Folks, it's Ben Greenfield here, and I'm looking at a quote right now, and it says there

is no treatment or drug which can overcome or negate the effects of a poor diet in adequate

nutrition, lack of exercise, and unhealthy lifestyle.

And that quote actually comes from the gentleman who we have as a guest on today's podcast,

Dr. David Gethoff, and Dr. Gethoff is a natural path.

He is a board-certified clinical nutritionist, and he also happens to know a lot about water

and water health, and that's what we are going to be talking about today, is for those

you who are spending time in swimming pools, getting exposed to chlorine, maybe a little

bit worried about this stuff and what it can do to your bodies and what you can do about

it.

Dr. Gethoff is on that today, so Dr. Gethoff, thanks for coming on the call today.

You are very welcome, I am right here, it's so funny, every state is a little different

with their laws and regulations, and in my state, I'm not allowed to use the word doctor,

so everybody calls me David, or a naturopath, so it just depends on where I am, and I don't

care when I was brought up, my dad was always telling my little friends, don't call me

a doctor, my name is Luke, call me Luke, so I was brought up a very liberal environment

now, a little different.

You are down in California, right?

I am down in Southern California, within the boundaries of San Diego County.

Okay, gotcha, now, you know, obviously as a naturopathic physician and a clinical

nutritionist, you know a lot about various aspects of health and wellness, but what kind

of got you into knowing about water, where do you learn what you know about kind of

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