Unlock your body's potential and revolutionize your approach to health and entrepreneurial success by harnessing the power of hydration. I'm Jeffrey Mort, your guide on this journey, taking you beyond the usual wellness narratives to unveil how water isn't just life-sustaining—it's success-fueling. As we navigate the intricate connection between hydration and chronic back pain, you'll find that the relief you've been seeking might just flow from the tap. While conventional treatments often miss the mark, we dive into the science of spinal discs and uncover how dehydration could be at the root of that nagging pain. By integrating a simple yet effective hydration strategy into your daily routine, you may very well be unlocking doors to a pain-free life and a thriving business.
Let's raise a glass to the quality of water we indulge in—because it matters more than you think. The pharmaceutical giants might want you to think otherwise, but this episode casts a spotlight on natural health solutions and the underestimated role of water quality in our overall well-being. Discover the stark differences between spring and purified water, learn about the contaminants lurking in your glass, and gain access to resources for tapping into natural springs. With an emphasis on educated water choices, we're not just breaking boundaries in personal health; we're setting new standards for entrepreneurial success. Remember, staying hydrated is more than just a health tip; it's a keystone habit that can elevate every aspect of your life and business. Join me on this high-performance journey and let's shatter those ceilings together. LINKS:
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Unlock your body's potential and revolutionize your approach to health and entrepreneurial success by harnessing the power of hydration. I'm Jeffrey Mort, your guide on this journey, taking you beyond the usual wellness narratives to unveil how water isn't just life-sustaining—it's success-fueling. As we navigate the intricate connection between hydration and chronic back pain, you'll find that the relief you've been seeking might just flow from the tap. While conventional treatments often miss the mark, we dive into the science of spinal discs and uncover how dehydration could be at the root of that nagging pain. By integrating a simple yet effective hydration strategy into your daily routine, you may very well be unlocking doors to a pain-free life and a thriving business.
Let's raise a glass to the quality of water we indulge in—because it matters more than you think. The pharmaceutical giants might want you to think otherwise, but this episode casts a spotlight on natural health solutions and the underestimated role of water quality in our overall well-being. Discover the stark differences between spring and purified water, learn about the contaminants lurking in your glass, and gain access to resources for tapping into natural springs. With an emphasis on educated water choices, we're not just breaking boundaries in personal health; we're setting new standards for entrepreneurial success. Remember, staying hydrated is more than just a health tip; it's a keystone habit that can elevate every aspect of your life and business. Join me on this high-performance journey and let's shatter those ceilings together. LINKS:
Looking for daily support for your wellness, weight-loss and longevity questions? If you're the kind of entrepreneur that values your health as your greatest asset, naturally you’ll want to join, and invite your friends, family and colleagues to our thriving community where you’ll feel loved, supported, seen and heard! JOIN HERE!
Thank you, breaking boundaries of your mind, body and business with integrative health, and when you do that, your possibilities are limitless. I'm grateful you're here. Welcome to Breaking Boundaries for Entrepreneurs, where we explore the intersections of integrative health, your well-being and your success. I'm your host, jeffrey Mort, Certified Integrative Health Practitioner and High Performance Health Coach, and today we are diving deep into a simple and yet vast topic that intricately impacts every aspect of our lives hydration. And before we get started, you might be wondering, jeff, what happened to the two episodes per week of Breaking Boundaries podcast that you were doing and I just want to bring you up to speed on that, because I'm an advocate of full transparency that there's only so much time during the week. And in my private wellness practice, love Energy Wellness, not only have we been taking on more clients, however, we are also up leveling our service that we provide over there, so I've been focusing on some other products and some other educational aspects to be able to give to my clients while they're in the program there as well. As you know, I'm always doing, I'm always on this journey with you and I'm always learning more. I will never stop learning and I will never stop educating on integrative health. And now for the next 12 weeks, I'm also in a very intensive program that I've committed quite a bit of time to during the week. So we're dialing back the Breaking Boundaries podcast for entrepreneurs to just one episode per week, one blog post per week, keeping it simple. Yet we're still showing up and educating and empowering. So with that, I want to get back to this self-driven world of entrepreneurship where it's so easy to overlook the basics of our health.
