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need to be eating this.
And I cannot eat this.

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I cannot stomach this.
I cannot make this happen.

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I can't do.
It did you do you think about

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like the sauce supplement?
I mean no, Why would I do that?

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No, I'm just saying if your body
needs it, you could have like

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taken it.
You could have taken it in like

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a pill.
I'm not saying like an extract,

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like there's probably someone
who sells like a like a gel,

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like a capsule of of cilantro.
There probably is like people

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that make their own at home.
Yeah, no, I take so many

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supplements as it is.
I just cut back on all of my

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supplements.
I feel so fortunate to have so

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many incredible people in my
life that know so much and do

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like energy work.
As much as this is not the

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person, Billy is not the person
from everybody talking about

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energy work with on this
podcast, but I have so many

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people in my life that do energy
work and it has been so helpful

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for me.
So my cats had my back and they

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were like, don't worry, don't
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But to stay on this topic of the
phytonutrients in all of these

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plants, there are specific
functions and you've mentioned

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some of them.
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bit deeper because you said
you've you've said a couple of

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times detoxification.
Can you talk a little bit more

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about the role that
phytonutrients have in

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detoxification and why it is so,
especially the way we Live

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Today, the way our animals Live
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Yeah, I feel like all of our,
you know, animals are in sort of

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like, and people as well are in
constant defense mode.

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I feel like they're just
constantly being bombarded with,

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you know, things they weren't
evolutionarily bombarded with,

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you know, be it pollution and
chemicals and, and things in the

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water and bad food and, and just
in general, I think we're we're

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all in chemically and, and that
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And so this is one of the things
actually that Kelly's been

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talking about for years, which
is these connect any of the

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veggie blends, doesn't matter
what it is like because

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phytonutrients and antioxidants.
So, so I'm, I'm trying to think

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about how to put this.
So this is essentially rather

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than supplements.
So this is a good way to put it.

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So rather than supplements where
you're where like say you're

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having a tincture or something
like that, which is necessary in

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some cases, which is a lot more
concentrated where you're trying

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to achieve a specific goal.
So this is more like, so the

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average food has like 8000
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So these are all, it's very
small, complex antioxidants,

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vitamins, minerals.
And this to me is more about the

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base of all of those things
versus one specific thing

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versus, you know, I'm looking
for this specific nutrient.

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Because what we find I think in
nutrition in over the last, you

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know, I don't know how long I've
been doing this, like 12 years

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or something.
What I find is that once we

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start to analyze specific parts
of nutrition, what happens and

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nutrients is we lose the forest
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So what you get there is
essentially thing is really we

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know that this nutrient is
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So we're going to pull it out of
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concentrated, which you can do
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But for me, I think the body
evolves to to be getting lower

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levels of especially for just
general health.

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Like we're talking about making
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We're not talking about I'm
doing this for this specific

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purpose.
Like if I was going to make up

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any dog's diet, just generally
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look at supplements, I would say
our food, our milk in our blends

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and make it, make that be your
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supplements.
This is all of these blends, but

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I think especially the green
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level general detoxifiers,
meaning you're getting, you

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know, 8, whatever the number is
like 8 different plants in each

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one of those things that we know
have high levels of, of not only

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those, but vitamins like vitamin
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different things.
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important part in detoxification
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than that.
But let's start at that baseline

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that sort of, you know, when I
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microbiome, but that starts with
more diversity and sort of a

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gentle detox, everyday detox.
And then if your dog, you know,

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has a genetic liver issue and
you need to do milk Thistle or

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whatever, whatever, whatever you
need to do, you can do that.

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But this is a good like starter
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And then it goes beyond
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It goes into just a broad base
of a whole, you know, it goes

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into the fiber piece, which you
know, has been, you know, very

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central on my mind for, you
know, even more so since joining

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Green Juju and seeing some of
the results, some of the work we

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do.
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Then it goes back to all these
other instances why you should

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be doing it.
So I think, I think that's the

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most important part with these
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So I want to put a pin in the
fiber piece for the moment

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because I think it is very
important, but I think it leads

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into another topic that we can
possibly talk about another

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time.
Are there specific combinations

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and any of these vegetable
blends or maybe all of these

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vegetable blends that you think
are especially beneficial at

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improving the health like
mitochondrial health and energy

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production?
Do you feel like vegetable for

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dogs specifically, that
vegetables are going to aid in

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these processes better maybe in
some of these blends than

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others?
Or is it just all about rotating

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these blends to get the most
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Think that you're, I think
you're if you're talking about

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energy, energy production, if
you're talking about some of

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these other things that's gone.
I think the the blends play a

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big role in that, but in a
different way.

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I feel like the way that they
play their role is.

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So if you're talking about,
let's just focus, let's just say

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energy and where that comes
from, I'm a huge advocate for

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using the correct thing for what
it's good at.

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So for me, when you're talking
about energy, when you're

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talking about fat soluble
vitamins, when you're talking

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about protein, fat, all those
things that's going to that's

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going to be in the animal realm,
that's going to be in the more

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efficient animal realm for doing
those things.

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But all of those things have
processes that the body goes

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through.
And when your body goes through

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processes, there's waste in
those processes.

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There is aiding in those
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And that's where I really think
the veggie blend shine is to

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help in detoxifying those
processes and aiding in those

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processes, which is interesting
because, you know, I think we

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get stuck on the idea that
because something is so much

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less a part of the diet
calorically that it's not as

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important.
But it is all these very micro

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things are as important as each
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So we might it leads people to
sort of like make statements

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like, you know, well, you know,
and dogs and cats need mostly

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animal products, meat, you know,
that sort of thing.

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So what are plants even really
doing?

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But just because they're making
up that small amount, and we

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know that now through through,
you know, more research.

