{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":5.67,"endTime":8.49,"body":"Algae is going to save your life, the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":8.49,"endTime":10.14,"body":"And I'm not the only one that thinks that."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":10.29,"endTime":15.96,"body":"United Nations has endorsed spirulina algae since 1974 as the answer to world hunger."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":21.3,"endTime":25.39,"body":"Hello again and welcome to the Live Long and Master Aging podcast."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":25.41,"endTime":30.03,"body":"My name is Peter Bowes. This is where we explore the science and stories behind human"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":30.03,"endTime":35.65,"body":"longevity. Now, an essential pillar of healthy aging is, of course, our diets."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":35.67,"endTime":36.96,"body":"We are what we eat."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":36.96,"endTime":38.44,"body":"So the saying goes."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":38.46,"endTime":45.54,"body":"So the thought for some that we could incorporate algae into our daily menu may not sound"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":45.54,"endTime":46.65,"body":"that appealing."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":46.65,"endTime":51.33,"body":"But increasingly, algae, you might hear it referred to as algae in some parts of the"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":51.33,"endTime":53.5,"body":"world, especially here in America."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":53.52,"endTime":60.63,"body":"It is seen as a sustainable whole food crop packed with essential nutrients that have the"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":60.63,"endTime":65.79,"body":"potential to improve immune health, gut health, energy and yes, longevity."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":65.94,"endTime":70.95,"body":"But if it is so good, why don't we hear more about it in the Western world?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":70.95,"endTime":76.29,"body":"And to what extent could it replace traditional sources of nutrients?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":76.32,"endTime":81.84,"body":"Let's find out more with Catherine Arnston, the founder and CEO of Energy Bits."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":81.84,"endTime":87.39,"body":"The bits being, as the company says, tiny bits of nutrition made purely of algae."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":87.42,"endTime":90.79,"body":"Catherine, welcome to the Live Long and Master Aging podcast."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":90.81,"endTime":96.09,"body":"Thank you, Peter. And you know, I have a selfish reasons for wanting to share this"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":96.09,"endTime":99.87,"body":"knowledge of algae because I want people to live as long as I do."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":100.71,"endTime":103.26,"body":"So I won't be alone when I'm in my hundreds."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":103.26,"endTime":104.64,"body":"120 years."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":105.24,"endTime":107.52,"body":"Exactly. Well, you've come to the right place to talk about that."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":107.52,"endTime":109.74,"body":"Great. Because that's exactly what our motivation is as well."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":110.52,"endTime":112.98,"body":"As long and as long as we have good health."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":113.08,"endTime":116.07,"body":"Yes, exactly. What's the point of living if you're not in good shape?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":116.79,"endTime":120.27,"body":"Exactly. And just to kind of get it out of the way, I say algae."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":120.3,"endTime":121.46,"body":"You say algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":121.47,"endTime":125.91,"body":"Yes. Well, it's I'm actually Canadian, but I am I've lived in the United States for 33"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":125.91,"endTime":132.03,"body":"years. I do understand that in the UK and Europe, they refer to it as algae, but it's"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":132.03,"endTime":133.65,"body":"potato, potato, tomato, tomato."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":133.65,"endTime":138.33,"body":"It's all the same thing. It's all Mother Nature's gift to us so we can live long and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":138.33,"endTime":138.93,"body":"well."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":139.26,"endTime":143.46,"body":"Exactly. We speak the same language, but in some cases we don't necessarily speak it in"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":143.46,"endTime":145.4,"body":"the same way. And that's absolutely fine."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":145.41,"endTime":149.07,"body":"So let's talk about algae, and I'm going to continue to call it algae because that's how"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":149.07,"endTime":149.34,"body":"I was brought up."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":149.37,"endTime":151.32,"body":"Go right ahead. Or whatever makes you feel good."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":151.62,"endTime":152.79,"body":"Exactly. Yes."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":152.97,"endTime":156.9,"body":"Let's talk about it. And I think we need to explain what is algae?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":156.99,"endTime":161.61,"body":"Where does it come from? We think of that scum, don't we, on the top of a pond or a or a"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":161.61,"endTime":162.24,"body":"river."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":162.66,"endTime":166.89,"body":"Well, there is that, algae is that."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":166.89,"endTime":172.23,"body":"But first, I want people to understand that algae awas the first life on earth."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":172.23,"endTime":177.63,"body":"And basically algae breaks into two main categories as we know it today."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":177.66,"endTime":181.69,"body":"One is called macroalgae, and the other one is microalgae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":181.71,"endTime":187.47,"body":"Now, we're going to be speaking only really about microalgae today because it's a"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":187.47,"endTime":189.84,"body":"thousand times more nutrient dense than macroalgae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":189.84,"endTime":192.02,"body":"But let me tell you first what macro algae is."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":192.03,"endTime":197.92,"body":"It's that big, stringy stuff that you see washing up on shore, also known as seaweed"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":197.92,"endTime":199.77,"body":"dulce kelp."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":199.8,"endTime":204.9,"body":"And it's called seaweed because it's only in the sea, it's from the ocean."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":205.35,"endTime":210.66,"body":"And now it is important because it has lots of fiber and iodine, because it comes from"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":210.66,"endTime":213.59,"body":"the ocean, but it has virtually no nutrition in it."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":213.6,"endTime":219.03,"body":"So just to let you know that it is good for you, but not in the way that microalgae is"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":219.03,"endTime":221.7,"body":"now. Microalgae is what we're going to talk about today."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":221.7,"endTime":225.6,"body":"And it is called microalgae because it's microscopic in size."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":225.6,"endTime":228.93,"body":"Something like a million cells would fit on the head of a pin."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":228.93,"endTime":230.7,"body":"That's how tiny it is."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":230.7,"endTime":233.73,"body":"And microalgae is everywhere."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":233.73,"endTime":236.31,"body":"Macroalgae, like I said, is only in the sea."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":236.34,"endTime":238.5,"body":"Microalgae is everywhere."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":238.5,"endTime":242.52,"body":"It's in the oceans, the lakes, the rivers, the streams, the soil."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":242.55,"endTime":243.9,"body":"Yes. Your swimming pool?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":243.9,"endTime":245.22,"body":"Yes, your aquarium."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":245.22,"endTime":250.56,"body":"Now, the reason why you want to know about a microalgae is it is the most nutrient dense"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":250.56,"endTime":254.46,"body":"food in the world, and it feeds everything and every one."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":254.46,"endTime":257.25,"body":"There's different strains of microalgae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":257.25,"endTime":261.84,"body":"There's thousands, in fact, tens of thousands of strains of microalgae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":261.9,"endTime":266.7,"body":"You some of them are blue green algae, green algae, red algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":266.7,"endTime":271.17,"body":"And the two we're going to be talking about today are one of them is a blue green algae"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":271.17,"endTime":272.61,"body":"called Spirulina."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":272.61,"endTime":275.81,"body":"And the other one is a green algae called chlorella ."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":275.82,"endTime":280.86,"body":"Now, before I dig into any deeper explanation about these two algae and why they're the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":280.86,"endTime":289.05,"body":"two that you need today to live, to survive, to thrive, I need to be sure you understand"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":289.05,"endTime":294.54,"body":"that the two I'm talking about, spirulina and chlorella, are not from the ocean."