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But proper hydration, it isn't just a health tip, it's a game changer for success. And today we're unlocking the fountain of wellness by understanding the integrative approach to hydration and its profound effects on something very specific back pain and longevity. So I guess that's two very specific things. So imagine this you wake up, you're ready to tackle the day, maybe, but instead of feeling refreshed, you're greeted by stiffness and discomfort in your back. I'm sure that so many of you can relate to that. I'm sure that sounds familiar, and I want you to know. I want you to know that you're not alone.
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Back pain affects millions. But what if I told you that proper hydration could be the key to alleviating this common ailment? Well, you might be thinking that's too simple. That's absolutely too simple and it can't be. Well, what do most people do when they have back pain every single day? Right, every day they have, we'll call it chronic back pain.
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First thing they do is they go to some over-the-counter pain relief, or, I should say, most of the time, over-the-counter pain relief. This might be some sort of an NSAID or anti-inflammatory or something along those lines, could be a Tylenol or an Advil or a leave or whatever the case may be, whatever they have on hand. And then, when that doesn't work, then they schedule a visit with their doctor might be a 10 minute visit, as they usually are, and you know, the doctor will do an evaluation and perhaps they'll recommend a stronger pain relief, maybe something not over the counter, maybe something prescription strength. And then what's the next step? When that's not working? Or the person says I don't want to keep taking these pharmaceuticals, which is a fantastic decision to make and what's next? Then maybe the doctor will do a referral to some imaging maybe this would be x-ray or an MRI or some sort of imaging where they can see what is going on. And then, once the imaging comes back, they realize yes, there is an issue. And then they'll go for a consult, a consultation with a surgeon.
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Now, surgery, sometimes it's necessary, sometimes it's necessary. But I will say this If you ask an insurance agent if you need need insurance, the answer is almost always going to be yes. So if you ask a surgeon if you need surgery, you know that's, that's what they do, um. So anyways, I'm not saying anybody's doing anything malicious, uh, but it's, it's a broken model. It's a broken model because and not surgery. I'm not saying surgery is a broken model. I'm saying the, the pain relief, to the doctor's visit, to the, the prescription meds, to the imaging, to the surgery. That is a broken model because it's missing, possibly missing the underlying root cause, and that's what we're talking about here today.
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So let's start by understanding the science behind hydration and back pain. That's right. There's science behind this. I always bring you research-backed information. Our spinal discs, those crucial little cushions between the vertebrae, they rely on hydration to maintain their height and their function. And when we are dehydrated, these discs shrink, leading to increased friction, discomfort and even injury. That's right.
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So these discs, they are, they're non-vascular, so they, they rely on a process to be able to bring in that water after everything else that's vascular in nature in the body, the organs and the tissues and things like that bring in the hydration, hydration that way through the vessels, through the blood vessels, and the discs don't have that opportunity. So if we're not getting enough water, the discs are not getting that proper level of hydration, because it's just none left Once it's all used up by the other places. There's not enough left over for the discs to be able to absorb that water. So that leads to the increased friction, the discomfort and injury. Now you might be wondering why did my doctor not ask me about water? Well, they could be assuming, they could be assuming that you have the basics covered before you came to see them.
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And although doctors I will say nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors they almost all of them got into the industry to be able to help people and then, of course, they took the oath, as I did, to do no harm to other people. But when they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in some instances to an institution to teach them how to be able to help and do no harm, they became, in most cases, in drop, indoctrinated by the source of the teaching because it's based on the pharmaceutical business. That's just a fact. And in 2023, that pharmaceutical business was $1.6 trillion, expected to grow at an exponential rate, because in 2022, it went up from $100 billion in one year to $1.6 trillion in 2022. That's the pharmaceutical industry. Now compare to the natural supplement industry, which was only a mere $93 million in 2023. Well, you might be thinking $93 million is still, you know, pretty stout industry. The natural supplement industry was only 0.06% of the pharmaceutical industry 0.0, not even 1%, 0.06%, not even one 10th. Anyways, it's clear that there's less profit in nature, yet a much better success rate from nature, and this is exactly why I empower purpose-driven entrepreneurs just like you to take control of their health naturally.
