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Sean Michael Crane's Unstoppable Mindset
Sean Crane shares his story of Redemption and how his struggles early on in life helped him develop a mindset and perspective that he has used to cultivate the life of his dreams. Sean walks you through his most gruesome moments from seeing his mother overdose as a kid to watching his father in a standoff with police. After years of experiencing a living hell Sean was arrested and faced life in prison. Sean shares the most impactful moments behind bars and how they changed his life forever. After 5 1/2 years incarcerated Sean returned home a different person with a compelling vision to inspire the world. Now, a family man, successful entrepreneur and person of influence, Sean is on a mission to spread his message and impact lives across the globe with his lessons and the same breakthroughs that have helped him in his life to this point.
Sean Michael Crane's Unstoppable Mindset
Unlock Your Health Potential - Expert Insights with Dr. J
The connection between optimal health and your ability to handle stress isn't just psychological—it's biochemical. When your cellular health is optimized, everything from business challenges to personal relationships becomes easier to navigate with clarity and confidence.
Dr. J reveals why your traditional doctor's blood tests are dangerously inadequate, measuring only basic disease markers while missing the critical indicators of optimal cellular function. The lab testing most people receive is designed around a 1960s "sick care" model rather than true performance optimization. Without measuring the right biomarkers, you're operating blind when it comes to your health.
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I handle stress differently. You think of stress as being predominantly psychological. You know what I've been through. I've been through a lot of stuff, so I handle things pretty well. But raising children, growing a business there's stress involved and I've just noticed the healthier I've gotten, the easier it is to deal with stress and pressure. And when you're stressed out, everything in life just sucks. Man, You're not as obviously happy, You're not enjoying your relationships. You just don't have a lot of clarity. You're almost in damage control, all the time putting out fires. I feel like about three months ago, everything that I was starting to take and change in my just lifestyle converged Like you notice initial benefits and changes, but I feel like everything's just really converged to the point where it's just I'm optimized.
Speaker 1:Now, Welcome back to another episode of the Unstoppable Mindset Podcast. I'm your host, Sean Crane, and I got my man, Dr J, in the house. I'm excited, man. I got some good questions for you, Dr J, Real quick, though you know we love the technology stuff. I have to make an adjustment real quick on the tech stuff, so I want you to share with the viewers. I have to make an adjustment real quick on the tech stuff, so I want you to share with the viewers. Give them a quick little you know one minute story about how you became a doctor, Like like what are your credentials and backgrounds? Just real quick, I just want to hear it from you.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So it just kind of happened like it was supposed to happen and just kind of I was directed down the path that I needed to take to be able to reach this point, cause I've always been interested in health, I've always been interested in helping people to improve their health, and actually out of high school I got a job at Walgreens Pharmacy working in the pharmacy dispensing medications, and I quickly realized that I did not feel like I was helping anyone.
Speaker 2:Basically, we were just covering up their symptoms with those pills and, of course, there's a time and place for that and so I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do. And then when I found out about naturopathic medicine a practice of medicine that addresses the root cause and helps people to build health and to not need medications, get off medications I was like that's what I need to do and so kind of changed my whole trajectory of where I was going to do, where I was going to go and the type of doctor that I was going to be, and went and learned, put a lot of extra work in to be able to make that happen. And here we are now, almost 20 years later, making magic happen, helping people feel their best and unlocking people's true potential. Reversing disease, getting off medications all the fun stuff.
Speaker 1:I love it, dude, that's perfect. I just wanted the viewers and everyone that because, like, they hear me talk about you all the time and people are like who's Dr J? Like, what is his background? I think it's really cool how you got to this point and I love it because you're like me, man, you're not following the traditional path of what people told you have to do, like you realize, no, this isn't the right way, there's a better way, and look where it's brought you. I have a lot of questions that I want to ask you today, but also I just want to point that out, like for anyone listening. You know you don't always have to go the traditional route If you find something that's not working properly or if you know a better way to do it. Like you know, you got to follow your heart, man, and it leads to something bigger and better. That's how we became partners, that's how we're here building this company at Unstoppable 365.
