There's research that shows that enjoying food changes the nutritional absorption of food,

which I mean, in my mind, I'm like, if that's not magic, I don't know what is, but there's

nutritional data that shows that enjoyment impacts nutritional absorption.

A car does not change how well it absorbs gas based on its mood.

The car does not change how well it absorbs gas. Hi, welcome back to let it out. Hi, welcome back to Let it out.

Today we pick up a conversation that started last week.

You heard me talk to Virgie Tovar.

And if you're just tuning in this week and you missed last week or you're new here, welcome.

Hi, I'm Katie. This is Let It Out. I've been doing it for a while.

And occasionally I cut episodes into two parts if they're really long and if I feel like it. And I did this week. So this is the second half of a conversation that you can hear. the first most of the first hour and a half

of the conversation I aired last week and I chose to cut it in an odd spot because it was really

good and I didn't want to hear the guest was really good. Virgie had really insightful information and I didn't want to hear, the guest was really good. Virgie had really insightful information.

And I didn't want people to miss it.

So I put as much as I could in the first episode.

And I saved a bit for this episode.

So if you'd missed it, you might want to go back and listen to it.

This is the end of a two-hour conversation,

plus some clips that I will set up at the end

and a special message from a guest.

That's all coming later in this episode.

But first, here is the last 25 minutes or so with author, activist, one of the nation's leading experts and lectures, Virgie Tovar.

You heard me last week tell you a bit more about Virgie, but I want to remind you that she holds a master's degree

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