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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield here and I'm joined today by two of the founders of

a functional medicine practice called Norish Balance Thrive.

And that's at NorishbalanceThrive.com.

The reason that I wanted to get these two folks on is because I get so many complaints

from the athletes that I work with, from podcasts listeners, from folks who I talk with,

at conferences and face-to-face and via email and via phone about this whole recovery

issue, not recovering as fast as you want to recover, getting pain and anything that

ends with the word I-DIS, basically on a, on an almost a weekly basis during your training,

feeling like you're getting tired during the day or unable to maintain the energy levels

that you want to and experiencing all these things, it seems like you shouldn't actually

be experiencing when you're going out and playing and doing what you love to do and

it can be frustrating.

So the folks from Norish Balance Thrive have kind of, they kind of specialize in looking

into what is actually causing these type of issues, whether it be the adrenal fatigue

or the overtraining or the constant injuries or the inability to sleep or to recover.

And the two folks who I have on the call today from Norish Balance Thrive are Christopher

Kelly, who's a pro mountain biker, a certified functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner

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