Speaker 1:And we have so many people who are predominantly business owners, entrepreneurs, parents, just adults, who have a lot of pressure and stress on them to perform at a high level. And one of the common themes is if you don't have your health, it's really hard to consistently perform at a high level. One of the things I've noticed since I personally optimize my health and taking the right supplements, optimizing my hormones, taking the right peptides is something you told me I didn't really think it would happen, but it has. I handle stress differently. You think of stress as being predominantly psychological, right and dude. You know what I've been through. I've been through a lot of stuff, so I handle things pretty well. But raising children, growing a business, there's stress involved and I've just noticed the healthier I've gotten, the easier it is to deal with stress and pressure-filled situations, right, so why is that? Talk to the people out there who are under a lot of stress right now, whether it's in a business or whether it's in their marriage, like, how does health correlate to stress and the ability to handle stress?
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, that's a great question, um, and the thing is, it's all all connected. Um, there there's nothing, there's no way you can separate. You know, your health, whether it's just your digestive health, your, your joint health, your muscle health, your brain health and your fitness and all things, they're, they're all connected. You are one whole, entire being. Um, you know all of you is together and so every part affects the other part.
Speaker 2:And so, um, whether it's a stress, you know, like an argument with your spouse, like hopefully none of us ever argue with our, with our wives, right, but sometimes that happens, um or whether it's a deadline at work or an employee that's doing something, you have to respond in a certain way, and it's just part of life, all these stresses. And so, when you are stronger, when you are unstoppable, when you have that resilience to be able to get through and it's not just on the surface Sometimes there's a difference between fitness and health. Of course, fitness is part of health, but we need to make sure that it's all all connected so that you, you can withstand that and truly become unstoppable. Um, and so you know we can, if you want the science lesson we can dive into the cortisol response and all that, but um, it's, it's. You know, just knowing that you're stronger, knowing your mindset is where it needs to be, is is a big, big driver and helpful and helpful for that?
Speaker 1:yeah, dude, absolutely okay, you ready for some, uh, other rapid fire questions, dr? J I'm gonna, I'm gonna ask you some stuff that I think would be super insightful for people watching. Yeah, okay, uh, a lot of people ask about blood tests. It actually had this guy right now, um, on instagram live and he was commenting saying you don't need a specialty doctor, just go to your regular doctor for blood tests, right? And there's a big difference between a traditional doctor's blood panel and the in-depth blood panels you do. So which blood tests should business owners regularly monitor to optimize energy focus and longevity?
Speaker 2:Right, oh, that's a good question. So just kind of the, the general response I have to that, because I was thinking about um, that idea a lot this week actually. Um, so there's kind of different phases of lab testing. There's the, the conventional insurance cover labs, like the bare minimum. The, the sick care model that you go to your regular doctor, like that instagram comment was making, and what they look at. They are looking at labs that they can give you a pill for to cover up for sick care, so that's like the lowest level, just managing symptoms, types of labs.
Speaker 2:Okay, so that's step number one, the super, super old fashioned conventional way that was invented in the 1960s. And then there's step two, which some people think is is is what we do, but but I'll explain the difference. And then there's this newer type of lab testing called like, functional lab testing, right, where they can do, they can take the labs and they'll look at them a little bit different, do a little bit deeper dive. They might do a couple little things there and build a more customized plan. Right, that's what functional medicine do. They'll do some labs and do some testing. So really that's the old model. That's basically what was going on in the 90s, early 2000s. That's definitely where we started, that's where we were, and sometimes too, like with lab work, the information you get what you pay for. I mean just like if in your business, if you're truly going to understand what's going on in your business, depending on how deep of a dive you're going to get what you pay for, based on how deep of a dive you do with that. And then there's kind of the labs that, like we do, and then this new, the longevity-based labs, the performance-based labs. You know the evolution beyond functional medicine is you know where we do deep dives. And I'll tell you, like, if you are not spending over a thousand dollars on your labs of actual finding out what's going on inside your body, you are not doing real labs to understand your body. Anything less than that is you know. Um, I had great, great quote from one of one of our friends, joe Polish, and he said um, the worst type of of type of advice you can get is bad advice, even if it's free. So, like with your labs, the worst type of information you can get is bad information, especially if it's free. So to get good information you have to be able to invest in that. So that's kind of what we're doing.