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And so I think aiding in those
processes is is equally as

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important.
But then it goes also back to

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just aiding in everyday life and
making things easier on your

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body.
And I think that's maybe the

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biggest part.
Yeah, no, I'm, I'm glad you said

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it that way because I think, and
I know we talked about this

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before on another episode,
there's still a fairly decent

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population of people who just
think that dogs don't need

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vegetables at all.
And it they really can be such

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an important part of the exactly
what you just said, all the

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processes in the body to live,
to thrive versus just, you know,

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surviving, which I think is the
goal with our pets, but in

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addition to the vitality blend.
That is new that I know so many

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of us are just anxiously waiting
to get a hold of at the same

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time you guys went ahead and did
the freeze drying process on all

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of the rest of the blend.
So you've had the freeze dried

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just greens for quite a while.
I actually, for my very picky

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Princess dog, tend to prefer the
freeze dried.

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I find it easier to hide in her
food because she's not a fan of

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vegetation.
And so I just find that the

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freeze dried is, is easier for
us that way.

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So I'm really excited about the
rest of the blends, including

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the vitality blend being freeze
dried.

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And I did have some questions
about it, but I would love for

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you to just, if you have
anything to say about freeze

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drying these before I ask my
crazy questions, go ahead.

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Well, I think the, the important
thing to note about production

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in general and about how we view
things is, you know, we view

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things through the lens of like
in the field over the last maybe

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like 1520 years, we view things
in the realm of how raw is

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something, how raw is it?
We need it to be as raw as

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possible.
And if it's as raw as possible,

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it's going to be the best
possible choice.

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And I think there is a obviously
a lot of merit in not over

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processing your foods or not,
you know, you know, in feeding

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things that are just frozen and
not processed beyond that.

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However, you actually have to
look at the data when you look

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at some of the stuff.
So I mean, there are studies

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that show that if you are
picking fruit for berries, for

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example, at their peak and
freeze drying them immediately,

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that they actually retain more
nutrients than if you freeze

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them in a more traditional sense
and or wait a couple of days and

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eat them later.
So we know that they can retain

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more of the vitamins, more of
the antioxidants.

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And so I think there's something
to be said about actually

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looking at that data and going
like, oh, maybe it's not just

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the least processing is always
the best option for every.

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And the same thing is true of
cooking food, right?

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We know that there's some
drawbacks, but we know that some

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nutrients are more bioavailable,
etcetera, you know, with a lot

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of senior dogs eating cooked
food.

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And so I think with everything,
we have to look at it

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individually.
But when it comes to these

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blends, it was kind of a no
brainer.

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And I think part of the reason
you can actually see that like

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with your own eyes is once these
are in the store, which will be

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soon, by the way, I think in the
next couple weeks, but I can't

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ever guarantee anything for
Texas.

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So there you go.
Well, I'm not in Texas.

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That's true.
Well, maybe.

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Maybe very soon then.
There you go.

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Maybe very soon.
But one of the things that

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struck me as in looking at these
was you'll just notice when you

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use our frozen blends that there
is what occurs with all foods.

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There's just general oxidizing
of the food.

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You'll notice if you get our
golden blend, it is brownish on

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top and when you scoop into it,
it is very golden.

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It is very squash like and the
golden beats and, and that's

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normal and I don't think people
should worry about that.

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However, one of the cool things
about the freeze dried version

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is they're just vibrantly
colored and that color is being

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preserved in that process.
So when you look at the bag you

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can tell even if you didn't see
the packaging, you could tell

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exactly which one it is.
It's almost like, you know,

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Bailey's as like a bluish green
tint, just greens is really

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green and the Vitality brand is
really, really purple.

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And so I think that that goes to
show you exactly what I'm

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talking about.
You can, you can reference those

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studies, but you can just see it
with your eyes and you can just

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see that it's it's maintaining
that.

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So that's, that's one to me,
that's a really exciting thing

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about these.
So, OK, before I ask you the

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questions I have on the freeze
dried, I have a confession

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because I know that all of these
products that Green Juju makes

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are they're sold for dogs and
cats and I use so many of them

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myself.
I actually have used the frozen

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blends in my smoothies because I
didn't feel like going to the

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grocery store.
And I don't notice the taste of

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the bone broth.
It's really kind of cool.

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So I probably shouldn't, like,
tell other people to do that,

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but I do.
I do that.

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And I also will drink the milk
very often.

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And I posted it last summer on
social media.

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And I cannot tell you how many
people messaged me.

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And they were like, I didn't
know you could do that.

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And I'm like, why not just
drink?

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But it's fine.
Then like a slew of people

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started, like, doing their own
reels about drinking your goat's

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milk.
And I'm like, this is so

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awesome.
The greens for me.

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Like, I just have such an issue
with eating vegetables.

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I don't know what I know what it
is.

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I have a child's palate, and I
was never forced to eat a

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variety of foods growing up.
So I have a hard time with it.

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So if I can just like add my
veggies into a fruit smoothie,

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I'm good.
I'm like there's my veggies for

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the day and I have been using
lately Bailey's for my smoothie.

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Well, I definitely can't
recommend that people do that,

448
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:57,920
but I will say it is, you know,
the one thing I can say is it is

449
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,080
all organic, obviously human
grade.

450
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,320
I mean, when you, when you,
everything we do in this realm

451
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,560
is the same organic vegetables
and fruits that you get from

452
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,360
like a really high end grocery
store.

453
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,480
And so, you know, it's people
are always like my pets eating

454
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,880
better than me.
And in some sense our pets do in

455
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,480
some cases I, you know, I try to
eat as well as my pet, although,

456
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:27,520
you know, I still do that 10%
not healthy thing.

457
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,120
So I can, you know, and do
things like enjoy my life.

