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Welcome back New York Tri State area and beyond. You're
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Zen SAMs, celebrating six incredible years on air and this
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have kicked off twenty twenty six in the best way.
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Up next on a Moment of Zen. In the seven
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breast health. I'm going to be joined by doctor Jens Simmons,
a former breast cancer surgeon, founder of perfection imaging and
one of the leading voices challenging the one size fits
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Aren't told about mammograms and the new era of breast health.
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year NFL veteran Super Bowl champion with the Philadelphia Eagles,
elite pro skills trainer and mentor to the next generation
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in body, mind, and purpose. Our conversation is going to
explore what happens after the spotlight faith, from identity and
mental health to wellness, philanthropy and mentoring young athletes, and
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Welcome back, beautiful Tri State Area. You're listening to a
moment of Zen right here on seven to ten wor
the Voice of New York iHeartRadio. I'm your host, Zenzam's
welcome back to the Hydration with Heart segment brought to
you by One's font A Coconut. Today's segment is about
something we don't celebrate enough. What happens after the biggest
chapter of your life closes. Now. We often glorify peak performance,
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championships and success, but research shows that up to seventy
eight percent of former professional athletes report significant struggles with
mental health, identity loss, or emotional regulation within just a
few years of retirement. Now, that tells us this isn't
about weakness, It's about what happens when structure, routine, and
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identity suddenly disappear. Joining me today is Richard Davis. He's
an eight year NFL veteran, a Super Bowl champion with
the twenty seventeen Philadelphia Eagles, and someone who understands elite
performance from the inside out. Today he's an elite pro
skills trainer, developing athletes from use to the pros, a
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creative entrepreneur connecting brands and athletes through storytelling, and the
founder of a triple hours that's a hours, a philosophy
rooted in discipline, mastery, and intentional connection. Rashard, Welcome to
the show, Superstar.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Thank you, I appreciate you for having me.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Okay, I'm so excited to chat with you about life
after the NFL. So let's go back to basics here. Neurologically,
the brain thrives on structure and predictability, right, so when
that disappears, especially after years of high performance conditioning, the
nervous system often goes into survival mode. This is why
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post career transitions can feel destabilizing, even for the strongest athletes.
So when your NFL career ended, what was the biggest
mental or say emotional shift you had to make to
move forward and stay grounded.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
I think for me it was just about the structure piece,
you know, keeping myself disciplined, keeping myself on the schedule.
You know, you find yourself with all this free time
and this free space, you have resources, you know, to
maneuver or do what you will like, So you just
have to keep yourself disciplined, like I said, And I
think that was a big piece of it. I think
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for me, you know, I had a couple of juggles
throughout my career, so it wasn't something.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
That was fairly new to me.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
But all in all, when I still didn't have that
football piece of fall back on or go into, I
had to find something to you know, occupy that space.
So like I said, it was just getting myself on
schedule and on track and just figuring out where I
need to go and how I needed to get there.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Yeah. Well, what you're describing, you wanting to pave out
that journey, makes so much sense because when you think
of identity, it doesn't disappear overnight. It just has to
be reintegrated, not really replaced, right, So you're still that
NFL player, you just have to now reshift directions. So
I love where your journey has taken you, which leads
me up to a triple o hours. And I say
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that because we're on the radio and people can't actually
see the logo, but it's fabulous. Now there's strong research
around deliberate practice showing that repetition doesn't just build skills,
it strengthens emotion, regulation, confidence, and resilience. And your A
triple o hours connected philosophy feels like a reframing of
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mastery away from pressure and towards presence. So what does
all of this mean to you, your your foundation and
your organization, and how does that philosophy extend beyond football
into real life.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
It's multiple different pieces of it.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
A thousand hours is the household name, you know, that's
the that's the big house, and then you have a
thousand hours connected in other things that falls underneath that.
But for me, you know, a thousand hours just represents
the journey. So basically, you know, when you're on your
road or your path to whatever destination you're trying to
get to, whatever goal you're trying to reach, you know,
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it's a lot of time that goes into it that
people don't understand or people don't see. So the AA
stands for anonymous, and the zeros they just you know,
represent the time that you put in that you know,
like I said, people don't see. You don't know how
much it's going to take for you to reach your destination.