Speaker 2:We're doing those deep dives into what your cell is doing inside your body, because you are made of trillions of cells, how you function, how you show up in the world when you walk through the door. You walk through the door with your trillions of cells together and you can't leave them behind. They are how you function, they are how you show up, they are how you perform, and so you need to understand what your cells are doing. And if you think that you can find that on some conventional lab tests or some free lab test that someone gives you, that is impossible. If they tell you that you can, they are lying to you.
Speaker 2:And so then, with that doing that deep dive, we can see do your cells have everything they need? So this is the answer to what we test. So we test your hormone levels, which those can be considered pretty basic, but then we look at your nutrition markers, your inflammation markers, and that list goes on and on and on to hundreds of different markers. We test over 215 on our basic starter panel and much more in our deeper diet panels. That we do to really understand for your cells, how are your cells functioning? Because when we understand that, then we can understand how you're really showing up today and how you're really going to be showing up in the future as well.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, I like what you said. You go. If you're paying less than a thousand dollars for your blood test, you're not actually getting the right blood work done right, you're not going to get all the information, and I know there's a lot of people out there that throughout the course of a year, they probably spend more than a thousand dollars on alcohol or fast food or things that don't actually serve them. Maybe it's like subscriptions to Netflix and Hulu and all this other crap entertainment and they neglect their health, which is crazy. So it's the most important thing that you can invest in is learning about your health and you know, you said something funny. You're like when you walk through the door, you're walking through with trillions of cells and it affects everything from you know your energy, your mental health and just your presence. So I thought that was really insightful. Man, what would you say to people who they think that a thousand or $2,000 blood test is expensive and it stops them from moving forward?
Speaker 2:Well I would say I've heard this from people multiple times. They'll do the analogy of say we can give you $10 million today, $10 million cash, but then you die tonight. Would you take that $10 million? And the answer everyone says no. I've been on stage and presented and asked that question and every now and then a guy will be like, yeah, I'll do it so my wife can have the money. And then his wife is sitting there next to him like no, you wouldn't you stupid? And so anyway. So you know, if you're not, if you're not willing to take that $10 million, that means you in your health and how you're showing up is worth at least $10 million or more. Right. And we can play. Say, if you're not willing to pay $1,000 or a little bit more than $1,000 to know what's going on inside you, that's much more valuable. That's $10 million, $50 million, $100 million plus the actual value that you have as a human. Those priorities are a little bit off. You need to be able to do that and to invest in yourself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:It comes down to mindset, too, and understanding what's most important and prioritizing those things down to mindset too, and understanding what's most important and prioritizing those things and we've talked about this before is because with the labs, when we do the right labs, we can know what that future, what current path you're on for your future, like.
Speaker 2:And so we've done labs and we've had guys that showed up in there two to three years away from a heart attack or or five to ten years away from a heart attack, and we can see that in the labs the heart attack never happens by accident. It's always something that progresses. And so you know, for that person you know going that ends up coming through our program, who no longer, you know we can fix that problem and they're not going to have a heart attack within three years, you know we've saved them, you know, $2 million cash on the expenses that are going to come from that heart attack, let alone the impact on their families and lives and their future. That that can come. So, um, we can definitely that investment can have, you know, exponential returns for, you know, 100 years potentially yeah, it's priceless, you can't put up, you can't put a price on that.
Speaker 1:A comparison um, okay, a lot of people know about peptides right, more so now because they're becoming more recognized and discussed. Specifically bpc 157 or tb 500 those are like kind of the I feel like the first peptides. Guys start uh, how can peptides like bpc 157 or tb 500 support recovery from stress, specifically, and burnout, or do that?