458
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:35,040
But so I'll say this, I'm glad
that here, here's how I'll react

459
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,720
to that.
I'm really glad that's working

460
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,160
out for you.
These products are made for pets

461
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,280
and should only be consumed for
pets just generally.

462
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:48,160
I expect nothing less So the
freeze dried blends, they don't

463
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,480
vary much, but they do vary
slightly.

464
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,160
One of the things that I was
surprised to see when I was

465
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,600
going through the website and
comparing the ingredients, I

466
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,960
expected because the just
greens, the freeze dried does

467
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:05,960
not have the bone broth in it,
which I appreciated for protein

468
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,680
sensitivities in dogs.
But the other lens, according to

469
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,360
the website, the freeze dried
does have the bone broth in it.

470
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,120
Can you tell me a little bit
about that?

471
00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:21,360
Yeah, I think and I, I do think
that's important in just greens,

472
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,160
but I do think if we there's
enough variety now.

473
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,160
So I think when we had just
greens, it was like we only had

474
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,440
one freeze dried version.
And so to make that as

475
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,560
applicable to as many dogs as
possible, I think it was

476
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,960
important.
But I also think it's important

477
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,360
when you have more variety to
make a more like nutritionally

478
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:42,920
complete product.
And so having the duck bone

479
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,880
broth, the Turkey bone broth,
the bison bone broth, I think

480
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,760
are good options because one,
they're pretty novel.

481
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:54,040
And then number two, people can
move between them, say, say they

482
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,440
have a Turkey sensitivity.
And that's even like, I mean, I

483
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,520
would say that's, that's even
like potentially different

484
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:05,360
because bone broth amino acids
are different than say meat

485
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,360
amino acids because of their
processing, right?

486
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,400
Because they're processing time
in being in free amino acid

487
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,600
form.
So I would say you could still

488
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,480
maybe even try that.
However, let's say you, you have

489
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,080
Turkey allergy, there's still
three other ones that you can

490
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,640
rotate through.
And so I think at the expense of

491
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,160
having a more nutritionally
complete product, I think it's

492
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,200
better to sort of include those
things in there.

493
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,240
So the other thing is, and we've
known for a while, freeze dried

494
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,440
Just Greens added nettles.
Can you tell me the benefit of

495
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,400
adding nettles to the freeze
dried Just Greens blend?

496
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,520
Yeah.
So nettles is, you know, that's

497
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,520
really going back to the the
start of Green Juju and when

498
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,800
Kelly used to do a nettle blend
seasonally.

499
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,520
And that really just goes back
to nettles being such a great

500
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,160
antihistamine herb and, and so
great for allergies.

501
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,160
And our plant, I should say,
and, and just is so good for

502
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,120
allergies.
And she and she would honestly

503
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,440
have so many people buy out a
bunch of that because it would

504
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,600
help so much throughout the year
with itching.

505
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,600
And so anytime you can find a
plant that actually does things

506
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,120
like medicine, I think it's
really, you know, and can be

507
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,840
concentrated like that.
I think it's a really good

508
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,800
thing.
And the same can be said since

509
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,080
it's been released about the
results we've been getting since

510
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,440
this has come out.
So, you know, with helping with

511
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,360
allergies and so, and also these
are freeze dried.

512
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,680
So we know that regulatory,
which, you know, might be

513
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:34,000
totally different very soon as
you know, we know that the way

514
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,600
that AFCO and states look at
different, is it a feed or food

515
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,880
product is a supplement product.
A lot of people don't know this

516
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,600
is a Gray area.
This is not something where

517
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,040
there's a book where you can be
like, here's what it is because

518
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:52,280
all of the state regulators are
interpreting the same document

519
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,360
differently, which has been a
thing over the years.

520
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,200
One of the things we found was
that if we did the packaging a

521
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,000
certain way too, we could.
And because it's freeze dried,

522
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,360
we can actually, these are
actually supplements as opposed

523
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,240
to feed or food products, which
the frozen ones are.

524
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,800
So that that way you can
actually add more because

525
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,080
nettles aren't allowed in, in
food or a food product.

526
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,920
And so we were able to to do
that and then and with some

527
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,040
other ones as well in the newer
ones.

528
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,800
And that's why if people are
wondering why don't you have a

529
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,680
frozen version with that also?
That's exactly.

530
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,600
That is very interesting.
Thank you for sharing that.

531
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,640
So the Bailey's blend freeze
dried, you're adding levers.

532
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:34,320
Can you tell me about that?
One second, sorry, sorry, have a

533
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,400
really good podcast guest that,
you know, does something on his

534
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,120
phone during the interview.
So that's how cool I am.

535
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,960
Yeah, I think think, you know,
going back to also what I've

536
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:49,560
learned for, I think one of the
things I've learned from Rita

537
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,240
going on this tour is one of the
support she does just generally

538
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,240
for the lymphatic system, which
she talks a lot about the

539
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,600
lymphatic system and its
relation to vitamin D.

540
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,800
And you know how I feel about
fat soluble vitamins and, and

541
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,680
how much I love them and think
they're underappreciated.

542
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:10,360
And it's one of the herbs that
she uses to stimulate the

543
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,720
lymphatic system and just in
general health.

544
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,720
And so to me that spoke to
someone like that, placing that

545
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,920
much importance on it and
having, you know, a lot of her

546
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,760
clients on that.
Either way, it actually grows

547
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:27,600
similarly and in a similar area
to to nettles.

548
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,000
So I would consider them kind of
similar in that way and and kind

549
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,240
of have some of the same similar
properties as well.

550
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:40,640
But again, it goes back to the
blends being like doing things

551
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,720
in a different way that achieve
sort of a similar purpose in the

552
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,000
end.
And that would be, you know, the

553
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,640
rotating between those two
things.