You don't know how much time you're going to have
to put in, you know, behind closed doors, behind the
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cameras to actually perfect your craft.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
So for me, that was something that I always found
myself in. Like with football, it was a journey. It
was a roller coaster up and down, you know, but
I was still putting in time that people didn't see.
They saw the games on TV, they saw the championship
trophies being held up, but they didn't see, you know,
when I was in the gym at five am, grinding
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before I got picked up by the Eagles, I had
a waiting job, so I had to go wait tables
and then you know, I got off of that job
and I would still go back to the gym or
hit the field and work out.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
But then when the call came, I was.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Ready got to where I had to get to just
because I stay optimistic and I stayed ready for it.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
One thousand hours. Really is such a beautiful mindset that
you have created for yourself and for others. And going
back to your philosophy, when preparation meets opportunity, you have success.
And getting picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles was no coincidence.
It was meant. And that's an important distinction because connection
is what keeps both performance and mental health sustainable. And
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you were smart enough to do that even when the
stakes were pretty low, and you maintained your training, and
that is really what speaks volumes. So let's talk about
as an elite skills trainer, how do you intentionally develop
not just better athletes, but healthier humans.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
So, you know, for me, like when I got to
the NFL, coming out of a small city like Charlottesville, Virginia,
you know, I didn't have other guys that was pursuing
the same dream that I was. It wasn't too many
trainers or you know, people in the city that I
could connect with to kind of help me along my way.
So you know, that's something that I had to figure
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out on my own and navigate on my own, training
myself figured out what I needed, you know, to continue
to compete, continue to stay healthy, and you know, recovering
everything else. So you know, now when I'm able to
go in and talk to these guys or you know,
really develop these guys, I'm telling them like, Okay, put
this much time in. This much time is necessary, but
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at the same time, you need this day for recovery.
You need these certain resources or vitamins or you know,
just different stretches, different things of that nature that will
just allow you to continue to compete at a longer
you know range and also at a higher level. Working
out is one piece of it, but nutritions, sleep, and
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all of those things, they all play you know, a
bigger pictures and big ballots at the end of the day.
So you know, me just seeing it firsthand and being
in at firsthand, I'm able to give them firsthand experience
and just knowledge that I was able to learn along
the way. You know, they don't have to go through
it and burn out and figure it out at the
end like ah I should have did. It's like no,
(10:52):
let's start now, you know, Let's prepare your mind, your
body and everything now so that way, you know, longevity
is the piece. You know, my coach always said, the
more you can do, the longer you can do, is
you know what's going to make you valuable. So that's
all the piece that I'm trying to give to them
right now.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
And that's such an important piece, and that's such an
important connection because connection is what keeps both performance and
mental health sustainable for young athletes and even for pro athletes. Now,
let's talk about hydration, sports drinks and really coconut water,
just as this is a passionate topic of mine, and
then we'll come back to some more questions. But hydration
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is key because this is an area where a lot
of athletes and families have been misinformed. Now, whether people
listening or viewing have their own opinions about this, the
science is clear. Most traditional sports drinks rely heavily on
added sugars, on artificial dyes and chemical stabilizers which can
actually spike blood sugar and actually work against sustained hydration
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and mental clarity. And we have research backing this up
that even mild dehydration or sugar crashes impair focus, mood,
and emotional regulation. So when we talk about coconut water,
particularly clean options like once upon a coconut that naturally
contain electrolytes like potassium and magnesium, without artificial colors or
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unnecessary additives, that supports dehydration and hydration in a way
that aligns with how the body actually functions. For me,
is one of the most incredible offerings you can give
to somebody who's looking to rehydrate. So how do you
think about hydration today? And why does choosing natural hydration
(12:36):
like coconut water versus gatorade matter for both physical performance
and mental clarity?
Speaker 5 (12:41):
You know, for me, like, I've always been a guy
that's had my own natural energy, you know, so I
never kind of ran to the energy drinks or things
of that nature to help me. But you know, when
you're in these peo performance places. You know, football is
a sport where you're exhausting yourself all the time trying
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to practice or train or play in the game. You
need things that's gonna hydrate you far more than just
regular water. You know, I've did my own research, nothing
like crazy deep, but like you know, you really study water,
like the actual water that we drink or get from
the stories, it doesn't really do too much for the body.