Speaker 2:yeah, oh, good question. Yeah, because we do. Um, definitely, if you go online talking about BPC-157 and TB500 or thymus and beta-4 is the actual name for that one They've been around a long time and we've used them for clients for a long time and the more that we study them, the more we realize the impact that they're having, because they are working on the cellular level, helping your cells handle inflammation and heal and process better. So instead of doing like a, like an ibuprofen or the tylenol or an advil some of these that are that are band-aids, inflammation blockers, like the nseds, um, that's that stop the pain and stop the inflammation without actually healing the process um, they actually promote a healthy healing process. They promote your cells to heal, they promote your cells to regenerate, even down to the and the more we study it, the more even we see down, even on the DNA level of the cells. They help your cells to handle stress, handle inflammation, handle any type of those cellular things that can come up better.
Speaker 2:So the more the research comes out on it, I'm like I just need every. Every person probably needs to take BPC-157. And the thiamine, beta-4, tb500 is something that it works along that same way and it kind of promotes that. Definitely, some people do respond a little bit differently, but the BPC-157 is foundational. Even more recent studies have shown that it helps with brain health, brain inflammation and improving all that that. It's kind of every cell in the body can use those peptides to function better, and yeah it can. It's great to be used for an injury as well, like you can inject it, you know, over your shoulder if you have a shoulder issue. Or I recently had pulled my oblique and so I've been injecting BPC 157 right over in my abdomen over the week to help with to heal faster and as well, as you know, taking it regularly orally.
Speaker 1:So does it help? Because I thought that maybe I was misinformed. I take a pill form of BPC-157, but I have some old injuries and current injuries that I'm, you know, in the process of healing and stuff like that. I know the BPC-157 helps with overall inflammation, but let's say I had a shoulder issue going on. Would it be more impactful to inject the peptide right into the shoulder joint or that area, that tissue around the area that's affected?
Speaker 2:Yeah, good question. It definitely can help. We need to make sure that we get the healing processes happening in that area. So for an old injury we might try like do a PRP injection or a stem cell injection to stimulate healing, to kind of wake up the immune system in that area, and then use BPC along with that to get even better results.
Speaker 2:But and generally I find really good results in doing both the oral and then, if you have the injury you're trying to heal from doing the injectable as well okay, very interesting because, like, like a really old injury is just kind of sitting there dormant, there's not like active healing happening in that area, and so that's why, um, just doing just the bpc by itself might not be as effective. But if we can do something to stimulate the healing, like the prp injections or or even like some, some like shockwave therapies and there's other things that can kind of wake that up, then doing the BPC with that can can improve it.
Speaker 1:So in your, your location out there in Arizona, are you going to be doing shockwave therapies, red light therapy, stem cells, stuff like that? Like what are the main things that you offer out in your, in your brick and mortar in Arizona?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we do do those things. We don't have any current red light therapy options, because that's something that works really good day to day, so we can help people to find a good option for that so they can do it at home all the time. But we do have people. We can do the shockwave therapy, the stem cells, the PRP, all of that and so, yeah, that's super fun, fancy. Especially when those tools are utilized correctly for the right person in the right circumstance, they can have really dramatic results.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's really exciting. I got to get out there and do some stem cell therapy soon.
Speaker 2:Yep Get on the schedule.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Okay, cool. So I got another question what supplements are most effective for improving cognitive function as well as reducing stress or just helping people to focus more? You know we talked a lot about stress earlier and just overall health, but is there any specific supplements to improve cognitive functioning so you could focus more, let's say, in business or work, and not get distracted and feel like you have that enhanced productivity?
Speaker 2:I mean. So the answer with that you know and we can fill this in for you, know what's the best supplement for XYZ? I don't know brain health, focus or muscle recovery or energy or sex drive or performance, whatever the answer to that question is always whatever's gonna be customized to you. So that's why, doing the actual lab work that's going to measure and know, so you'll know, oh, do I need more, you know, vitamin b12? Do I need more vitamin b5? Do I need more vitamin d? Do I need more selenium, zinc? And so we can get that customized and dialed into you. And because, like for brain health, there's, there's nutrients like inositol and choline and other minerals and nutrients that you probably haven't even heard of, but we can actually test and measure because they're essential for your body's function. They're especially essential for your brain's function. Um, we can measure that and we can then know, okay, oh, your inositol is right at the very bottom of normal range. No wonder you can't focus, because that nutrient is essential for brain health. And so then we can, you know, supplement and get you some inositol into your body that your body can use to to improve that. So that's the foundational piece to do that. You're getting the hormones dialed into Every cell in your body except for red blood cells have testosterone receptors, for men and women too, and so testosterone is so important for signaling, waking up the cells metabolism, especially in your brain. Those brain cells have testosterone receptors. They get activated by testosterone for focus, for motivation, for neurotransmitter signaling. All that improves with optimal testosterone levels. So doing those things are foundational to do that.