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":294.54,"endTime":299.99,"body":"Yes, there is blue, green and green algae in the ocean, but they are not spirulina or"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":300.02,"endTime":306.94,"body":"chlorella. spirulina and chlorella  are harvested in freshwater like other vegetables."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":306.94,"endTime":310.87,"body":"So like kale or broccoli or, you know, tomatoes are often grown."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":310.87,"endTime":312.07,"body":"It's called hydroponically."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":312.28,"endTime":313.9,"body":"So they're cultured for that reason."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":313.9,"endTime":319.42,"body":"Correct. And virtually all spirulina or chlorella that you would purchase are grown this"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":319.42,"endTime":324.64,"body":"way. We can go into the details of what makes us special, because ours is the purest,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":324.64,"endTime":326.83,"body":"cleanest algae that you can buy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":326.83,"endTime":331.06,"body":"And we don't use high heat to dry it, which is going to be very important for you to"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":331.06,"endTime":333.01,"body":"understand a little bit later on."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":333.01,"endTime":336.58,"body":"But I want to be sure you understand it's grown as a vegetable."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":336.58,"endTime":342.97,"body":"And in fact, growing algae is a multibillion that's with a 'b' multibillion dollar"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":343.0,"endTime":345.16,"body":"agricultural crop in Asia."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":345.16,"endTime":350.53,"body":"They've been growing it for over 50 years, and it's almost as big as the beef industry"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":350.53,"endTime":355.0,"body":"is. And the Japanese don't leave their house without taking chlorella every day."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":355.0,"endTime":360.13,"body":"So and by the way, the Japanese have are known for having the best longevity and I"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":360.13,"endTime":364.48,"body":"attribute some of that to the fact they take algae every single day."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":364.48,"endTime":368.26,"body":"And when you say they take it with them, they're taking it as a as a snack, something to"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":368.26,"endTime":369.28,"body":"nibble on during the day."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":369.31,"endTime":373.33,"body":"They well, they take it as we sell it, which is in tablet form, which you can swallow or"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":373.33,"endTime":376.9,"body":"chew. They have it as powder that they mix with drinks."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":376.9,"endTime":383.8,"body":"But also because it's been so prevalent in Asia, particularly in Japan, they put algae in"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":383.8,"endTime":389.68,"body":"everything. And in probably ten years, the same thing will be happening here."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":389.68,"endTime":395.77,"body":"You know, think about it. Ten years ago, you didn't know about chia seed or matcha or"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":395.83,"endTime":397.36,"body":"quinoa for that matter."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":397.36,"endTime":402.55,"body":"And and now it's so common, you know, collagen."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":402.55,"endTime":407.77,"body":"And so, you know, even your snack foods now have chia seed in them to give you some extra"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":408.07,"endTime":413.77,"body":"protein. But none of chia seed or none of these other foods that have been used by"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":413.77,"endTime":418.84,"body":"indigenous groups in other countries for hundreds or thousands of years, none of them"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":418.84,"endTime":420.67,"body":"hold a candle to algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":420.67,"endTime":427.24,"body":"So algae is so sophisticated of a crop in Asia, they put it in everything, they put it in"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":427.24,"endTime":431.38,"body":"their protein, they put it in their food and their dry goods, they put it in everything."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":431.38,"endTime":436.06,"body":"So, you know, if I do my job right here in America, we're going to start learning more"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":436.06,"endTime":440.5,"body":"about it and we'll start doing the same thing because algae is going to save your life,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":440.5,"endTime":441.58,"body":"the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":441.67,"endTime":446.68,"body":"And I'm not the only one that thinks that the United Nations has endorsed spirulina algae"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":447.07,"endTime":452.11,"body":"since 1974 as the answer to world hunger, because it has the highest concentration of"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":452.11,"endTime":453.37,"body":"protein in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":453.37,"endTime":457.69,"body":"It has three times the amount of protein as steak or even chicken."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":457.69,"endTime":459.4,"body":"And it's a sustainable crop."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":459.4,"endTime":463.12,"body":"So it's it's been endorsed by them for almost 50 years."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":463.12,"endTime":464.23,"body":"Same with NASA."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":464.26,"endTime":468.46,"body":"NASA has been using it and feeding it to the astronauts for almost same length of time."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":468.46,"endTime":473.89,"body":"And we have a quote from them that says, one gram of algae has the same nutrition as 1000"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":473.89,"endTime":477.58,"body":"grams of fruits or vegetables, 1 to 1000."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":477.7,"endTime":479.29,"body":"Pretty crazy, right?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":479.29,"endTime":484.39,"body":"So it is the nutrient density of algae that makes it special, that makes it stand out from"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":484.39,"endTime":485.41,"body":"other food forms."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":485.41,"endTime":487.96,"body":"It's not just the nutrient density."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":488.71,"endTime":494.95,"body":"It's a few of the nutrients that are almost impossible to find in other foods that also"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":494.95,"endTime":499.6,"body":"make it a stellar food for you to be taking every day."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":499.6,"endTime":500.62,"body":"And they do different things."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":500.62,"endTime":504.76,"body":"And we're going to do a deeper dive into the differences between Spirulina and Chorella,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":504.76,"endTime":507.37,"body":"because they are completely different and they do."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":507.4,"endTime":513.1,"body":"They offer your body completely different benefits for health and longevity, whether it's"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":513.1,"endTime":516.19,"body":"for your brain health or your gut health."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":516.19,"endTime":519.52,"body":"Let's start there, then, shall we, with the differences that you describe."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":519.55,"endTime":524.68,"body":"Okay. All right. So spirulina is technically a bacteria."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":524.68,"endTime":525.76,"body":"Well, officially a bacteria."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":525.76,"endTime":527.08,"body":"It's called a cyanobacteria."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":527.08,"endTime":531.49,"body":"And the reason why that's important well, there's a couple of huge reasons why that's"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":531.49,"endTime":533.71,"body":"important. And I'm going to save the good stuff till the end."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":533.71,"endTime":538.96,"body":"But the first thing is because it has it's a bacteria, it has no cellulose wall."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":538.96,"endTime":543.16,"body":"That means it gets absorbed into your bloodstream almost instantly if you chew it and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":543.16,"endTime":545.23,"body":"within minutes if you swallow it."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":545.23,"endTime":546.79,"body":"And why is that important?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":546.79,"endTime":549.85,"body":"Well, because it has the highest concentration of protein."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":549.85,"endTime":555.91,"body":"If you compare it to animal protein, that often takes three days to break down into amino"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":555.91,"endTime":559.78,"body":"acids because you don't have the factors and cofactors to to be able to absorb it."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":559.78,"endTime":564.88,"body":"So you end up, in some cases, only absorbing 10% of that chicken breast as amino acids."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":564.88,"endTime":572.65,"body":"But because spirulina is a bacteria and all of the protein in both of the two algae are"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":572.65,"endTime":576.85,"body":"already in amino acids, your body has instant access to them."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":576.85,"endTime":578.59,"body":"So there's no waiting."