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Okay, so my rant is over about the pharmaceutical industry, and so let's get back to this. I'm not here to bring fear into anybody's eyes, because there's always an integrative approach, and there's an integrative approach specifically to hydration that goes beyond simply drinking water. It's about choosing quality water and adopting a structured hydration protocol and embracing holistic wellness practices. So, when it comes to water, not all sources are created equal. So let's start there with the quality of the water that we are bringing in on a daily basis. Now, tap water may contain impurities. Now, when I say tap water, that could mean water from your tap, of course, but where's the source? Is it a municipal water supply maintained by a government entity, or are we talking about a well water that's bringing water to your tap? So we'll quickly address the both of those.
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Municipal water supplies can contain impurities and chemicals, things like chlorine and fluoride, which are natural elements of the earth but neither have any business being in the body. You are not fluoride deficient. You are not chlorine deficient. As a matter of fact, the United States is one of the last countries to still allow fluoridated water, and many municipalities are getting away from it. You can actually look that up to see if your municipality is, or exactly what they are putting in the water and whether one of those components is fluoride. But I'm not going to go down that rabbit hole today. I would love to, but I'm not. So you can also detect certain pharmaceuticals, medications, in your municipal water supply. And how does that happen? Well, I'll get to that in just a minute and if you want any of these references here, I'm going to link up the blog post that goes along with this. So every podcast has a partnering blog post, and, um, I have more references in there, so we'll just, we'll leave it at that for the municipal water supply.
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Now, your well water could have environmental toxins in it as well, and while spring water offers natural purity and essential minerals for optimal hydration, um, you know we have bottled spring water, which of course, is regulated and tested, but then that comes in a plastic bottle. So maybe you don't want that plastic or, you know, for environmental purposes you don't want to be adding to the plastic waste in uh in the world, although you know there is recycling, uh. But then you have open source springs as well, uh, where you can bottle your own spring water. Now, a lot of times those are not tested and you're at uh your own discretion to um for the safety of that water. So, and sometimes those springs are tested, but I will link up findaspringcom so you can actually locate a natural flowing spring near you. I'll put that in the show notes for you.
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So, of course, then, for spring water, bottled water is usually the most convenient. And did you know? So, while we're talking about bottled water, you have bottled spring water, but do you make sure that it says spring water when you grab a bottle or grab a case of that, and not purified water? Because did you know that purified water can come from wastewater? Yeah, that's right, I know gross, but it's true. It's true. And so this is how the pharmaceuticals end up in the municipal water supply because the people are flushing pharmaceuticals down the toilet. Maybe they're expired, maybe they don't need them anymore, maybe they've fed up with the pharmaceuticals. They flush them down the toilet. Where does that go? It goes to a water treatment facility where they treat the water and part of that water actually goes back, gets treated a little further, and then they are selling it back to you. Yeah, I know it's gross and you can learn more about this, but this is why. This is why it's crucial to choose your water source wisely for your health and the health of your family.
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So, again, a lot of this information is linked up in the partnering blog post for this episode. You can find that at love, energy, wellnessnesscom, slash, learn, or you can just go to the show notes here. I'll link it up for you, where I'll also link up a book for you, and if you're watching on video, I have it right here. It's called the Rain Barrel Effect and it's by my mentor, dr Stephen Cabral. You can actually get this book for free, and I will put a link to my website where you can find that book for free over there. You just have to pay shipping and there's a whole section in here of uh. It's actually um toxic enemy number four and it's all about uh tap water in here and you can read about that. And then there are there um provided. In here are the uh research links as well, and then what I'll also do is I'll link up my favorite water pitcher. So I have a water pitcher that filters out I forget how many percent, but it's upward of in the 80 or 90 percentile of toxins, including chlorine and fluoride, and I use that every day. My family loves it, I love it, we use that thing all the time and I will link that up as well.
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So now that you understand about water quality, let's talk implementing a plan, beginning with timing starting your day with a glass of water infused with organic lemon upon waking. This will jump start hydration and detoxification and, frankly, it really tastes good. This is this is my one of my healthy habits, and a great starting point that I recommend to all my clients is I have lemons all ready to go quartered up in the refrigerator. I have my filtered water that I make sure I fill up the night before so it's all filtered and ready to go. And the first thing I do when I wake up is, well, first of all, I stretch, usually use the bathroom, brush my teeth and then I go and make my water drink to hydrate first thing in the morning, I squeeze lemon in there and it's delicious. It really jumpstarts the day.
