Hey, this is Ari. Welcome back to the show. With me today is Barton Scott, who is a chemical engineer, nutrition expert, and founder of upgraded formulas.

And he is going to be talking all about his area of expertise, which is minerals and their

relationship to human health, disease, longevity, and human performance.

So I think brain function, mood, energy levels, and so on.

Lots of very interesting insights here and I hope you enjoy it.

Barton, welcome to the show.

Hey, Ari, great to be on with you.

So first of all, you have a unique interest in minerals and health more broadly, but minerals

specifically. So how did that come about? How did you go from being a chemical engineer to developing this interest in health

and then developing an interest in minerals specifically as it pertains to human health

like most people it seems in health that are they're really passionate. It's just absolute necessity, really.

So a short sort of synopsis, people can see a full video that's on the website.

But, you know, my family was really close, luckily, growing up.

And my mom, by the time she was in her early really close, luckily growing up.

And my mom, by the time she was in her early 60s, was retired and starting to have some health conditions.

And she had been both of my parents were educators.

And, you know, we're living in, like, coastal Louisiana.

And, you know, spent, it was a great place to grow up.

I had a lot of time outdoors.

I was in sports.

And the combination of that, like trying to get her well and also growing up with, among

other sports wrestling and the knowledge of nutrition in wrestling being just so clear.

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