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":578.59,"endTime":583.69,"body":"And so I call it efficient nutrition because it's absorbed instantly, because there's"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":583.9,"endTime":586.96,"body":"none of that cell wall to interfere with any digestive process."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":586.96,"endTime":588.2,"body":"So that's number one."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":588.2,"endTime":593.44,"body":"Rich, the richest source of protein and the most bioavailable source of protein."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":593.47,"endTime":596.08,"body":"A lot of people have digestive issues."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":596.08,"endTime":597.28,"body":"As you get older."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":597.31,"endTime":599.14,"body":"That's a that's a biggie."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":599.14,"endTime":603.22,"body":"And so if you. Have the enzymes to digest the protein, or maybe you don't have access to"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":603.22,"endTime":607.66,"body":"it, or maybe you're vegan, or maybe you just don't have time to cook."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":607.69,"endTime":613.12,"body":"Algae. Spirulina algae is your answer because you just swallow down four or five or ten"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":613.12,"endTime":616.78,"body":"tablets and you've met your nutritional protein needs for the day."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":616.78,"endTime":618.37,"body":"It's, it's, it's crazy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":618.37,"endTime":623.17,"body":"So because it has so much protein and because it's loaded with what's called B vitamins,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":623.17,"endTime":629.8,"body":"it has all of the B vitamins, even B12 and and B vitamins convert glucose into energy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":630.22,"endTime":636.64,"body":"So spirulina has been known as an energizing algae because it has all those rich aminos"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":636.64,"endTime":640.81,"body":"that are instantly converted because of the B vitamins and also because it has a very"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":640.81,"endTime":645.04,"body":"high amount of iron that carries oxygen in your blood and that gives you energy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":645.04,"endTime":650.56,"body":"It's what's known as a vasodilator, which opens up your blood vessels so that blood, they"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":650.56,"endTime":655.54,"body":"basically relax them so blood can flow faster and bring oxygen and nutrition to your"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":655.54,"endTime":658.03,"body":"muscles and to your brain and to your body."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":658.03,"endTime":659.32,"body":"And that gives you energy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":659.32,"endTime":662.88,"body":"It also has high boron, which is hard to find in food."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":662.88,"endTime":669.22,"body":"Boron helps facilitate thought and coordination and helps with your synapses."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":669.58,"endTime":675.79,"body":"And it's also loaded with essential fatty acids like Omega-3, which facilitate brain"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":675.79,"endTime":678.01,"body":"health and and reduce inflammation."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":678.01,"endTime":682.06,"body":"So all around spirulina is very nourishing."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":682.09,"endTime":688.06,"body":"It has 40 vitamins and minerals, the highest protein in the world, instant absorption, no"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":688.06,"endTime":689.29,"body":"digestive issues."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":689.29,"endTime":697.12,"body":"It's so safe that it can be given and easily digested, can be given to newborns, kids,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":697.12,"endTime":700.14,"body":"teenagers, grandparents, even your pets."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":700.15,"endTime":705.4,"body":"It is hands down the most efficient food in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":705.4,"endTime":710.26,"body":"And we're proud to say we're considered the safest because we also do third party lab"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":710.26,"endTime":712.27,"body":"tests and the way that we regrow our algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":712.27,"endTime":718.3,"body":"So it's and the reason I love it so much is I found out, you know, people weren't eating"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":718.3,"endTime":722.98,"body":"a lot of vegetables or not cooking meals at home because it was too much work, especially"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":722.98,"endTime":726.76,"body":"with vegetables. And we'll talk more about vegetables when we talk about Chorella, which"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":726.76,"endTime":728.47,"body":"can be a replacement for vegetables."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":728.47,"endTime":732.82,"body":"But, you know, it's a lot of work to carry them home, clean them, cook them, eat them."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":732.85,"endTime":735.97,"body":"Maybe you have digestive distress like I did with broccoli."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":736.0,"endTime":739.21,"body":"None of that happens with algae that are in the tablets."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":739.21,"endTime":742.66,"body":"When you say digestive distress, what do you mean?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":742.69,"endTime":744.1,"body":"Gas."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":744.1,"endTime":746.92,"body":"Fibre. A lot of people, especially as you get older, fiber."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":746.92,"endTime":749.8,"body":"Even though we're supposed to have fiber, it's a problem."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":749.8,"endTime":751.48,"body":"But I can't eat cabbage."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":751.48,"endTime":753.07,"body":"I can't eat broccoli."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":753.08,"endTime":757.0,"body":"There's a lot of foods that I can't I'm no spring chicken."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":757.0,"endTime":762.52,"body":"I mean, I'm 65, so I'm probably very close to the age group that your community is or"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":762.52,"endTime":763.63,"body":"some of them anyways."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":763.63,"endTime":765.94,"body":"So I mean, I'm right there with you guys."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":765.94,"endTime":769.06,"body":"I mean, I have the same issues that you have."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":769.06,"endTime":775.51,"body":"If we eat the foods that are you know, a lot of them are recommended for health."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":775.51,"endTime":780.16,"body":"But there's always, you know, I don't want to say a dark side to food, but you need to be"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":780.16,"endTime":786.16,"body":"really careful about what's what's out there and what your body is telling you when you"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":786.16,"endTime":791.95,"body":"eat it. Because if you have gas from eating something, then that means it's either not"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":791.95,"endTime":797.32,"body":"compatible with your current level of enzymes, and maybe you can either change that or"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":797.32,"endTime":798.64,"body":"maybe you just stop eating it."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":798.64,"endTime":804.28,"body":"Just picking up on one point that you mentioned there, obviously algae in its food form is"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":804.28,"endTime":807.43,"body":"small and by its very nature you call it tiny."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":807.88,"endTime":811.96,"body":"I think for many people they want something that's actually larger."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":811.96,"endTime":817.57,"body":"And the idea of getting nutrition in in a pill form, which is what it sounds like, isn't"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":817.57,"endTime":823.78,"body":"that attractive and maybe even not that fulfilling as far as the body is concerned."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":823.96,"endTime":825.01,"body":"Is that the case?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":825.01,"endTime":829.72,"body":"And well, maybe you could describe what it's like to eat algae as part of your diet."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":829.72,"endTime":834.7,"body":"Sure. Well, I guess you have to ask yourself why, what is the purpose of eating?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":835.18,"endTime":842.35,"body":"So if your purpose is just satisfying your taste buds or going out socially, algae will"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":842.35,"endTime":845.77,"body":"never come close to meeting those needs."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":845.77,"endTime":852.55,"body":"But if your desire is to live healthy, to be disease free, to have lots of energy, to"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":852.55,"endTime":858.91,"body":"think clearly, to have great skin, great skin digestion, great sleep, and to have the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":858.91,"endTime":860.2,"body":"best life ever."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":860.59,"endTime":862.18,"body":"Algae is your answer."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":862.18,"endTime":868.27,"body":"So I'm not saying you should be replacing your social evenings with your friends and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":868.27,"endTime":870.97,"body":"great dinners out or even cooked at home."