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is really fascinating, very different, but also fascinating. Today, my guest is Dr. Ian Smith.

You know, Ian from the doctors, you also know him from a million books that he has authored,

which I didn't realize how many books you went off there. And I was, look at the various

stuff going, oh my God, that is incredible. So congratulations. That is a new book, Met

Flex diet. Yeah. First of all, thank you. And it's always great to talk to you. I haven't

seen you in a while since Rachel right? Sure. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You know, you know, it's,

I don't keep track of the books, honestly, because I just love to write and I do it. But

my Met Flex diet is my 24th book. And I just last week, those words are insane. 24

And here's what I didn't realize that I want to, I want to emphasize not, I thought you wrote

health books and not fiction books exclusively, but oh, no, no. How many five novels or something?

Yeah. So the newest one, the overnight is my 25th book. It's my fifth novel. And you know,

Drew, you and I have been in medicine and healthcare for so long that it's easy to allow ourselves

to be pigeonholed into a box. Oh, yeah. And I've always believed that, listen, we got one life,

man. And while I love medicine, I love health and wellness and fitness, but there's more to life

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