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And then, throughout the day, I want you to aim to drink at least half of your body weight in ounces of water. So what does this look like? If a person is 150 pounds, they're going to body weight in ounces of water. So what does this look like? If a person is 150 pounds, they're going to be drinking 75 ounces of water. If a person is 200 pounds, they're going to be drinking 100 ounces of water, and that is a minimum. That is a baseline starting point to be able to do that. Now, it's not that difficult. You know 75 ounces. Well, if you're drinking a 20 ounce bottle, that's 20, 40, 60, 80, that's four bottles of water per day. You can do that. That's so easy, so easy to do, especially starting first thing in the morning and then afternoon.
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Afternoon is when I recommend replenishing electrolytes with a pinch of salt and a squeeze of organic lime for enhanced hydration and energy. Now, what kind of lime? Of course, organic lime, because you don't want any pesticides or glyphosate in the fruit that you're squeezing in there, the fruit juice. But what kind of salt? You might be wondering. I recommend Himalayan sea salt, or my favorite, if you're watching on video here this Redmond sea salt, and you can find this on our resource page on our website, 11agwellnesscom slash resources. And this Redmond Real Salt comes from the Salt Flats in Utah and it has over 80 trace minerals in it. It's absolutely amazing.
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But what we're looking to do with the salt and the lime is replenish your sodium and potassium. These are very important electrolytes for energy and for your adrenals and for your you know cellular function as well. Very, very important to have those in balance. If you want to know if your sodium and potassium levels are balanced over the course of the last three months, we can set you up with a free minerals and metals lab. Takes a simple hair sample and we can look at your mineral levels, your heavy metal toxicity. It's absolutely an amazing lab and for first-time lab users, we can set you up for free and you can find that over on our website, or you can always dm me or email me, jeffrey, at love and eg wellnesscom, and schedule your complimentary consultation. Mention the free lab. We'll hook you up over there. You just have to pay shipping, just like the book, to get the product to you, but that's uh, over a 200 lab free to you for just the cost of shipping.
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So so the journey, the journey to optimal hydration, back to hydration here. It doesn't end there. As you already know, integrative health coaching offers personalized guidance and support, empowering you to make sustainable lifestyle changes that elevate your health, your energy and your performance. Simple lifestyle changes. This is not a complete reconstruction of your lifestyle. This is just adding in simple healthy habits, such as drinking lemon water first thing in the morning, making sure that your hydration is covered for the day, quality water. So those are some simple lifestyle changes that are going to help make a huge difference. Right, it's like compounding interest. Once you get that momentum going and you implement these healthy habits and you start to habit stack, you are going to see incredible changes for the better in your life.
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So now you might be wondering how does hydration relate to success as an entrepreneur. I just don't understand that. Okay, well, think about it this way In the short term, staying hydrated sharpens focus, boosts energy, reduces pain and enhances productivity All essential for seizing opportunities and driving your business forward term, we're talking about a long game here for longevity and health span proper hydration. It lays the foundation for health and longevity. By supporting spinal health and bolstering immune function, you can enjoy a higher quality of life well into your later years. I don't even want to call them golden years, because that just doesn't I don't know, it doesn't sit well with me. I still feel like I'm a teenager in my mind and in my energy levels, now that I'm back to where I want to be and I feel amazing, so anyways.
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So where do we go from here? It's simple Take the next step towards optimal hydration and holistic wellness by scheduling that complimentary consultation over at Love Energy Wellness or any of the 5,000 certified integrative health coaches. You don't just have to well, I shouldn't say have to but you have more options than just Love Energy Wellness. There's over 5,000 certified integrative health practitioners that are there to guide you towards success. You can find them at, I believe, integrativehealthpractitionerorg, and there's a practitioner directory there. We would be happy to interview you over at Love Aging Wellness. We have complimentary consultations. We can talk about your concerns, your goals and how we can help to get you there, and all of the integrative health practitioners offer personalized strategies and support to transform your life from the inside out.
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So remember my friends, proper hydration isn't just about drinking water. It's about unlocking the fountain of wellness and embracing a brighter, healthier future. So let's break some boundaries together and thrive in both life and in business. That's all for today's episode of Breaking Boundaries for Entrepreneurs. I'm your host, jeffrey Moore, and I will see you next time. In the meantime, stay hydrated, stay healthy and keep breaking those boundaries. Bye-bye, everybody.