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":870.97,"endTime":877.84,"body":"But I call algae your nutrition insurance because now when you go out to eat or you cook"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":877.84,"endTime":884.74,"body":"at home, it's for those pure tastebuds, wonderful trips that you're going to take and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":884.74,"endTime":890.17,"body":"you're not relying on food to feed your body and your cells for the and give it the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":890.17,"endTime":895.15,"body":"nutrition that it needs to perform optimally because you've had algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":895.15,"endTime":900.36,"body":"Now. So the way I think the reason I like it so much is because I taught nutrition."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":900.36,"endTime":905.7,"body":"And I found people were having such a problem getting their their vegetables in and their"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":905.7,"endTime":909.91,"body":"kids would need them and their husbands would need them or fights at the dinner table."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":909.93,"endTime":911.19,"body":"They took a long time."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":911.19,"endTime":913.8,"body":"And so it's a long story about how I found algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":913.8,"endTime":915.87,"body":"But anyways, I did I did get to it."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":915.87,"endTime":920.37,"body":"And in these tiny little tablets that we call bits, because there are bits of nutrition,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":920.37,"endTime":922.83,"body":"you can swallow five or ten or 20."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":922.89,"endTime":925.67,"body":"We work with NHL players and they put 75 in their smoothie."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":925.68,"endTime":927.81,"body":"Whatever amount works for you."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":927.93,"endTime":931.64,"body":"You can grind them up and put them in a smoothie or you can eat them."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":931.65,"endTime":935.28,"body":"Most people do not eat them because it's very chewy, because the high protein, it's very"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":935.28,"endTime":938.97,"body":"earthy, because of the just the combination of flavors."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":938.97,"endTime":941.55,"body":"So so swallowing is what most people do."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":941.55,"endTime":948.45,"body":"And so but in the morning I'll have a five or ten spirulina and I'll have an equal number"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":948.45,"endTime":952.17,"body":"of Chorella. And then I probably I snack on Chorella pretty much all day because I love"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":952.17,"endTime":953.34,"body":"it and I love to eat them."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":953.34,"endTime":957.72,"body":"If you do like the flavor, adding some sea salt or maybe some almonds."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":957.72,"endTime":962.61,"body":"But the beautiful thing is you get up in the morning whether you're on your way to work"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":962.61,"endTime":968.1,"body":"or to a workout or to meet friends or to travel, it takes seconds."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":968.1,"endTime":969.93,"body":"You swallow them down, you're done."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":969.93,"endTime":975.48,"body":"You've got now your cells are getting everything that they need to perform for you today."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":975.48,"endTime":978.93,"body":"Well, I'm glad I asked that question, because you've beautifully explained that"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":979.05,"endTime":981.96,"body":"essentially, I think it's fair to say two kinds of people."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":981.96,"endTime":984.74,"body":"It's those who believe that food is fuel."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":984.75,"endTime":986.88,"body":"Clearly, food is fuel for everyone."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":986.88,"endTime":992.82,"body":"But as you explained, many people see food more in terms of the entertainment value, the"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":992.82,"endTime":998.55,"body":"social value, maybe even the comforting value of eating a sizable meal."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":998.55,"endTime":1003.89,"body":"But there are others are people on the go want to get through the day without worrying"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1003.89,"endTime":1007.76,"body":"about what they're going to eat, but need that fuel all the same."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1007.76,"endTime":1009.92,"body":"Essentially, that's what you're marketing."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1009.92,"endTime":1016.4,"body":"Yes, exactly. Well, because the problem is our food just is not as nutritious as it was 50"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1016.4,"endTime":1021.71,"body":"years ago. The soils have very few minerals in them because they've been so mono cropped"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1021.71,"endTime":1026.3,"body":"and over cropped. And we grow a lot of vegetables now and far in countries that are far"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1026.3,"endTime":1028.85,"body":"away. So they're harvested before they're even ripe."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1028.85,"endTime":1034.37,"body":"So they don't have the rich enzymes and nutrients that they used to have or would have if"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1034.37,"endTime":1036.44,"body":"they if you grew them in your own garden."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1037.19,"endTime":1042.41,"body":"Also, the ozone layer is so damaged now they've tested plants and have been finding that"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1042.41,"endTime":1047.42,"body":"they have more sugar in them now than they used to 50 years ago and and fewer nutrients."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1047.42,"endTime":1054.2,"body":"So even if you are eating a plant based diet and even if you are eating grass fed animal"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1054.2,"endTime":1061.31,"body":"protein, it's it's just not giving your body what it needs like it used to 100 years ago"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1061.31,"endTime":1068.12,"body":"or so. You can continue to eat food for entertainment and for pleasure on social, but it"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1068.12,"endTime":1070.82,"body":"will never give your body what it needs."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1070.82,"endTime":1073.25,"body":"Never. And that's a big word."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1073.25,"endTime":1078.44,"body":"I know. But it will never give you what your body needs to live optimally and to live to"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1078.44,"endTime":1081.44,"body":"have the longevity that we're all seeking now."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1081.44,"endTime":1085.97,"body":"Because I was at a conference, by the way, about a couple of months ago, and the head of"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1085.97,"endTime":1092.72,"body":"the Cleveland Clinic Longevity Center, Michael Roizen, he put up a slide that said, you"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1092.72,"endTime":1095.5,"body":"know, right now 60 is the new 40."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1095.51,"endTime":1096.59,"body":"Well, guess what?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1096.89,"endTime":1099.5,"body":"They're now predicting 90 is going to be the new 40."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1099.5,"endTime":1102.23,"body":"And so we are going to live longer."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1102.23,"endTime":1109.52,"body":"But who wants to live longer if you have no mobility, if you have Alzheimer's and have"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1109.52,"endTime":1113.87,"body":"such a reduced quality of life that who wants to make it to 120?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1113.87,"endTime":1117.56,"body":"If you're if you have such have such limitations."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1117.56,"endTime":1121.43,"body":"So you need it's like saving right in the bank."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1121.61,"endTime":1124.88,"body":"Putting five or 10 dollars in the bank every week is not sexy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1124.88,"endTime":1126.05,"body":"It's not exciting."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1126.05,"endTime":1130.58,"body":"But I'll tell you, after ten or 20 years, you're going to be darn glad that you did"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1130.58,"endTime":1133.85,"body":"because you'll have the the resources that you need."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1134.27,"endTime":1137.66,"body":"Algae is your is your like I said, your nutritional insurance."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1137.66,"endTime":1138.95,"body":"It's your bank account."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1138.95,"endTime":1142.37,"body":"It will keep you living well as you live long."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1180.1399999999999,"endTime":1183.1399999999999,"body":"This is the Live Long and Master Aging podcast."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1183.1399999999999,"endTime":1188.84,"body":"Our guest for this episode is Catherine Arnston, the founder and CEO of Energy Bits."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1188.84,"endTime":1193.07,"body":"Just before we continue delving into the science, you mentioned that you taught"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1193.07,"endTime":1197.21,"body":"nutrition. What I haven't actually asked you so far is maybe if you could give me a"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1197.21,"endTime":1202.97,"body":"little brief potted history of your own career and education, I am fascinated to know"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1202.97,"endTime":1205.34,"body":"what has brought you to this point."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1205.34,"endTime":1208.34,"body":"Right. Well, it is a funny well it's fascinating story."