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Boundless Life

Surprising Supplement Secrets From An Industry Insider (& The Shocking Truth About Your Multivitamins).

Boundless Life

Ben Greenfield

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.65.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2018

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

I'm a supplement geek. I have been for a long time - ever since I was a fledgling bodybuilder guzzling creatine and a bright-eyed college student immersed in pharmacology and advanced human nutrition classes. But today's podcast guest - Dr. Hector...

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0:00.0

Well, hello my friends. I have a funny story. I had a dog growing up a boxer a brindle boxer and my dog's name was Hector and

0:08.6

My podcast guest on today's show is also named Hector

0:12.2

But he's not a dog. He's a pretty smart dude, especially when it comes to navigating the supplements industry

0:19.7

He's like a formulator. He knows a ton

0:22.9

So I got a chance to pick his brain for a while and I think you're gonna really dig what you come away with on this one as far as

0:30.2

Understanding the often confusing wide world of supplements just a tad bit better

0:36.6

But before we jump into that

0:38.2

I want to tell you about speaking of supplements this stuff called Tion Chi T-I-A-N-C-H-I

0:46.4

Now it's an herb extract a whole bunch of herbs in one tiny packet and the thing is when you buy herbs

0:55.4

especially Chinese adaptogenic herbs

0:58.7

The herbal extract are mixed at about a 10 to 1 that means they use about 10 pounds of raw herb to make one pound of

1:06.8

pure extract

1:08.8

This guy actually has about a

1:11.8

45 to one yield out of these Tion Chi are as mean 45 pounds of raw herb to produce one pound of pure extract

1:19.9

The guy that makes his name Roger drummers been on my podcast twice one of the smartest

1:25.0

Chinese adaptogenic herbs and Chinese medicinal practitioners that I know he lives out in Portland, Oregon

1:32.7

Anyway, so he's jammed inside this tiny pack a Shazandra

1:37.5

Rishi Ashwaganda a clonia one really interesting one that's basically known as Hooper Zine

1:44.3

Which is fantastic for blood flow to the brain they use that on TBI's and football players

1:50.3

It's God I restorative for the liver and the kidneys. It's got something called polygonum in it which translates to

1:57.1

Hose black hair one of the main kidney restoratives in Chinese or biology the list of these things go on and on and on

2:05.1

There's only one Chinese adaptogenic herb blend that you will find at my website Kion at get Kion dot com and it's this stuff

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