Speaker 2:And then there's yeah, there's other fancier things too. There's fancy peptides for brain health. There's other supplements that can improve for brain health. The reason why those don't always work for everyone can improve for brain health. Um, the reason why those don't always work for everyone like there's like, for instance, there's an herb called lion's mane, that's. That's good for, for focus and adhd and things like that is kind of what it's promoted as, but it only works sometimes unless you have the foundational stuff taken care of. If, if you do have the foundational stuff taken care of, it can work even better, um, kind of on top of that. So, just like if you're going to build a house, you start with the foundation, that's the, the nutrition, down to the basic micronutrient level and the hormones, and then, once that's working, then the fancy stuff works even better yeah, that's really good.
Speaker 1:You know, when you said lions man, I thought, man, maybe we should do an episode next time of um, debunking things that have been put into the mainstream media or people are trying to monetize stuff or just like supplements that don't actually work, because there's a lot out there, right, so we'll save that for another one. I want to get as much information out of you while I got you here as I can. The next question kind of ties into what you were just sharing. Like, how do your hormone levels so testosterone, cortisol, insulin because when you hear hormones, most people think like testosterone and progesterone for women, right, or estrogen, but like cortisol and insulin, right. So like, how do they affect or impact decision-making, leadership, resilience in high performing?
Speaker 2:individuals. So that's a good question. I love that question. They are all factors, so we sometimes downplay how much is really going on inside our body and inside ourselves. So we talked about, like we have probably anywhere some studies show between 10 and 80 trillion cells inside of our bodies, right? So it's probably somewhere around 20 to 30 trillion cells. Every single one of those cells is as complicated or even more complicated than what's going on in the whole earth. There's so much going on In fact people don't realize, like, the amount of testosterone that a man needs to function at an optimal level. You need 16 quadrillion testosterone molecules. That's 16 zeros after the 16, right, it's crazy amount of things that are going on inside of our bodies, and so it's all connected and all working together. Like we already talked about, we're all parts of one, being not individual cells and individual organ systems, and so it's all communicating, all working together, and so they play off each other and there's some that control certain areas, some that control other things, and so like, for instance, insulin is a huge master controller.
Speaker 2:Insulin is the hormone that controls what source of energy your body's looking at. So it's, it's one or the other. So either insulin controls whether you're gonna use carbs and store carbs or whether you're going to, um, or sorry, use carbs or store carbs or burn fat. So there's only two options and insulin controls that for your whole body, every cell in your body. But then you're talking about focus, motivation, drive. That's the testosterone hormone for men and for women. So men have a lot more testosterone receptors. They need a lot more testosterone to promote that drive, to promote that motivation. Women, they need that hormone as well. It's just much less, in lower quantities, like one 10th of what a man would need. But they have their other hormone balancing with estrogen, progesterone for the cycles and all that stuff. So it's all. It's so important. So testosterone is essential.
Speaker 2:But then there's cortisol, which is the master stress hormone which is designed for. You know, if a bear jumps out of you in front of you as you're walking through the forest, you need to be able to run, and so cortisol can hijack everything and take control so that you can run away from the bear and hijack everything and take control so that you can run away from the bear. The problem is when cortisol is high all the time and the bear is not out in front of you. You're at work or you're at home, or you're all these things, because our lives are so high stress, so high cortisol, so overstimulated, that we're always in that fight or flight mode. We're always running away from bear, even when we're trying to sit down and eat dinner with our wife and kids at home.