It doesn't really you know, replenish us or hydrate us
(13:22):
as much as we may think.
Speaker 6 (13:23):
And another thing is, you.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
Know, going going on the journey, like you come across
all of these different coconut brands and different water brands
that promote kind of the same thing, but at the
end of the day, everyone isn't doing the same work
to make sure that, like you said, you're getting the
proper nutrients and things of that nature to really nourish
the body. And I've had since being in Tempa, you know,
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I've had a lot of coconuts, just raw coconuts, just
getting that juice. And I was introduced so once upon
a coconut last year actually, and I had one of
the drinks and instantly, like you could just taste of
pureness in it. You could say, it's like, you know,
it's very clean, it's very refreshing. You don't get jitters
from it. You know, it's nothing that makes the body
(14:06):
crash or anything. And it tastes very natural, like when
I had it, it wasn't surpy, right, And mind you,
you know, guys listening, I'm saying all these things and
it may sound like an ad, but I'm just talking
from you know, personal experience. I'm a big fan of
Wance Upon a Coconut in particular. Actually the blueberry for
lavor is actually my favorite.
Speaker 7 (14:28):
But right, got it.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
But uh, you know, it's one of those.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
Things that you could tell that whoever built it out,
like whoever had the idea from the beginning, they you know,
took their time, that did their research.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
That's an important reset, right because hydration isn't about intensity.
It's about clean, consistent nourishment, like you said, just like
mental health is things that are clean and consistent. Those
really resonate. Now we are at the end of our date,
my dear friend, thank you so much for coming on.
I appreciate you. Thank you so learn more. You can
follow Richard directly on the gram at sweet Feet six underscore,
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of Neurik iHeartRadio. I'm your host, Zen SAMs, and tonight's
segment is a standalone feature. It's our seven to ten
WR Trailblazer of the Month, spotlighting a woman who didn't
just challenge the system, she stepped outside of it to
build something even better. Now. I want every woman listening
to lean in for this one, because breast health is
(16:10):
one of the few areas in modern medicine where compliance
has quietly been mistaken for consent, which brings me to
today's topic, what women Aren't told about mammograms and the
new era of breast health. Doctor Jen Simmons is a
former breast cancer surgeon who spent years inside the traditional
system before walking away when she realized modern medicine was
(16:32):
far better at treating disease than preventing it. She's the
founder of Perfection Imaging, a radiation free compression breast imaging
center designed specifically for women with dense breasts and implants.
She also advocates for the Aria tears test, which is
a biological screening tool that evaluates cancer risk before tumors
are visible on imaging. She's the author of The Smart
(16:53):
Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer, host of Keeping a Breast,
and she's joining us again because this conversation is evolving
and women deserve updated truth. Welcome to the show, Superstar.
Thank you. You can take a breath. Now, that was
a lot. Yeah, we've got to give the context here
and welcome to the expert on the microphone series. So
(17:16):
let's dive right in. You spent years inside the traditional system, operating, diagnosing,
saving lives, and that perspective matters because this isn't theory.
It's lived experience, inside protocol and guidelines and outcomes. So
what led you to step away from traditional breast cancer
surgery after years inside the system?
Speaker 8 (17:36):
If you will, Yeah, well, nothing will take you outside
of the traditional system like becoming a patient. And that's
what happened to me. And after sixteen years of practice
I where I was telling women every day that you know,
(17:58):
they had cancer and they needed surgery and chemo and radiation.
I sat as the recipient of those words. And when
those words are coming at you, you need surgery, you
need chemotherapy, you need radiation. Though, the explanations that I
(18:18):
was offering to my patients were just not acceptable to me.
Right so when I was asked why and told that
it's Mack multifactorial and there's nothing that you could have
done to change it, that was not a sufficient answer
when it was about me. And it was my opportunity
(18:40):
to really see medicine, disease, healing, health treatment from a
completely different perspective, because unfortunately, in conventional medicine, we're.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Not taught about health.
Speaker 8 (18:55):
We are not a healthcare system.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
We're a sick care system. Right yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
We are really taught to recognize a constellation of symptoms,
give it a name, give it a diagnosis, and prescribe
either a medicine or a procedure or something along those lines.