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1208.34,"endTime":1212.0,"body":"It's not necessarily funny because I certainly didn't choose algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1212.0,"endTime":1213.62,"body":"I tell people it chose me."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1213.86,"endTime":1219.29,"body":"I'm actually Canadian as I've lived in the United States for 35 years."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1219.29,"endTime":1223.61,"body":"I have an MBA and I had a career in in international business, nothing to do with"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1223.61,"endTime":1224.99,"body":"nutrition zero."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1224.99,"endTime":1231.05,"body":"So I know, you know, 15 years ago, I knew as little as anybody probably else did."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1231.05,"endTime":1234.8899999999999,"body":"I was just your average person knew a little bit of calorie about calories, but that was"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1234.8899999999999,"endTime":1239.84,"body":"about it. And then out of the blue my younger sister in Canada developed breast cancer."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1239.85,"endTime":1243.51,"body":"She's fine now. I want to assure everybody she's 11 years cancer free."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1243.9299999999998,"endTime":1248.9099999999999,"body":"And as she was preparing for her chemotherapy, her oncologist recommended she changed her"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1248.9099999999999,"endTime":1250.23,"body":"diet to an alkaline diet."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1250.26,"endTime":1253.62,"body":"Now, they didn't tell her what an alkaline diet was or why it was good for her."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1253.62,"endTime":1257.79,"body":"So the first call she made when she got home was to me, because I'm her big sister who"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1257.79,"endTime":1262.35,"body":"loves her. And I just happened to be an incredible researcher."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1262.3799999999999,"endTime":1267.36,"body":"I probably could have had a career in science, and who knows, maybe a PhD might still be"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1267.36,"endTime":1268.82,"body":"calling out to me one day."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1268.83,"endTime":1272.6399999999999,"body":"Anyways, I said I have no idea what this alkaline diet stuff is, but I will find out."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1272.6399999999999,"endTime":1274.11,"body":"And I did. And you can go online."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1274.11,"endTime":1278.6699999999998,"body":"And it was basically a plant based diet because of the rich chlorophyl and the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1278.6699999999998,"endTime":1282.81,"body":"phytonutrients that have been proven for decades to build your immune system."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1282.81,"endTime":1285.51,"body":"So I did some research."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1285.51,"endTime":1292.02,"body":"I read about ten books and about 150 NIH -  National Institutes of Health - papers and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1292.02,"endTime":1294.1599999999999,"body":"gave her lots of tips of what to eat, what not to eat."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1294.1799999999998,"endTime":1296.1,"body":"She went through chemo. She completely healed."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1296.1,"endTime":1297.78,"body":"And so that was that."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1297.78,"endTime":1302.1299999999999,"body":"But in the process of helping her, I started reading and learning and understanding about"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1302.1299999999999,"endTime":1305.94,"body":"plant based nutrition. Now, this was 13 years ago."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1305.94,"endTime":1310.02,"body":"Nobody was talking about plant based nutrition 13 years ago."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1310.32,"endTime":1313.59,"body":"So I'm just a passionate person and I love to solve problems."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1313.59,"endTime":1317.01,"body":"So I thought somebody should tell the rest of the world about this plant based nutrition"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1317.01,"endTime":1321.4299999999998,"body":"stuff so that, well, I have no background, no science."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1321.4299999999998,"endTime":1326.25,"body":"Zero. But I saw how it helped my sister that I have to help other people."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1326.25,"endTime":1328.08,"body":"So I gave up my corporate career."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1328.08,"endTime":1331.74,"body":"I went to a school called the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, which was in New York"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1331.74,"endTime":1334.23,"body":"City. It was just a one year certificate on health coaching."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1334.23,"endTime":1338.6399999999999,"body":"So I will admit nothing terribly deep, but I just didn't have time to do a four year"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1338.6399999999999,"endTime":1340.23,"body":"registered degree in nutrition."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1340.23,"endTime":1344.55,"body":"So I got my certificate and then I put my own curriculum together and this is where I"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1344.55,"endTime":1349.74,"body":"taught nutrition. I went to corporations and hospitals and I gave workshops for free,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1349.77,"endTime":1352.59,"body":"teaching people the importance of plant based nutrition."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1352.59,"endTime":1358.6799999999998,"body":"And this is where I learned that they that people were having a problem with vegetables"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1358.6799999999998,"endTime":1364.2,"body":"because they were too heavy to carry home or they had digestive distress, or they took"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1364.2,"endTime":1367.8,"body":"too long to cook, clean or eat, or they were just too many fights at the dinner table."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1367.8,"endTime":1371.25,"body":"So that's when I thought, okay, I've seen the science."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1371.25,"endTime":1373.47,"body":"I know what green nutrition does for people."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1373.47,"endTime":1379.1399999999999,"body":"If I can't get people to eat vegetables, I need to find a faster, simpler way to get the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1379.1399999999999,"endTime":1382.28,"body":"green nutrition into their body, that is effortless."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1382.29,"endTime":1387.09,"body":"Once again, I had no idea what I was going to find or where I was going to find it."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1387.09,"endTime":1390.09,"body":"But I'm just a determined individual."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1390.09,"endTime":1394.32,"body":"I'm just I'm just like I just won't stop until I've found an answer."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1394.32,"endTime":1398.07,"body":"And so I went back and looked at everything I had found for my sister, and months went by"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1398.07,"endTime":1402.12,"body":"and then I got to algae and that's when the miracle happened, because it turns out it was"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1402.12,"endTime":1406.5,"body":"the most alkaline food in the world, which is what started this whole, you know, journey."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1406.5,"endTime":1408.51,"body":"It's the most nutrient dense food in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1408.51,"endTime":1409.83,"body":"Thanks to the quote from NASA."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1409.83,"endTime":1412.8899999999999,"body":"It's endorsed by United Nations for high protein."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1412.8899999999999,"endTime":1416.76,"body":"It turns out it's the most studied food in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1416.76,"endTime":1421.71,"body":"There's almost 100,000 studies, about 60,000 on spirulina and about 40,000 on chlorella"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1421.71,"endTime":1424.56,"body":"in various medical libraries around the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1424.56,"endTime":1426.8999999999999,"body":"That is a huge number."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1426.8999999999999,"endTime":1434.94,"body":"We're not talking five or 50 or 500 or even 5000, 100,000 studies documenting some of the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1434.94,"endTime":1439.5,"body":"thousands of benefits of algae that I'll only be able to touch on a few."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1439.5,"endTime":1441.0,"body":"So it's irrefutable."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1441.0,"endTime":1448.59,"body":"I mean, it's a slam dunk, science based, proven used, and it's been used in Asia for over"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1448.59,"endTime":1449.22,"body":"50 years."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1449.22,"endTime":1453.75,"body":"Let's continue then our quick guide as to what algae is and the different forms."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1453.75,"endTime":1456.45,"body":"And you've described to us one spirulina."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1456.45,"endTime":1458.23,"body":"Yes. Let's move on to the chlorolla."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1458.25,"endTime":1463.05,"body":"Yes. And then I'm going to circle back about one of the amazing attributes of spirulina"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1463.05,"endTime":1464.1299999999999,"body":"that will blow your mind."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1464.1299999999999,"endTime":1469.29,"body":"Well, anyways, so as I mentioned, just to recap spirulina first life on Earth."