Speaker 1:Yeah, this is not to interrupt you, but this is really good For anybody watching this who is a business owner or you do feel a lot of stress. People will always try to go take vacations, or on the weekend, I don't know, maybe they try to kick back, or in the evening. I know a lot of guys I personally mentor in the evening. When the kids go to sleep, they'll sit in the recliner, drink a couple of beers, start watching their show, thinking that they're unwinding. But it's actually not resolving the issue. The issue is your hormones, your bodies, right, your fight or flight response. So with somebody like that, the vacation is not going to work necessarily. They come right back into life and they're immediately triggered.
Speaker 2:And that same response takes place just on that one I want to talk about because that's really important. I've talked to entrepreneurs all day, every day, and this is the pattern. This is a huge problem, because they get home and they think that relaxing is sitting on the couch drinking a beer, watching tv. I promise so. First you drink the beer, so your testosterone tanks, you're basically messing up all your hormones. You're, you're, you know, unloading a giant wave of inflammation into your body, and that's problem number one, um, and so you, basically you shut down your hormone production for growth hormone, for testosterone, for for the next 48, 72 hours.
Speaker 2:Um, but then you, you're watching TV. You're watching this, you know the action show on TV. I don't know what people are watching, um, my wife likes her certain shows and different things, but anyway. So whatever people watching, your brain does not know the difference between what you're seeing on TV and what's happening in real life. So you're watching this car chase scene on the cop show that you like and your brain thinks you are in that situation and your brain is releasing stress hormones and stress signals that whole time, because your brain does not know the difference between what is on TV and what's in real life. And so you think you're relaxing and you might be numb from the alcohol, but you are more stressed all night long than you were even during the day, and so you never get that rest and recovery and that compounds and compounds and compounds.
Speaker 2:And then then you get burnout. And so I talked to entrepreneurs all the time. They tell me I couldn't get out of bed for the past three nights, three days and all these different things and and you see them on social media, you see them, you know in person or whatever, and they think you think they're super high energy and these amazing productive guys. But you know, I know some of the details of their lives. Like they can't get out of bed. They were in bed all weekend because they were crashing. And then they show up on Monday and they do their podcast and they look great, and then you go home and crash and that's what's happening is they just have this constant overstimulation of the stress system and it is basically breaking them down cell by cell and they got to do something different.
Speaker 1:Wow, and honestly so. I mean it sounds like the most important thing they could do is the blood test to figure out exactly what's going on and then get on the right supplementation based on those results to help combat those effects. Right, so if there's anybody listening that was you that Dr J just described you could message one of us, you could like, comment whether you're seeing this on Facebook or another platform, or go to unstoppable365.com. There's ways that you can get the blood test and start doing it. That's really insightful, man, because I think a lot of people feel like they are relaxing when they sit down and watch TV and, yeah, you're not having to do stuff, but your brain and your body is still being triggered to react based on like a stress response. That's really insightful man.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, and that's like with the lab testing that we do. There is with our base package. There is a and for these special people that are listening, if you go to our website, well, I'll give you a special discount code right now, because you're super awesome, listening to us. So if you find our lab order sheet page, you can go on there and you do VIP 500, you get $500 off your labs, anyway.
Speaker 2:So, for all you special people that are listening, hopefully they don't edit this out for us, so, but anyway, with that lab kit, we do saliva samples of your cortisol, because your cortisol level is supposed to go up during in the morning to help you wake up and help you get going, and then slowly decline during the day, and this low at night to help you to sleep and rest and recover. And so if you just do just one blood draw during the day of your cortisol level, you don't know what it was before that or after that. Or if you do a cortisol urine sample and collect all the cortisol for the day, you don't know what that curve looked like. And so that's why the saliva samples are so important, and that's included with our base package to see what that cortisol curve is doing, so we can help to target for you specifically where you're at with your cortisol.
Speaker 1:Yeah, really good, really good, I mean, I think and that's beneficial, not even for just business owners, but people in life, like parents or a lot of adults, are really stressed out and when you're stressed out, everything in life just sucks. Man, you're not as obviously happy, you're not enjoying your relationships. You just don't have like a lot of clarity. You're almost in damage control all the time putting out fires. Like a lot of clarity, you're almost in damage control all the time putting out fires. So, uh, really, really glad you shared that. I got another question too. This is different, um, and this kind of correlates to recently I've been taking nad, I researched it, I learned about it, I asked you. I'd like you to share about nad, but also specifically this question what are the best strategies to naturally enhance mitochondrial function and cellular health for energy and endurance?