554
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,840
I appreciate the support for the
lymphatic system.

555
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,880
I think it's something that we
don't talk nearly enough about,

556
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,760
even with humans really.
But with our pets, I know I'm

557
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:09,040
often recommending like massage
for my canine clients, but doing

558
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,160
things like this to help with
the the lymphatic system and

559
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,960
keeping that running smoothly
and draining properly.

560
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,440
I mean, we can't, we can't
detoxify properly if our

561
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,480
lymphatic system isn't draining
properly.

562
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:30,320
To have that as an option in a
food, not in a, excuse me, a

563
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,320
food supplement.
It's always like, it's always

564
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,760
like, it's always like
combination of all the things,

565
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,160
right?
It's, it's this, it's nutrition,

566
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,080
it's exercise, it's, you know,
it's potentially massage.

567
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:48,400
It's, it's all these things
together that comes from like

568
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:54,720
when, when dogs would have, you
know, gotten more variety in the

569
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,480
wild and we're moving around
constantly, you know, and now

570
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,840
it's just they're clearly more
sedentary than they used to be.

571
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,600
So this, this can help that.
And that's, that's another thing

572
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,960
we, we really value at Green
Juju is like, how do we get all

573
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,480
the things that they're missing
in a new interesting way into

574
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,920
their bowl?
You know, it goes back to like

575
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,840
the fermented mushroom,
probiotic, things like that.

576
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,480
You know, how do we, how do we
take an element that they lost

577
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,440
because they're domesticated and
living in our houses and put

578
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,600
that back into, you know, how we
support that.

579
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,280
And I think this is a really
great way to support that.

580
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,600
So I and I appreciate that about
Green Juju.

581
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:35,600
Actually I'm going to go out of
order for a very important

582
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,120
reason.
So tell me about the astragalus

583
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:42,040
that was added to the Vitality
blend in the freeze dried

584
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,400
formula.
So The funny thing about this

585
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,280
word is say it one more time.
Did I say it wrong?

586
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,920
No, I always say it wrong.
That's what I'm saying.

587
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:56,600
I'm trying to learn from you.
I assumed that it was pronounced

588
00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,200
because I just I I read things
and think this is how it's

589
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,080
pronounced.
Is Astragalus.

590
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,200
That is exactly you're right.
You're 100% right.

591
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,920
I love how I just like gave you
this total self doubt in that

592
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,920
moment.
Well, I was talking about this

593
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,960
with people and I was with
Antoine who is our like

594
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,280
Antoine's like the the third
part of the green Juju triangle.

595
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,239
He is our, our business
development, AVP of business

596
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,239
development.
And we were doing a training and

597
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,719
I was like, how do I say this?
What can can somebody I was like

598
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,480
crowdsourcing like how do I say
this?

599
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:33,239
But my favorite thing about it,
I think in a broad sense is just

600
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,320
that it's an adaptogen.
And I think adaptogens, you

601
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,080
know, we've gone into a lot of
stuff with mushrooms, we've gone

602
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,960
into a lot of stuff with we
haven't.

603
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:46,040
But CBD in general, you know, in
the, in the, in pet food, in the

604
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,960
pet food market.
But I think again, going back to

605
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:54,719
this low level detoxifying, this
low level of, of support, this

606
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,200
not low level, but like
baseline, like what are things

607
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,960
that we can put in our dog's
diet that aren't necessarily a

608
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,480
supplement because they're part
of the food, right?

609
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,320
This is part of the total diet
makeup.

610
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,840
And I think adaptogens, it can
be really important in those

611
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,000
cases because they're so
applicable to so many different

612
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,400
systems in the body.
So this, this to me, out of all

613
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,840
of them, the most important
thing is that it's relatable to

614
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,920
so many things.
Antioxidants detoxing all all

615
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,040
these different parts of the.
Body.

616
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:27,120
So OK, first of all, you happen
to be really good at making me

617
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,320
doubt myself.
Boston.

618
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,960
I just want to say for anybody
else who's like, I don't know

619
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,760
how to pronounce that either.
I read this a while back and I

620
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,680
like to say it anytime something
like this comes up.

621
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:40,520
Don't ever make fun of somebody
for pronouncing something wrong,

622
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,240
because that means that they
learned that word by reading and

623
00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:47,480
should never discourage that in
anybody.

624
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,000
Keep reading and learning, and
it's OK if you pronounce the

625
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,320
word wrong.
That that's 100% true and I know

626
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:59,120
this to be true because so I
don't read fiction anymore very

627
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:00,680
often.
It's just not my not my thing.

628
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,960
I don't really have time to do
almost anything now that I have

629
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,560
a toddler and a job.
But I used to read Star Wars

630
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:15,320
books and the characters have
the wildest names that you've

631
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,640
ever read.
And my friend would also read

632
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:19,520
them and we would always
pronounce them totally

633
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,760
differently.
So we were, we were always like,

634
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,800
oh, who are you even talking
about?

635
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:30,120
You know, So it was like I, I am
a little bit worried that I just

636
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,480
admitted that I read a bunch of
Star Wars books, but here we

637
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,080
are.
That's OK.

638
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,480
I This is a safe space, Billy.
OK.

639
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,480
So all right, the golden blend,
I intentionally went out of

640
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,960
order because the golden blend
freeze dried you add bee pollen

641
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:53,160
to and bee pollen is something I
love and have been using for so

642
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,640
long.
I think, correct me if I'm

643
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,560
wrong, I'm going back to the I'm
always doubting myself with you.

644
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,200
Is is it a reproductive food?
It is.

645
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:08,120
OK, good.
It in the sense that it's food

646
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,960
produced by nature to feed
babies to.