But nowhere are we taught about health. And it was
really my first time with that realization. And I know
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that all challenges are put in front of us for
a reason, and my reason was so that I could
see this perspective.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Wow, talk about coming full circle and then that distinction
is so important what you just recounted, because this wasn't
about rejecting medicine. It was about recognizing that protocol doesn't
always equal progress, and especially when breast cancer remains the
most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide despite decades of
expanded screening. This brings me to the next question. So
(19:56):
let's talk about the tool most women are told to
rely on demography and where the cracks in the system begin.
So nearly forty to fifty percent of women have dense
breast tissue. I'm one of them, and in those women's
studies show mammograms can miss up to thirty to fifty
percent of cancers. Add calcification or implants here again, which
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often required displacement, views and repeat imaging, and the margin
for air increases even more So, why do mammograms fall
short for women with dense breast tissue, calcification and implants.
Speaker 8 (20:30):
Despite the fact that we miss forty percent of cancers
in women with dense breast which is about forty percent
of the population. We have not abandoned mimmography despite the
fact that there has never been a clinical trial that
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showed that screening with mammogram increases survival. We have not
abandoned mammography.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Despite the fact that over the.
Speaker 8 (21:00):
Last twenty years, this same number of women die every
year of breast cancer, despite an ever increasing number of
mammograms that are done. There is no survival advantage to
doing mimmography every year. And I'm hoping that at the
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very least we embrace the outcome of the Wisdom trial,
which was just presented in December at the San Antonio
Breast Cancer Conference, and that looked at whether or not
just across the board saying women should get mammogram every year,
or if we should be doing a risk stratification and
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see if you're at below average risk, average risk, or
increased risk, and let that determine who should be screened
with mammogram. And we learn from that trial that there
we absolutely shouldn't be screening everyone every year with mammogram
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because it doesn't improve outcomes, and even in the high
risk population, there wasn't a significant benefit to increasing women's screening,
and in fact, what they ended up seeing is the
more we screen, the more biapsies we do, but we're
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not saving lives as a result. Screening should be smart,
screening should be safe, and what we're doing in the
system right now is neither smart nor safe.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
See, this is where women feel blindsided, you know, and
I think that you know when we when we look
at the other piece rarely discussed. In my next question,
we'll get to that, but you know what you just said,
I feel blindsided, right, and I have dense breasts, and
dense breast tissue doesn't just make image harder, it increases
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breast cancer risk by four to six times. Yet most
women are never told that. And dense breast notification without
explanation is an empowerment. It's just paperwork, right. They notified me, oh,
you have dense breasts, okay, and a like, no one
told me what that meant or what that entailed. So
I want to talk about another piece rarely discussed, which
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is exposure, not once but over a lifetime. So what
are the risks of repeated mammograms in terms of radiation
exposure and tissue compression. Let's not sugarcoat it.
Speaker 8 (23:33):
We gave it a nice name mammogram picture of the breast,
but it is what it is.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
It's an X ray.
Speaker 8 (23:40):
And the more mammograms you have in your life, the
higher your risk is of being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
And when we do a.
Speaker 8 (23:49):
Mammogram, it's not a standard dose for everyone. Everyone doesn't
get the same dose. You get the dose that you
need to penetrate the tissues. So if you have a
bigger breast, you're getting a bigger dose. If you have
a dense breast, you're getting a bigger dose. So it's
not the breast density, especially in the prem anopausal woman,
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it's not the breast density that's meaningful. It's the damage
that the mammogram is going to do to those dense tissues.
And as there has never been a survival advantage proven
from screening with mammogram, why are we screening young women
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when we know it's not effective and it can only
cause harm, there's only downside. Why are we screening them
with mamogram? And the answer, unfortunately, is that it doesn't
make a lot of sense, but it makes a lot
of dollars.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
So this is where your work shifts from critique to solution. Right,
what is perfection imaging and that's perfection with the qtion
and how does it differ from traditional momography.
Speaker 8 (25:06):
So again I go back to what we're talking about,
which is the screening population.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Right.
Speaker 8 (25:12):
These are normal, healthy women who are asymptomatic, who we
have no reason to believe that they have breast cancer.