Speaker 2:Good, yeah, that's good, and that goes kind of. Our theme of what we've been talking about this whole time is down to the cellular health and the mitochondria. If you remember back to your high school biology days, your mitochondria are your energy factories for your cells. So all of your cells have mitochondria and they produce the energy that makes that cell go, so basically power source, like if your cell was a computer. The mitochondria are like that power that's coming in with that. So you need to make sure that they're working really well. And so that's the key, because you really and when we dive into some of the deeper science, you know science-y part of what we do with our protocols is there's the actual, the hallmarks of aging, the reasons why you age, the reason why your cells break down and stop functioning, and a big part of that is the mitochondrial function of those cells. And so whether it's your brain cell, whether it's your muscle cell, whether it's your bone cell, your heart cell, the mitochondria make those cells go, and so it's really important to optimize that, and hopefully I wasn't too sciencey there, but with that when they function best, that's how they do work and how your cells overall work better, which is why something like NAD can be really beneficial. Because NAD is a key component of that energy production pathway that's happening in the mitochondria, and so it can be really beneficial. And some people I've noticed they've taken NAD. They might not notice a big boost. It could be that you need to wake up your cells, wake up your mitochondria, and it's not really functioning like it needs to. So that's one NAD can be very helpful. But even like a base, foundational piece of that, getting a little bit more into the science of it, a lot of those reactions happen in the membrane of the mitochondria and so you need your mitochondria membranes to be healthy and to be able to do that. That's where you need something like omega-3s, which is like the fish oil supplements. So DHA, epa they help promote healthy mitochondria and healthy mitochondria membranes and healthy cell membranes as well, and so that is so essential.
Speaker 2:And um, this is a big problem.
Speaker 2:I see, supplement-wise, that people think that they're taking fish oil. They think that they're getting enough fish oil. So ideally you get somewhere between 2500 to 3000 milligrams of EPA plus DHA and um, most fish oil supplements only have 200, maybe 300 milligrams per capsule. So to actually get a true, accurate dose of fish oil, you need to take 10 capsules of that one that you're taking, like if you go to Costco, if you go to Sprouts or Whole Foods, whatever.
Speaker 2:Maybe, if you get a really good one, you're maybe getting 500 milligrams per capsule, and it's not total fish oil, it's EPA and DHA are the ones that matter, and so you might need to take six of those capsules to be able to get the proper dose. Anyway, there's a lot of other fish oil problems that we can talk about, but that's the first. One is not getting enough of and then not realizing you're enough, thinking that you're covered. So that's something that we do, like with all of our supplements we make sure that we get a good, effective dose and to make sure you, your body, has what it needs.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, that's that's really key that base number one um, healthy healthy fats, omega-3s, the ep and the dha will improve your cell membranes and mitochondrial function that was really insightful, because you know people who say, oh yeah, I take fish oil or I take my multivitamins and, uh, it sounds like a lot of the stuff that you would just get at the grocery store, or sprouts or a whole foods, whatever a vitamin shop it's, it's not high quality and it's not enough of the actual ingredient you need to get the benefit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, huge problem. I know fish oils are one of, like, the biggest scams that are out there, even though it is like one of the most important nutrients you can get. Like we just discussed, um, the all the ones that are popular, that you see recommended and prescribed and advertised, they are pretty much garbage and so, yeah, you need to look at your label, look at per capsule, how much EPA you're getting, how much DHA you're getting, and that total needs to add up to probably want to take 5,000 milligrams, even a higher dose.
Speaker 1:Wow, wow, incredible. I mean that's. Another benefit of like working with someone like you is you actually get high quality supplements at the right doses, cause we don't know, I didn't know that. I just I, just I trust you, so I did the blood work and then you tell me what I need and I take it right.
Speaker 2:You don't need to go to medical school. I mean not to be completely naive.