647
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,880
Feed.
Yeah, got it.

648
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,480
Right.
And so not exactly in the same

649
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:20,440
way that it's not like bees are
like making it like milk or

650
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,400
something like that, but but
that that goes to all

651
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,960
reproductive foods.
Like milk is made to be food,

652
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,480
but eggs are reproductive food
because they're creating lice.

653
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,520
They're not made to be food,
they're made to be an egg,

654
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,080
right?
And so I would say that bee

655
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:38,520
pollen is its own special sort
of reproductive food in that

656
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,480
it's made to feed babies and
it's and it's incredible.

657
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,920
We talk a lot of grain juju
about bringing nature, bringing

658
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,560
the diversity of nature back
into the bowl, right?

659
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,720
That's like our fermented
products, that's our new

660
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,920
probiotics.
That's how do we get the

661
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:59,680
microbial system that exists in
nature that we all need more of

662
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,360
in order to function and have
our immune system function.

663
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,600
Humans and you know, dogs, cats
and bee pollen is one of the

664
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,360
most interesting ways to do that
because bee pollen has so many

665
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,080
different constituents as far as
not only its nutrient profile,

666
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,240
but its environmental profile.
I read, I read somewhere once

667
00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:20,880
that there was they analyzed a
single, they were analyzing

668
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,240
single grains of, of bee pollen
and finding like over 3000

669
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:25,720
different types of fungus in
them.

670
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,000
So, and what people don't
realize about analyzing things

671
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,040
like that is that's really just
what we can analyze at that

672
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,120
point, right?
We never, we never know.

673
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,640
It's like when you go into like
bacterial strains, it's like,

674
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,400
why don't we count how many are
in this thing?

675
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,960
It's like, well, because we
probably can't.

676
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:46,760
So for me, getting as many foods
into your pet's diet that

677
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,160
involve nature sort of
microbiome.

678
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,200
And we also know it's a
probiotic as well.

679
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,680
We know there's probiotic
bacteria, right?

680
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,400
Because what's happening there
is those bees are literally

681
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,960
gathering the environment.
They're gathering what makes up

682
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,360
the actual environment and then,
you know, bringing it back to

683
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,400
the hive.
And then and then the the

684
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,000
beekeeper is taking a specific
percentage or whatever, you

685
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,960
know, with those little
contraptions they use, you know,

686
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,520
to like trap some of the pollen
versus the other part.

687
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,800
And so I don't know if there's
any other thing that really

688
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,520
compares in that same way for
bringing the literal environment

689
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,600
into your pets dish.
And remember, everyone typically

690
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,160
only talks about, oh, it's good
for allergies if it's from your

691
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,360
area, That's true.
But I would say that it's also

692
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,640
good.
Like it doesn't matter if it's

693
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:38,560
like I would say exposing your
animal to those specific

694
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,480
compounds in any in from any
environment are going to be a

695
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:46,040
net positive for being less
sensitive to the environment.

696
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,720
And also the other thing to
consider is its nutrition

697
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:52,640
profile.
We know that as a reproductive

698
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,280
food, it has virtually
everything that we've ever

699
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,600
discovered in nutrition.
And so and it's going to be

700
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:02,360
varied every time you're going
to get, you know, you're going

701
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:06,440
to get a different nutrient
profile every batch that we use

702
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,240
from the pollen specifically.
Yeah, well, and that's why I

703
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:15,120
started using it a long time ago
with my dog was for the allergy

704
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,120
benefit.
And the more I learned about it,

705
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,480
I just started adding it to my
smoothies too because I'm like,

706
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,800
there's so much good stuff in
here, let's just take advantage

707
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,880
of whatever it may have to
offer.

708
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,440
So I love.
Adding that exactly right.

709
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:33,200
Well, and, and, you know, now
going to the, the whole, the

710
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,440
whole line, I mean, now, if
you're rotating between four of

711
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:42,040
these, that's 23 different
plants into your pet's diet and

712
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,080
say you do that in a month or
whatever, or, you know, with the

713
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:46,560
freeze dried, you can do
whatever you want.

714
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,960
I always recommend what the
frozen, like the easiest thing

715
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,600
for people usually is use just
greens and then until it's gone

716
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,320
and then use Bailey's blend.
You can do that with this.

717
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,960
Or since it's freeze dried, you
could use a different one every

718
00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:59,120
day.
I mean, it just depends what you

719
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,720
want to do there.
But one of the things that

720
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,920
Doctor Keith Weingart talks
about a lot our staff at is with

721
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:09,120
supplements is just rotating
between them supplemental foods,

722
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,360
right?
Like doesn't always have to be

723
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,840
the same thing every time
animals can benefit.

724
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,160
You know, your animal doesn't
have to be going through health

725
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,360
issue, for instance, to do our
Lewis fermented golden paste,

726
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,720
right?
Like that can be a general

727
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:25,280
supplement for just general
health.

728
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,080
And so now the cool thing is,
say you're rotating between all

729
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,440
these freeze dried blends.
You are now going to get that

730
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:37,480
sort of supplemental extra that
herb or bee pollen in every one

731
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,640
of those.
And so it's kind of is an easy

732
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,160
way to kind of rotate between
nutritional supplements, which

733
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,280
again, that's, that's what we're
really trying to do here at

734
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:51,240
Grand Juju is make things
easier.

735
00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:54,320
I tell the story a lot.
But I remember before Maple was

736
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:59,520
born, I was like, Oh, everyone
has time to like do what I do

737
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,040
every time they feed their dog,
they, you know, to take this

738
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:07,400
time to, you know, cut this up
while I'm, while I'm feeding Lua

739
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:12,240
at the time, Obviously Lua and,
and to take this, you know, 1520

740
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:14,160
minutes.
And it has gotten better for me

741
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:15,840
now.
But I do remember when she was

742
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,320
just born and I remember being
like, wait, I don't have time to

743
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,360
do anything.
I literally don't have 10

744
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,680
minutes to do anything except
for keep this baby alive.