And I think that it is unethical to expose these
normal healthy women to anything dangerous to radiation, to compression,
to gatolinium. Why should we ever have any risk associated
(25:38):
with a screening program. It just doesn't make sense, right,
And so my screening paradigm involves three things, and this
is what we're doing at Perfection Imaging. First, they're getting
a physical exam, and then we're also doing a biologic test,
So we are examining the tea years for two inflammatory
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proteins that are associated with the early stages of breast cancer,
sometimes before there is even clinical disease. So I'm using
the ARIA tears test in order to look at the
tears for these inflammatory proteins and potentially prevent a diagnosis.
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And then we're doing the QT exam. So the QT
is a sound wave exam transmitted through a warm water
bath that creates a true three You reconstruction of the
breast without pain, without compression, and without radiation.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
So in what feels like a spa day for your breast.
Speaker 8 (26:44):
In a truly beautiful experience that honors a woman, you
get comprehensive breast cancer screening and an opportunity to actually
pervail and breast cancer.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
This is protocol with progress.
Speaker 7 (27:06):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Well, we are officially at the end of our date.
My dear thank you so much for coming on and
being such a breath of fresh air in this new year,
and more importantly giving us such incredible expert on the
microphone advice. We appreciate you my pleasure to be here.
To learn more, you can head directly to Perfectionimaging dot com.
That's Perfection with a Qtionimaging dot com. You can also
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follow doctor Jen Simmons directly on the grammin on YouTube
at doctor Jen Simmons that's two ends and two m's,
and you can also explore her book, The Smart Woman's
Guide to Breast Cancer and her podcast Keeping Abreast. We'll
be right back after this.
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Welcome back, Beautiful NEU or Tri State Area and beyond.
You're listening to a moment of Zen right here on
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I'm your host, Zen Sands. Welcome back to Sculpting the
Future series brought to you by Alikley and Tiger Pharmaceuticals.
This is the segment where we go beyond what's trending
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and into what's actually changing how medicine is practiced. Today's
conversation is titled what Patients Want Next. How natural adipose
based solutions are reshaping esthetic medicine Because today's patients, especially women,
are no longer asking just what delivers volume. They're asking
does this align with my body? Is this using natural tissue?
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And does the science behind it make sense long term
is it sustainable? According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons,
minimally invasive aesthetic procedures have increased more than are you
ready two hundred and fifty thousand percent since the year
two thousand, But over the last decade, patient motivation has
really changed. Recent patient decision studies show that over seventy
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five percent of women now research materials, sourcing and biological
compatibility before committing to a procedure, and nearly two thirds
say natural integration matters more than immediate volume. Now, that
shift in patient intelligence is what's creating an innovation gap
where expectations are outpacing traditional tools, and that's exactly what
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we're going to unpack today. Joining me is one of
the most respected and forward thinking voices in esthetic medicine.
Doctor statchin Striderani Harvard educated, John Hopkins trained, Board certified
plastic surgeon, founder of Luxurgery, and Associate Clinical Professor of
Plastic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis.
He's authored over two hundred peer reviewed publications and abstracts
(30:11):
lectures internationally. Serves as a principal investigator for clinical trials
and is frequently featured in The New York Times, Harper's Bizarre, NBC, Fox,
and ABC. That's just to name a few. Welcome to
the show, Superstar.
Speaker 6 (30:24):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
That is way too warm of an introduction, So thank
you so much for having me. The accolades are on
your end. Congratulations now with everything that you have accomplished,
and thank you so much for being the voice for
so many So I'm honored to be on your show today.
I can add that to the list of other media now,
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
So let's dive right in. So we're seeing a very
clear shift in patient expectations. Patients are asking for. They're
not asking for those exaggerated results anymore that we saw
a decade ago. They're asking for natural outcomes, tissue respecting
approaches at least, and solutions that feel more like medicine
(31:02):
than cosmetics. In fact, recent aesthetic trends really the data
shows that natural appearance now outranks price and downtime and
even longevity is the top patient priority. So from your perspective, doctor,
how have patient expectations, at least in your practice in
esthetic medicine changed over the last five to ten years.
Speaker 9 (31:22):
Well, you gave us a lot of incredible statistics and
data points just kicking off, and those were definitely spot offs.
Whether you're looking at ASPS, American and cydtyoplastic surgeons, or
the aesthetic society, those stats.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
Are what the stats are.
Speaker 9 (31:36):
Minimally invasive treatments are the world's most frequently performed cosmetic treatment.