Speaker 1:You have to trust the person you're working with. And then when you notice the benefit, like I have way more energy. I told you, stress is just at an all time low despite more demands upon me. Just a lot of benefits, man. One of the things that I really love, that I noticed the most, is sustained energy throughout the day and like a lot of mental acuity, like I can just get laser focused on stuff and stay dialed in all day long and so, yeah, cause you've been on these good supplements for almost a year now and, and even though you didn't realize all the details of what was happening with those inside your body, they're doing what they're supposed to do.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I feel like about three months ago, everything that I was starting to take and change in my just lifestyle uh, converged. You know, like you notice initial benefits and changes, but I feel like everything's just really converged to the point where it's just I'm optimized now, Um, and so that's why everyone's going to be on a slightly different protocol, that everyone's going to be on a slightly different protocol, Everyone's going to be on a slightly different process.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and that's really how it is, and I was thinking. Just this morning this idea came to my mind. You can give someone a big block of marble and give them a chisel and give them a little hammer, and really anyone can do that, just like any doctor can prescribe a peptide or a supplement or run labs can prescribe a peptide or a supplement or run labs. But if you give a slab of marble and a chisel and a hammer to Michelangelo, he's going to create something very different than me or you getting out there with a chisel for the first time and trying to sculpt a sculpture. One will create the David statue and we might be able to get a smiley face if we're lucky, right and anyway. So there's a lot of value in having someone you know. The right tools in the hand of a master is better than the right tools in the hands of someone that doesn't know what they're doing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely. You know, I think some other stuff would be cool to cover on a future podcast episode or conversation like this would be. Number one is debunking a lot of stuff that people think might be good for them are true, and then the other one is how this is all really relevant and important for women too. The reason I share that is because you've already helped my wife, Jessica, a lot and she's about to have our fourth child in a couple of weeks and I messaged you the other day and I said what can we do to help her bounce back from the baby blues or postpartum as quickly as possible? Because I know in past times when we had babies and children, it affects women big time. Their hormones are all over the place.
Speaker 1:So I think doing an episode on that and really, really, like you know, showcasing what you can do or what the blood work and the right supplementation can do to help women, I think that'd be really cool. And then but before we wrap this one up today, if anyone's still listening or has watched all the way through, we do want to. We want to reward them, we want to give them a chance to to get their health optimized and reduce some of the costs. So what was that discount code for the blood test again, Yep, so VIP 500.
Speaker 2:So if you go to unstoppable 365.com, um, on the top there click on precision medical performance, that gets to kind of our medical side of unstoppable 365. Um, go go down and find the button where it says click start now. So click start now it'll pop up and have the form. It'll show you what the lab package. You put your information in there so we can send you the lab kit. And then at the bottom, when you put in your payment information, you put that code in and you'll get that discount.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so perfect. So if you want to get your blood tested you've been thinking about doing it and this episode really inspired you go on the website right now, like Dr J said unstoppable365.com, navigate the site to get to the precision medical performance area and enter that promo code in there and then from there you get to do a consultation with Dr J and he gets to break everything down with you, like where your health's at, what you need to do to optimize your health going forward. Super insightful today, man, you know I love these conversations because you're a wealth of knowledge and it's very insightful and valuable for myself and then anybody tuning in. So before we wrap this up, dr J, anything else you want to share with anybody who's watching?
Speaker 2:The worst thing that you can do is to not take action. So I mean, we talked about so many different things in this little podcast. You know this, what 35, 40 minutes? You know, even if it's just you need to sleep better, you need to change your routine before bed so that you can handle stress better. You can just cut out alcohol. You need to find a good fish oil or get an accurate dose, and we talked about lots of different things. Um, so the worst thing you can do is not do any of them and stay where you are. So, do something, pick something. If it's doing the labs and starting, you know we're here to help. We want to change the world, and it starts with work with people like you. And so, um, whatever, whatever step you need to take, take that step. Don't stay where you are, because that's you know you'll. You'll just keep going downhill from there. So, um, take action.
Speaker 1:Let's go. That's the message that I echo every day. Right? It's like you get one life. Let's go all in and move forward each and every day. Um, and procrastination, that's what kills potential, you know. So thank you, Dr J, for being here. Man, I appreciate you so much respect and gratitude for you being here, and we'll chat again soon.