745
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,760
And so I remember thinking to
myself at the time, so I just

746
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,120
started with green juju.
I'm so glad I have these veggie

747
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,080
blends because it's making my
life so much easier.

748
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,560
And that's most people, most
people are really busy.

749
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,640
And most people also, you know,
most people don't care about

750
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,520
nutrition.
They just want healthy things

751
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,600
for their dog and cat.
And I understand that.

752
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,760
And so it's our job at Green
Juju to make things that are

753
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,840
easy.
So all dogs and cats can benefit

754
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:54,000
from this stuff, even if you
know, even if they're not

755
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,920
thinking about nutrition 95% of
their day like I am.

756
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,800
Wait, who's not?
I'm confused.

757
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,320
I'm kidding.
Yeah.

758
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,560
And, and, and the other part too
is price point.

759
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:09,120
They're actually, when you
account for the rehydrating part

760
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,800
of this, they're actually pretty
much the same price as the

761
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,240
frozen ones.
So you don't have to pay more

762
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:18,800
for freeze drying.
So that brings up a a good

763
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,640
question outside of the just
greens, the other blends in the

764
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,640
freeze dried have been brought
in them.

765
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,720
Are you still recommend like how
do you recommend rehydrating any

766
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:31,120
of these?
What's your favorite way?

767
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:38,320
My favorite way is I would just
rehydrate it like you're

768
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:40,880
rehydrating everything else.
Like if you use the freeze dried

769
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,760
food, first of all, it would be
kind of the same thing.

770
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:48,120
I use the freeze dried food.
I really love the freeze dried

771
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,280
food.
I feel like people thought I was

772
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,000
going to jump straight into the
frozen there, but it's a lot of

773
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,960
things I just appreciate about
the freeze dried food.

774
00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:00,480
And so my favorite ways are
either very clean water.

775
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,760
I was like joking with Kelly
once I was like, oh, I took the

776
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,840
spring water and also ran it
through my, the filter on my

777
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,480
really fancy coffee maker.
So I could have like the best

778
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,000
water to, to rehydrate these
things with.

779
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,720
But the other things I use bone
broth all the time.

780
00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:20,400
So, you know, our bone broth
obviously is really good for

781
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,240
that.
And then I also make homemade

782
00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:26,160
mushroom broth to hydrate these
things as well.

783
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:30,320
But that's just to satisfy my
need to make things, which is a

784
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,160
great need even outside of this
job.

785
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:35,400
So I would say to people either
use, you know, the cleanest

786
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,760
water you can or what a great
way to get more nutrients.

787
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,520
And so, you know, if you want to
make some mushroom broth, if you

788
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,760
want to use our bone broth, the
bone broth is probably the

789
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,040
easiest 1.
And that's also a really cool

790
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,880
concept because if you're, let's
say you're using, you know, the

791
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,640
freeze dried food in the freeze
dried blends there, you're

792
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,920
putting back like animal based
nutrients.

793
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,440
That's actually legion nutrients
from bones.

794
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,480
So you're getting all of those,
you know, you're getting the

795
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,360
right types of protein and
collagen and, and all of those

796
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,640
sort of like animal based.
And that can be what's missing

797
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,880
sometimes, you know, when you're
rehydrating freeze dried.

798
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,240
And I think it's a good point of
to good time to point out to

799
00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:20,120
people that, you know, freeze
drying retains like 97% of the

800
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:25,040
nutrient profile and where
frozen would be like 99%.

801
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,840
I think it's important to
realistically look at the fact

802
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:34,280
that all processing effects food
in some way.

803
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:39,120
Freezing the food affects the
food, grinding the food affects

804
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,160
the food.
All these things affect they

805
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,280
deteriorate something, but we
know that.

806
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,560
So the name of the game is how
do we do that in the least

807
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:49,000
invasive way possible?
And I think the freeze drying

808
00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:52,320
and traditional freezing are,
are the best ways to do that.

809
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:57,280
But usually the limitation with
freeze dried in general, at

810
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,560
least food wise, can be the cost
because obviously it's more

811
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,080
expensive than frozen because
you're there's another step

812
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:04,240
there.
But the nice thing with the

813
00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:06,760
blends is this is kind of a
tangent, but the nice thing on

814
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,440
the blends is there's really no
cost difference.

815
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,200
So that's really helpful I think
too.

816
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:15,280
OK, I actually, I, I feed both
the frozen and the freeze dried

817
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:19,560
to both my dog and my cats.
And there's something about I

818
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,640
always rehydrate in the freeze
dried with the bone broth.

819
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:28,360
And there's something about that
that my cats especially love.

820
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,280
Like they just.
That's a good tip.

821
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,840
Love it.
I I don't know if it's just that

822
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:40,240
added like like you were saying,
the animal base.

823
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:43,280
I don't know what it is, but
they they'll eat the free the

824
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:47,560
frozen just fine, but the freeze
dried that's rehydrated in bone

825
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,520
broth.
They just love it.

826
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,680
So think there's honestly, I
think obviously I'm a huge

827
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,920
advocate for frozen foods, but I
I think freeze dried foods are

828
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:02,440
more palatable just generally
for most dogs and cats.

829
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,480
For my own dog, actually, one of
the reasons I feed the freeze

830
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:09,440
dried foods is because my dog
likes it a lot more and he gets

831
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,960
way more excited for it.
He literally starts drooling on

832
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:15,280
the ground sometimes, which is
both adorable and gross.

