A Simple Innovation That Will Save You Money And Help Save The Planet with Miki Agrawal

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Medicine, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Joovv, Thrive Market, and Farmacy Since the 1800s, we have been led to believe that toilet paper does the job but, in reality, all it does is cost us money every month, kill millions of trees per year, and contribute to chronic infections. So what is the alternative? And how do we overcome social stigmas and challenge cultural norms to adopt a better practice? My guest on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Miki Agrawal, is here to answer these questions and discuss her insights into creating disruptive innovations for a healthier planet! Miki shares her personal story of battling a severe hyperthyroid condition, which made her poop up to eight times per day. Using a bidet changed everything for her, and inspired her to create TUSHY, a modern affordable, and easy to install bidet attachment. Miki Agrawal is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: WILD, THINX, and TUSHY. She is also the author of the #1 best-selling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER. Miki was named "Fast Company's Most Creative People," “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, and INC's “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs.” She passionately speaks about her 16 years of entrepreneurial adventures, from inventing products in taboo categories, to creatively launching them, to marketing and scaling them exponentially, to dealing with shocking setbacks—and she shares her colorful, authentic revelations along the way. This episode is brought to you by Joovv, Thrive Market, and Farmacy. Go to Joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY for an exclusive discount on Joovv’s newest devices. Right now, Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. Select a free gift from Thrive Market when you sign up for a 1 year membership. And, any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. The 10-Day Reset was designed to help you get back on track. Learn more and reclaim your health at GetFarmacy.com. Here are more of the details from our interview (audio): How Miki’s upbringing shaped her solutions-based, entrepreneurial thinking (6:48) Miki’s learnings from her early career as a restaurateur and co-founder of THINX period underwear (9:54) Being a female entrepreneur in a “man’s world” (16:21) What led Miki to create the TUSHY bidet (22:00 Worldwide water scarcity and how bidet use saves more water than using toilet paper (27:16) The historical reasons why Americans have not adopted bidet use (32:02) Breaking through common myths and misconceptions about bidets (36:18) Addressing the worldwide sanitation crisis (42:46) Creating conscious businesses to improve the world (50:27) Learn more about Miki at mikiagrawal.com. Learn more about TUSHY at hellotushy.com.

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy, the average toilet paper roll requires
0:06.4	37 gallons of water just to press down one single roll.
0:11.2	And the average American uses an average of 57 sheets of toilet paper per day or a roll
0:16.0	in a half of toilet paper per week.
0:18.6	Hey everyone, as you know, I'm a huge proponent of a well-rounded lifestyle, including whole foods,
0:24.4	exercise, and sleep.
0:25.9	So one great modality to add to your arsenal is light therapy.
0:30.4	One of my favorite tools for wellness is Juve Red Light Therapy, which personally has helped
0:35.3	my sleep.
0:37.3	And it's in light therapy products like Juve.
0:40.5	That's J-O-O-V-V.
0:43.1	And the light actually plays a key role in the function of our circadian rhythms and
0:47.5	our sleep patterns.
0:49.6	As an added bonus, red light therapy does so much more than improve your sleep.
0:53.4	It's an amazing tool to reverse aging through mitochondrial support.
0:57.6	It's also great for reducing inflammation and boosting mental acuity and supporting
1:01.4	healthy skin.
1:03.4	I'm excited because Juve just launched their next generation of devices and they've
1:07.2	made huge upgrades to it already was the best red light therapy system on the market.
1:12.6	Juve new devices are sleeker, up to 25% lighter, all with the same power we've come to expect
1:17.6	from them.
1:18.6	They've also intensified their coverage area so you can stand as much as three times
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