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1469.29,"endTime":1474.36,"body":"Technically, a bacteria rich in protein gets absorbed quickly."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1474.6,"endTime":1476.3999999999999,"body":"Both of them, by the way, are ketogenic."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1476.3999999999999,"endTime":1481.8,"body":"So they have zero carbs and high protein and 40 vitamins, minerals."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1481.8,"endTime":1482.94,"body":"But spirulina."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1483.0,"endTime":1484.95,"body":"Let me just quickly pick up on that point then."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1484.95,"endTime":1490.1399999999999,"body":"I'm just wondering if I'm rushing to go to get out in the morning and I grab my algae, my"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1490.1399999999999,"endTime":1493.8,"body":"little nutrition bits, and there are no carbs there."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1493.8,"endTime":1496.29,"body":"Will I have enough energy to get through the morning?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1496.29,"endTime":1499.8899999999999,"body":"Yes. Oh, yes. Well, it doesn't interfere with any intermittent fasting."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1499.8899999999999,"endTime":1507.9299999999998,"body":"And that question was what really got me started on my deep science journey about nine"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1507.9299999999998,"endTime":1512.1299999999999,"body":"years ago, because when we first started the company, when I first started the company,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1512.1299999999999,"endTime":1516.6599999999999,"body":"we got noticed by athletes, runners, triathletes, Olympic athletes."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1516.6599999999999,"endTime":1524.1299999999999,"body":"And so I started being invited to speak at triathlon clubs, and they would heckle me with"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1524.1299999999999,"endTime":1528.72,"body":"exactly that question because I would tell them there's no carbs and there's only one"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1528.72,"endTime":1530.1599999999999,"body":"calorie per tablet."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1530.1599999999999,"endTime":1537.3799999999999,"body":"And they said, well, how can something with one calorie give me energy and nine years"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1537.3799999999999,"endTime":1538.84,"body":"ago, I didn't have an answer."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1538.86,"endTime":1541.04,"body":"I just said, Well, I'll have to get back to you on that."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1541.04,"endTime":1546.8,"body":"And so here I am almost 12 years later, and it has nothing to do with calories."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1546.8,"endTime":1552.77,"body":"It's the metabolic processes that occur in your body that requires certain nutrients to"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1552.77,"endTime":1556.46,"body":"function and to allow you to function optimally."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1556.46,"endTime":1565.55,"body":"So that's the problem is people are still using an old school out of date measurement for"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1565.55,"endTime":1573.1699999999998,"body":"determining energy calories is just are just one of a thousand variables that determine"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1573.1699999999998,"endTime":1577.52,"body":"energy. And that's why they're realizing food is far more than calories."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1577.52,"endTime":1580.7,"body":"It's a vehicle that communicates with your cells."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1580.7,"endTime":1582.46,"body":"And if you don't have."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1582.46,"endTime":1587.1799999999998,"body":"So for example, something with sugar in it may have maybe, let's say, of ten calories of"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1587.1799999999998,"endTime":1593.72,"body":"sugar. Well, that gives you an insulin spike, which causes more free radicals, which"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1593.72,"endTime":1600.71,"body":"cause oxidative stress, which changes the PH of your cell to more acidic, which can"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1600.71,"endTime":1605.87,"body":"attract more cancer cells which can kill your cells."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1605.87,"endTime":1607.01,"body":"Very damaging."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1607.01,"endTime":1611.12,"body":"On the other hand, say you have ten calories from omega three."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1611.69,"endTime":1613.7,"body":"It reduces inflammation."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1613.7,"endTime":1616.7,"body":"It improves the PH of your of your cells."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1616.7,"endTime":1619.7,"body":"It it facilitates cellular communication."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1619.7,"endTime":1622.01,"body":"It reduces free radicals."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1622.01,"endTime":1627.47,"body":"So it is a very healthy medicinal ten calories."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1627.6799999999998,"endTime":1630.3799999999999,"body":"You cannot compare calories to calories."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1630.3799999999999,"endTime":1634.28,"body":"It's so old school, but it's unfortunately the measurement."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1634.28,"endTime":1636.11,"body":"People are still using."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1636.11,"endTime":1640.6399999999999,"body":"Those athletes then that doubted you, listening to you speak, questioning whether they're"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1640.6399999999999,"endTime":1644.24,"body":"going to have the energy to run a marathon or do a triathlon."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1644.24,"endTime":1646.46,"body":"And I've done several triathlons."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1646.46,"endTime":1648.62,"body":"Maybe that was why the thought occurred to me."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1648.62,"endTime":1648.98,"body":"Yeah."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1648.98,"endTime":1651.26,"body":"Did you manage to convert them?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1651.26,"endTime":1653.1799999999998,"body":"Did you get them to try your product?"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1653.1799999999998,"endTime":1656.69,"body":"And then did they come back to you and say, well, okay, yeah, you were right."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1656.78,"endTime":1662.09,"body":"I'm not you know, I'm not a you know, I'm not in that state of mind."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1662.09,"endTime":1663.8,"body":"I'm here."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1663.8,"endTime":1666.4099999999999,"body":"I enjoy the deep science."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1666.4099999999999,"endTime":1668.24,"body":"You know, people are in the summer on the beach."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1668.24,"endTime":1673.49,"body":"I've got I buried in NIH articles trying to connect the dots."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1673.49,"endTime":1676.97,"body":"I'm someone who needs to know how something works and why it works."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1676.97,"endTime":1680.8999999999999,"body":"And so I just want to be a resource for people."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1680.8999999999999,"endTime":1686.51,"body":"And we that's why we put so many scientific references on our blogs, on any articles when"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1686.51,"endTime":1690.29,"body":"I give talks, because I'm not here to convince anybody."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1690.29,"endTime":1697.55,"body":"I'm just here to share with you the deep research I have done, because there is no need"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1697.55,"endTime":1701.21,"body":"for the level of disease that we have in our society now."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1701.21,"endTime":1704.06,"body":"Totally agree with you there. But I was just curious as to whether any of those"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1704.06,"endTime":1707.75,"body":"triathletes had convinced themselves of what you were talking about."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1707.75,"endTime":1712.82,"body":"Well, what happened was we had so many Olympic athletes."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1712.82,"endTime":1717.11,"body":"I mean, we have so many clients and so many customers, and we sell through doctors."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1717.11,"endTime":1719.09,"body":"I mean, I can't keep track of anybody now."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1719.09,"endTime":1724.6399999999999,"body":"I mean, I rarely speak to any athletes individually, although when we first started, I"},{"speaker":"was the one that was getting up at 4","startTime":1724.6399999999999,"endTime":1728.0,"body":"00 in the morning and setting up a table at the"},{"speaker":"was the one that was getting up at 4","startTime":1728.0,"endTime":1730.1,"body":"triathlon races."},{"speaker":"was the one that was getting up at 4","startTime":1730.1,"endTime":1735.6799999999998,"body":"I did that for years and actually it was kind of cool because triathlons, as you know,"},{"speaker":"was the one that was getting up at 4","startTime":1735.6799999999998,"endTime":1737.4199999999998,"body":"include water swimming."},{"speaker":"was the one that was getting up at 4","startTime":1737.4199999999998,"endTime":1739.9099999999999,"body":"So you they were always at an ocean or a lake."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1739.9099999999999,"endTime":1743.78,"body":"00 in the morning and getting in your"},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1743.78,"endTime":1746.03,"body":"car and you know, you're there before the sun gets up."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1746.03,"endTime":1751.04,"body":"But by but by the time the race is over, which is usually like 11 or 12, you had a whole"},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1751.04,"endTime":1753.6799999999998,"body":"days of work and still have a whole day yet to go."