833
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,800
And so that's one of my big
things this year was like

834
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:22,200
feeding, you know, sounds kind
of corny, but like feeding for

835
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,160
love for what he actually loves
to consume.

836
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,360
And I get so stuck in the
nutrition.

837
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,840
And so that that's an amazing
thing.

838
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,200
Not only that your cats will eat
it in general because it's hard

839
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,240
to predict what cats will eat in
general.

840
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,640
But aside from that, I just
looking at like this is what

841
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:40,640
they like and they probably like
it because you're rehydrating it

842
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,720
with all of those animal based
nutrients, you know, that tastes

843
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:48,080
so familiar to them.
And I think that can really help

844
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:51,920
from like a, you know, if this
is going to be, I feel like such

845
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,280
a novice in this realm.
But like, you know, when we

846
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:58,320
notice things like that and when
we put that sort of love into

847
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:02,320
what we're feeding, I feel like
there's there's a lot to that.

848
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,240
I don't know what it is, you
know, but there's something I

849
00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:07,880
think to that that produces
better health outcomes.

850
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,480
I would agree.
I would agree.

851
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,160
And so we did get off on a
little bit of a tangent with the

852
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:15,040
food, which I always love to
talk about.

853
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:19,760
But there was one more thing
that I put a pin in on the

854
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:23,040
veggie blends.
But I did want to come back

855
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:25,800
around to it at the end and
maybe end on this.

856
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:32,000
So I, I said put a pin in the
fiber part of the veggie blends

857
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:37,920
because I think talking a little
bit about the prebiotic benefits

858
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,880
of these vegetable fibers is
important.

859
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:46,880
And then maybe we can end there
and kind of tease for the next

860
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,480
time you come on.
Absolutely.

861
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,120
Yeah.
I think I'm trying to think

862
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:52,240
that's the second time.
I've only lost my train of

863
00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:54,320
thought 2 times.
While I'm very proud of myself

864
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:58,680
as a as an ADD person.
So fiber is incredibly important

865
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:03,760
for people, for cats, for dogs,
and we know that dogs are

866
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:08,320
lacking in fiber generally
because especially, I hate to

867
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:12,760
say it, but especially in the
raw world, because we went so

868
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,280
far in the other direction.
Plants are bad, plants are bad

869
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,920
and we need to remove all plants
that now we're getting less

870
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:22,600
diverse microbiomes, even though
we've improved in other areas.

871
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,280
Now we're getting more pathogen
buildup in the gut.

872
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,680
And this is not, you know, my
opinion that this is where we

873
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,880
look at the data and, and we can
show that.

874
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:33,920
And this is where we look at
some of those success cases

875
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:38,200
we've had with animals that say
do a microbiome test and then do

876
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:41,000
just greens for 30 days and then
do another microbiome test.

877
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,960
And they get more bacteria
diversity in a more healthy sort

878
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,480
of in more healthy amounts and
less pathogen buildup like E

879
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,920
coli.
And so I think that that's where

880
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:56,400
this becomes so important is
that we can keep the diets lower

881
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:00,800
in carbohydrates while a getting
that dietary fiber in there, but

882
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,200
also getting that fiber to feed
those bacteria.

883
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:07,680
Because doesn't matter what
you're doing when it comes to,

884
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:12,680
you know, probiotic supplements,
fermented foods, all those, all

885
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,240
those things that you can do
that doesn't matter if you're

886
00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:16,800
not actually feeding those
bacteria.

887
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,520
And remember, those bacteria
don't stay very long.

888
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:21,480
They stay like a day to three
days.

889
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:25,160
You have, that's why you have to
continually eat foods and take

890
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:28,360
supplements to replenish those
things because they're not there

891
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,920
to, to take up and they got,
they're there to do their job

892
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:32,880
while they're there and then
they leave.

893
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:38,080
And so I think that's one of the
biggest missing parts about dog

894
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:41,000
health and cat health in the
last, you know, five years.

895
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,720
And one of the things that I was
thinking about this, one of the

896
00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:49,360
things that really attracted me
to Green Juju in the 1st place

897
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,720
when I came on and, and
specifically wanted to work for

898
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:59,160
Kelly at green Juju was because
she had, she had so geniusly

899
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:03,680
sort of realized this need for
animals that they need when no

900
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,560
one else needed it or no one
else knew that they needed it.

901
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:09,520
She had a, she, you know, we
have this data now, but she, she

902
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,640
was doing this stuff and seeing
these results like over 10 years

903
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,520
ago.
And so, and that's really

904
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:21,840
personally where I find myself.
I know there is a huge value in

905
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:26,720
established knowledge and
knowing things and imparting

906
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:30,280
those things onto the world, but
that's not at all what excites

907
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,120
me.
That's not what why I do this.

908
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:35,920
I'm on I, I find myself on the
fringes of nutrition.

909
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:37,840
I'm trying to figure out the
next thing.

910
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:40,560
What's the next thing that's
going to take us to the next

911
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:42,360
level?
What's something that someone's

912
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,440
never thought of?
And going back to these blends,

913
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,480
just this is another tangent,
but going back to these, going

914
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:52,440
back to these blends, you look
at when we had the three and we

915
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:56,520
were going to do the 4th and
Kelly shows me the ingredient

916
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,720
panel for this.
I was like, that is so cool.

917
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,480
I was just thinking to myself
like, that's such an amazing

918
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,880
product and it's such a cool
formulation in which he laid out

919
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:08,280
all the reasons like here's this
and this is the detoxifier and

920
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:12,000
this is what happens in this.
I was like, could have never

921
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,760
thought of any of that.
And I just, I had, I have so

922
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,880
much respect for that.
And so that's one of these

923
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,120
things where you can introduce
something that's familiar to

924
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:25,080
people, but, you know, is new
and can create better health

925
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:27,160
outcomes.
And so I think that's the thin

926
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:29,920
name of the game with fiber.
And what we're learning more

927
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:33,800
about is like, it's so essential
that we need to figure out, you

928
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:38,440
know, these ways to get these
nutrients into the diet that

929
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:39,840
just haven't really been
considered.

