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Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

EP 319 — Alexander Karp: Kratom: A Safer Approach For Pain Relief

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Paul Chek

Religion & Spirituality, Wellness, Society & Culture, Plant Medicine, Relationships, Alternative Health, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Paul Chek, Spirituality, Sexuality, Holistic Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Development

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve been looking for safer options for pain relief, kratom — a Southeast Asian plant with at least 40 naturally occurring bioactive alkaloids — has probably popped up in your search results more than once.But, how do can you know the differences in quality, potency and safety between naturally sourced kratom products?Alexander Karp, chief scientific officer for ETHA Natural Botanics, describes his journey to find pain relief with kratom, the perils of an unregulated marketplace and why ...

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0:00.0

When chronic pain is at that level of a degenerating disc, severe pain, it kind of pulls you out

0:05.2

the present moment. You can't really think about anything. You kind of move wrong and it just

0:08.8

pulls you right into that sensation and it's horrible. So for the first time in five or six months,

0:15.0

I forgot about the pain. My pain would go from a 10 down to a two or a three and kind of just

0:20.1

melt in the background.

0:21.7

And so I was like, wow, this is amazing. And mind you, this was after I tried everything from,

0:27.6

to your point, I tried CBD, THC. I was doing inversion tables, doing all sorts of stretches,

0:34.4

exercises. I'd also tried anything my doctor at the time recommended, like

0:38.3

muscle relaxers, all sorts of pharmaceuticals that did not help me. And so first time ever

0:44.4

Kratem was a miracle for my pain. This is Spirit Gym. Today, Paul is talking with Alexander

0:52.0

Carl, the chief scientific Officer for Etherals.

0:55.5

We thank you for listening to this podcast, which would not be possible without you, our subscribers, and also our premier sponsors, by optimizers, organify, paleo valley and wild pastures.

1:07.0

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1:15.9

Paul and Alexander are talking about pain relief and how Kratom can be a safer approach to many of the pharmaceutical remedies that people commonly use.

1:25.8

Well, hello everybody.

1:27.0

Today we're going to talk about pain relief,

1:29.5

Kratom, a safer approach.

1:32.0

I've got Alexander Krep here with me,

1:34.3

the chief science officer for ethan naturals and element 115.

1:39.8

We will also have a guest appearance from Danny Way,

1:43.4

who is who introduced me to Alex,

1:46.0

and Danny and I have a long history.

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