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1753.6799999999998,"endTime":1757.46,"body":"So I was glad that I was using Energy Bits - kept me going."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1757.46,"endTime":1762.95,"body":"But we had so many Olympic athletes using our products that I sent two of my team over to"},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1762.95,"endTime":1766.37,"body":"Sochi during the Russian Winter Olympics a few years ago."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1766.37,"endTime":1771.4099999999999,"body":"And, and we had complete access to the US Olympic Village and the Canadian."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1771.4099999999999,"endTime":1775.55,"body":"So and we still fuel five or six NHL teams."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1775.55,"endTime":1780.02,"body":"You know, I don't have time to thumb my - I don't, I'm not interested in thumbing my nose"},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1780.02,"endTime":1783.32,"body":"at anyone. I'm just like, here, just try it."},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1783.32,"endTime":1786.83,"body":"And the reason why the athletes who were using it and loved it and you can go on our"},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1786.83,"endTime":1792.86,"body":"website energybits.com, we still have about 50 testimonials from Olympic and professional"},{"speaker":"And so I will admit it was rough getting up at 3","startTime":1792.86,"endTime":1794.84,"body":"athletes and we don't pay them a dime."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1794.84,"endTime":1795.8899999999999,"body":"Well, that's what I'm curious about."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1796.52,"endTime":1797.72,"body":"That's what I'd like to hear about."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1797.87,"endTime":1798.95,"body":"Yeah, I'd like to read those."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1798.95,"endTime":1804.23,"body":"Yeah, yeah. And you know, and we get them every day from customers now, but with the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1804.23,"endTime":1809.84,"body":"athletes, they loved it because the spirulina, as I mentioned, got absorbed so quickly"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1809.84,"endTime":1813.3799999999999,"body":"into their bloodstream that gave them steady energy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1813.3799999999999,"endTime":1815.03,"body":"So it's not sugar or carbs."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1815.03,"endTime":1816.9199999999998,"body":"So there's no spike and there's no crash."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1816.9199999999998,"endTime":1823.1599999999999,"body":"That's number one. Number two, because there is no sugar or carbs or caffeine, it doesn't"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1823.1599999999999,"endTime":1829.94,"body":"upset their stomach. Lots of athletes use gels and bars and and lots of sugar and carbs."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1829.94,"endTime":1832.97,"body":"Difficult to digest when you're out there doing a sport."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1832.97,"endTime":1836.5,"body":"So they never had any stomach distress with the algae."},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1836.5,"endTime":1841.73,"body":"What they never expected, which was always what always happened was the"},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1841.73,"endTime":1843.6799999999998,"body":"increased focus that they got."},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1843.71,"endTime":1847.94,"body":"You know, you can feel maybe a physical energy from some of these sugary stuff, but they"},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1847.94,"endTime":1851.06,"body":"don't improve necessarily your brain and your focus."},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1851.06,"endTime":1855.23,"body":"And as an athlete, you know, when you are fatigued, one of the first things that goes is"},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1855.23,"endTime":1859.82,"body":"your focus. And once your focus has gone, it's really hard to stay on point and cross"},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1859.82,"endTime":1864.77,"body":"that finish line. So because of the essential fatty acids which reduced inflammation and"},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1864.77,"endTime":1871.6399999999999,"body":"the boron and the increased oxygen flow from the vessel dilation and the high iron that"},{"speaker":"Number two","startTime":1871.6399999999999,"endTime":1875.57,"body":"carries oxygen to your brain, it really facilitated their focus."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1875.57,"endTime":1879.1299999999999,"body":"So we were just about to dove into chlorella."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1879.1399999999999,"endTime":1880.1599999999999,"body":"We got distracted."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":1880.58,"endTime":1884.06,"body":"Let's talk about chlorella what it is, how it differs from spirulina."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1884.09,"endTime":1887.87,"body":"Sure. And it is easy to get distracted from algae because it does just about everything"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1887.87,"endTime":1891.1,"body":"for everybody. But anyway, so back to Chlorella."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1891.1,"endTime":1892.55,"body":"So Spirulina first life on Earth."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1892.55,"endTime":1897.4099999999999,"body":"Well, Chlorella showed up about a billion years later, and it does belong to the plant"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1897.4099999999999,"endTime":1903.74,"body":"kingdom because it does have a nucleus and cellulose wall."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1903.8,"endTime":1906.2,"body":"Now, it's not technically a plant."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1906.2,"endTime":1909.44,"body":"It doesn't have any of what's called the anti nutrients."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1909.44,"endTime":1914.54,"body":"It doesn't have oxygenates or or lectins like other plants do."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1914.54,"endTime":1916.54,"body":"So but it does."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1916.6699999999998,"endTime":1920.48,"body":"In fact, it's probably called a sea vegetable, but it's very confusing because we grow"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1920.51,"endTime":1922.01,"body":"ours and we don't grow ours in the seed."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1922.01,"endTime":1926.12,"body":"But let me just circle back on that lectins and oxalates, which as I mentioned, are"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1926.12,"endTime":1932.09,"body":"proteins that are very sharp and they can damage your stomach lining so that food passes"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1932.09,"endTime":1935.4199999999998,"body":"through your stomach lining and gets into your bloodstream and can contribute to all"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1935.4199999999998,"endTime":1937.6499999999999,"body":"sorts of illnesses, including autoimmune."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1937.6699999999998,"endTime":1944.03,"body":"Now, the reason why plants have lectins and oxalates is because they grow on land and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1944.03,"endTime":1949.1599999999999,"body":"while they're growing through their evolution, they develop these things to protect"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1949.1599999999999,"endTime":1954.05,"body":"themselves because they're poisonous or they taste terrible to the animals too, or to the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1954.05,"endTime":1960.6799999999998,"body":"bugs. So by having lectins and isolates, they were able to keep predators away too, so"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1960.6799999999998,"endTime":1963.35,"body":"they could continue to thrive as a plant."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1963.35,"endTime":1968.84,"body":"But you see, algae has never been a plant, a land plant."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1968.84,"endTime":1972.05,"body":"It started and always grows in water."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1972.05,"endTime":1974.69,"body":"I mean, it does grow in the soil, but it grows."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1974.69,"endTime":1978.59,"body":"It started as a as a waters organism."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1978.59,"endTime":1985.46,"body":"So it never had to develop lectins or oxalates to protect itself because it didn't have"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1985.46,"endTime":1987.1399999999999,"body":"that kind of predator."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1987.1399999999999,"endTime":1989.87,"body":"Algae gives you all the nutrients that you need."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1989.87,"endTime":1992.8999999999999,"body":"It's ketogenic, but it doesn't give you any of the downside."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1992.8999999999999,"endTime":1995.8999999999999,"body":"And chlorella does have a little bit of fiber."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":1995.8999999999999,"endTime":2000.01,"body":"Remember we talked earlier about how some people use algae because they have difficulty"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2000.01,"endTime":2001.1499999999999,"body":"digesting fiber."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2001.1499999999999,"endTime":2002.8899999999999,"body":"spirulina has zero fiber."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2002.8899999999999,"endTime":2004.6,"body":"Chlorella has a little bit of fiber."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2004.6,"endTime":2008.26,"body":"But let me tell you an important - two important things about that fiber that's in the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2008.31,"endTime":2014.2,"body":"chlorella. Number one, that cell wall is the hardest cell wall in the plant kingdom."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2014.2,"endTime":2019.6599999999999,"body":"And so and all chlorella, by the way, anyone's listening, in the United States has to be"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2019.6599999999999,"endTime":2022.45,"body":"cracked in order to be sold in America."