930
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,480
And so it's really cool to see
now that people are considering,

931
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,960
you know, microbiomes kind of
maybe the biggest thing right

932
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,520
now in pet food.
And it's really cool to see

933
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:53,360
people considering like, Oh
yeah, by the way, Green Juju has

934
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:56,880
been doing this for like over 10
years and has been providing

935
00:52:56,880 --> 00:53:01,720
this diversified microbiome so
we can actually, you know, not

936
00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:04,000
only feed the bacteria that
we're getting through diet, but

937
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:08,800
also feed the bacteria that are
innately in the gut and provide

938
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:11,520
that dietary fiber that just
aids in digestion.

939
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:15,080
So this is really the fact that
we now have four of these

940
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:19,040
things, four of these blends to
be able to diversify between

941
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:22,880
those 23 different foods and to
be able to diversify between all

942
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:27,280
those different fiber types, I
think is just going to take the

943
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,760
health results we're getting and
and take them into a different

944
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,480
place.
And I would like to mention

945
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:34,480
specifically about the Vitality
blend.

946
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:37,880
I do think it's really cool that
purple cabbage is the number one

947
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,720
ingredient in that because we
know that purple cabbage is so

948
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:44,520
good for the digestive lining
for its, for its vitamin U

949
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:47,800
content.
And so I, I think it's a perfect

950
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,520
if you're like, most people are
either trying to rebuild their

951
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:56,320
dog or cat's microbiome and
they're doing that through like

952
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:59,640
fiber, They're doing that
through bacteria.

953
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:02,640
And I just think that having
something in this that has

954
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:06,000
actually been shown to say like
heal ulcers has actually been

955
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:10,000
shown to build the cell wall of
the digestive lining really well

956
00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:12,560
can be a really cool tool in
that.

957
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:17,680
And then the other thing too
about the vitality blend is one

958
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,000
of the things I learned did a
couple speaking events last year

959
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,000
with Rodney Habib.
And in his presentation, he

960
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,040
talked a lot about, you know,
the specific color antioxidants

961
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,200
and feeding specific bacteria in
the gut, you know, and

962
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,440
blueberries and, and other like
purple and, and pink foods.

963
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:36,640
And that's where this comes into
play as well.

964
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,480
Like people don't maybe don't
realize that even specific

965
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,880
colors can go to into feeding
specific types of bacteria that

966
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:46,520
will aid in certain ways.
And so I personally am very

967
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:48,120
excited to use the vitality
blend.

968
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,320
I know people have been waiting
for a little bit, but just keep

969
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:53,560
in mind I have to wait too.
So I've used it before.

970
00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:57,080
I do get, you know, whenever we
put out something, I've used it

971
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:00,960
on my dog, but usually I get to
use it and then it's gone and

972
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:04,000
then I have to wait till I
brought out, you know, till it

973
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,880
comes to the store that I order
from so.

974
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:11,360
And with Huckleberry being more
cold natured too, I'm sure

975
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:12,880
you're excited.
That's another reason you're

976
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:19,400
excited for this blend.
But I think I've probably kept

977
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,560
you long enough.
I appreciate you coming back and

978
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:29,760
I think that these blends are,
you know, obviously the the

979
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:34,800
foundation like the the pillar
products for Green Juju and

980
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:39,680
everything else that you guys
do, they all complement each

981
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,560
other so well, all of the
different products that that you

982
00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:48,080
have and have coming out.
So I'm just glad that you guys

983
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,120
are doing what you're doing and
thank you so much for coming

984
00:55:50,120 --> 00:55:54,200
back on to explain it all.
Well, thank you for having me.

985
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:58,760
It, it really does take, you
know, I, I go to a lot of retail

986
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:03,600
stores and do like Q&A's and
stuff like that.

987
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,760
And it's the people who are
doing education like you're

988
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:09,960
doing, you know, to the end
consumer.

989
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,720
It's, it's the clients you work
with, it's the retail store

990
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:16,400
employees, all these people who
are actually having the

991
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:19,160
relationships with the people
and the animals that use our

992
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:20,880
products.
I think that are incredibly

993
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:24,080
important.
We're just a tiny there's,

994
00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:27,360
there's five of us.
So we're just a tiny company and

995
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,280
we're able to make these
products, but we don't have a

996
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:32,360
sales team.
Me and Antoine are the sales

997
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:35,720
team.
So we do have a sales team, but

998
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:39,240
there's only two of us and so
we're not in stores, you know,

999
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,400
talking up store owners all the
time.

1000
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:45,000
And so it really is those store
owners that recognize the value

1001
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:48,280
in what we're doing and then
relay that to the end customer.

1002
00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:51,800
So I appreciate what you're
doing in that sense and to all

1003
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:53,240
those retailers out there as
well.

1004
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:55,720
So takes all of us to to help
one animal.

1005
00:56:55,720 --> 00:56:57,240
So I think that's really
important.

1006
00:56:57,960 --> 00:56:59,080
It does.
It does.

1007
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:02,240
Well, thank you so much Billy
for being here for what you do

1008
00:57:02,240 --> 00:57:06,160
guys when you were are able to
get the vitality blend and try

1009
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,520
it with your dogs.
Make sure to reach out to me and

1010
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:10,840
let me know how it goes.
I'm really excited to hear about

1011
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:15,520
it and for me and Billy today,
please give your pet some extra

1012
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:17,480
love and I will talk to you next
week.

1013
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:17,960
Thank you.