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2022.45,"endTime":2025.3,"body":"So ours is cracked cell wall, and we'll talk about that in a minute."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2025.3,"endTime":2029.44,"body":"So that heart cell wall attaches to toxins."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2029.44,"endTime":2036.01,"body":"It is a chelator, it pulls out everything from lead mercury, radiation, aluminum."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2036.97,"endTime":2040.27,"body":"Athletes use it after a workout because it pulls out lactic acid."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2040.27,"endTime":2044.83,"body":"It also, if you're interested, pulls out it detects alcohol as a toxin."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2044.83,"endTime":2046.6,"body":"So it pulls out wine, beer, spirit."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2046.6,"endTime":2052.9900000000002,"body":"So so number one is that that hard cell wall on chlorella is a chelator it's the best,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2052.9900000000002,"endTime":2054.73,"body":"safest chelator in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2054.73,"endTime":2060.9700000000003,"body":"I try to steer people away from activated charcoal because it pulls out all minerals and"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2060.9700000000003,"endTime":2065.71,"body":"you can end up getting dehydrated because it will pull out maybe too much potassium,"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2065.71,"endTime":2067.06,"body":"magnesium or sodium."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2067.06,"endTime":2068.8,"body":"Chlorella will never do that."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2068.8,"endTime":2073.09,"body":"It only pulls out the toxins and by the way, it's loaded with the electrolyte."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2073.09,"endTime":2075.34,"body":"So that's number one about the fiber in chlorella."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2075.37,"endTime":2081.4900000000002,"body":"Number two, because there is that small amount of fiber, it does feed your gut biome."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2081.52,"endTime":2084.85,"body":"The bacteria creates something called short chain fatty acid."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2084.85,"endTime":2091.54,"body":"So that and combined with the other big thing about chlorella is chlorella has the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2091.54,"endTime":2095.08,"body":"highest concentration of chlorophyl in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2095.2599999999998,"endTime":2097.66,"body":"Spirulina has the highest protein in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2097.66,"endTime":2100.36,"body":"Chlorella has the highest chlorophyl in the world."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2100.36,"endTime":2103.5099999999998,"body":"That's why it's called Chlorella, because of the Chlorophyl."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2103.63,"endTime":2108.13,"body":"Chlorella has 500 times more chlorophyl than arugula."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2108.13,"endTime":2111.52,"body":"It has 1000 times more chlorophyl than Chinese greens."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2111.52,"endTime":2115.15,"body":"It has even 25 times more chlorophyl than liquid chlorophyl."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2115.15,"endTime":2117.52,"body":"And you may say to yourself, So what's so important about Chlorophyl?"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2117.52,"endTime":2121.54,"body":"Well, let me tell you, if this was the visual, I would - and you can go online to find"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2121.54,"endTime":2124.15,"body":"this and we'll send some articles so you can see this."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2124.15,"endTime":2129.61,"body":"The chemical composition of chlorophyl is virtually identical to the chemical composition"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2129.61,"endTime":2131.59,"body":"of your hemoglobin. Identical."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2131.62,"endTime":2134.77,"body":"The only difference is hemoglobin has an iron atom in the middle."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2134.77,"endTime":2136.48,"body":"And that's what carries oxygen in your blood."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2136.68,"endTime":2138.23,"body":"And Chlorophyl has magnesium."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2138.24,"endTime":2139.7,"body":"That's the only difference."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2139.71,"endTime":2143.97,"body":"And the reason I point that out is because Chlorophyl helps build your blood because"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2143.97,"endTime":2145.5299999999997,"body":"they're virtually identical."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2145.5299999999997,"endTime":2150.09,"body":"And when you have healthy blood, you're going to have a much healthier body, much"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2150.09,"endTime":2153.0299999999997,"body":"healthier your brain, much healthier everything."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2153.0299999999997,"endTime":2156.0299999999997,"body":"Your blood is your freeway of nutrition."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2156.0299999999997,"endTime":2163.38,"body":"And it needs to be healthy and it needs to be at the PH of 7.34 and chlorella is the best"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2163.38,"endTime":2167.82,"body":"way to do that because it's such a it matches the chemical composition of your blood."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2167.82,"endTime":2168.85,"body":"So that's number one."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2168.87,"endTime":2172.35,"body":"Number two, Chlorophyl, you're going to hear more."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2172.35,"endTime":2174.66,"body":"If you ever aren't already hearing about this, you will."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2175.0499999999997,"endTime":2177.6,"body":"All of your health issues start at the cellular level."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2177.6,"endTime":2184.65,"body":"And one of the key things for your cellular health is your cell wall permeability."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2184.65,"endTime":2190.71,"body":"And because if you if the cell wall is not permeable, nutrients can't get in and toxins"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2190.71,"endTime":2195.6,"body":"can't get out. And one of the ways to keep that cell wall permeable is with healthy fats"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2195.6,"endTime":2196.71,"body":"like Omega three."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2197.0099999999998,"endTime":2203.85,"body":"But the cool thing is chlorophyl is a fat based pigment, so it heals your cell walls."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2203.85,"endTime":2209.58,"body":"And naturally and the illustration I give to people is, you know, when you have dirty"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2209.58,"endTime":2212.34,"body":"windows, you can't see out and sunlight can't get in."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2212.34,"endTime":2215.5499999999997,"body":"So think of chlorophyl as window washers for your cell walls."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2215.5499999999997,"endTime":2220.5299999999997,"body":"So. So nutrients can move in easily and toxins can move out because of that process is"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2220.5299999999997,"endTime":2227.61,"body":"not happening and the cell walls become damaged and less permeable toxins build up in the"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2227.61,"endTime":2233.43,"body":"cells. The cells have less oxygen, the cells become acidic, the cells become diseased."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2233.46,"endTime":2238.08,"body":"The cells can slide into any kind of state, whether it's cancer or tumor."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2238.08,"endTime":2241.95,"body":"So keeping that cell wall permeable is critical."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2241.95,"endTime":2246.66,"body":"And because chlorella has the highest chlorophyl, which helps do that as well as other"},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2246.66,"endTime":2248.88,"body":"things, it makes it really easy."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2248.88,"endTime":2252.27,"body":"So chlorella is a wellness algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2252.27,"endTime":2253.7999999999997,"body":"It's a healing algae."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2253.95,"endTime":2256.32,"body":"Spirulina is an energizing algae."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2256.35,"endTime":2261.84,"body":"Catherine, you've given us a whirlwind of information, I think, to whet our appetites as"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2261.84,"endTime":2264.09,"body":"to the potential of algae."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2264.12,"endTime":2268.23,"body":"I'm going to, in the show notes of this episode, put some links to your company, to your"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2268.23,"endTime":2270.54,"body":"website, to your information and your research."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2270.54,"endTime":2272.5499999999997,"body":"And people can try."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2272.5499999999997,"endTime":2273.7799999999997,"body":"And I'm going to do it myself."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2273.7799999999997,"endTime":2279.57,"body":"I'm going to try your products and just see how they affect me and how I can intertwine"},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2279.57,"endTime":2282.75,"body":"them into my regular day of activity and diet."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2282.75,"endTime":2286.71,"body":"I think it's a fascinating field and I wish you all the best with it."},{"speaker":"Peter Bowes","startTime":2286.71,"endTime":2287.79,"body":"And thank you very much."},{"speaker":"Catharine Arnston","startTime":2287.79,"endTime":2292.89,"body":"Thank you. 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