So as a surgeon, I love my scalpel, but I
now realize more than ever what patients want.
Speaker 6 (31:46):
In the power of a syringe, and.
Speaker 9 (31:48):
It's complementing both of those together that leads to great outcomes.
Expectations are at an all time high.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
People want the world.
Speaker 9 (31:58):
We want to look our best, our best, but without
it being overly dramatic, incredibly natural, which is also speaks
to my heart being in New York City, because we're
looking for kind of more natural, elegant, non exaggerated results.
It is that undetectable era. So there are some challenges
with trying to use conventional modalities to get people the
(32:20):
most natural and beautiful results without looking fake or artificial,
and just wanting to look like the best version of themselves.
So those are kind of what I've seen over the
last few years.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
Evolving definitely, the Tri state area has woken up and
what you said really mirrors what women are demanding across
the board, less artificial intervention and more biological alignment. Now
let's talk about what aloclay is. So let's talk specifically
about this because this is where clarity really matters. And
according to Aloclay their website, it's a natural donor derived
(32:52):
ATA post tissue product designed to provide structure and support,
not synthetic volume. I am a patient. I can attest
to this. I did my research. I was very, very impressed.
It's processed through a five step purification process that removes
DNA and cellular debris and it leaves behind a very
clean adipose tissue structure intended to integrate more naturally with
(33:14):
the body. That made me feel very comfortable. So that
was another check mark. And it's not a traditional synthetic filler,
it's not an implant. So can you explain in latent
terms what aloclay is, how the purification process matters clinically,
and why this type of natural atipose based solution is
(33:34):
resonating with patients.
Speaker 9 (33:36):
Aloclay is an off the shell product that is sixty
percent intact fat cells, forty percent extracellular matrix. That extracellular
matrix is something that helps support the fat that's being
injected and also your own host tissue that will then
integrate and allow for that tissue to what we call
(33:57):
revascularized or for the blood flow to grow into it,
which is what we want so we can avoid horrible
things like fat necrosis or other problems that can occur.
That fat is a gifted in kind tissue, so that's right,
it's cateveric fat. We can basically inject this anywhere below
the claviical so below the collar bone. This is not
(34:19):
meant for the face or neck. And we can inject
to help support volume in.
Speaker 6 (34:24):
For example, breasts.
Speaker 9 (34:25):
For example, the case that I did yesterday, i have
a young woman who had really poorly done liposuction. As
all these contra irregularities, I'm able to go back and
lipofill and rebuild her abdominal wall. We could do it
for buttocks or hiptips. So these are all the areas
in addition to others, where we can create some beautiful,
nice natural volume and support with this product. And we
(34:47):
can talk about DNA content and all that a little
bit because that often comes up.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
Yeah, that's my next question. So one piece patients rarely
hear about is DNA content. Tissue science research show so
that residual DNA can influence inflammatory response and how well
tissue integrates over time. So, from a clinical standpoint, why
are minimal DNA levels important when using natural adipose based
(35:11):
products in the body.
Speaker 9 (35:13):
Do you want to make sure that there's not that
much or any DNA content in the tissue because that's
going to promote an inflammatory or a substantial immune response.
Right when you use solid organ transplant, you have to
put people on lifelong aminosuppression so they don't reject the
tissue because you can't do certain things to a solid
(35:34):
organ that you can do to a tissue graph to
decrease the DNA content. We don't want to transmit someone's
DNA into you. We want to just use the tissue
product with the least amount of content we can.
Speaker 6 (35:48):
So the interesting thing about alaclay is what the fat cells.
Speaker 9 (35:52):
We are well below, well below the threshold that the
FDA deems safe for a certain amount of DNA content
to be in the tissue. And that goes through this
incredible sort of proprietary process of cell washing, So the
cells are washed, people are screened to make sure they
know communicable diseases. When they've donate their bodies to science,
(36:16):
These tissue graphs that can be used and harvested go
through this incredible proprietary scientific process to sterilize the fat
and also leach out substantial amount of DNA content, so
we're not transferring that and creating a profound immune response.
So not meaning to be lengthy in my words, what
(36:37):
we're trying to distill down years of science into a
couple of minutes.
Speaker 6 (36:41):
But that's kind of how that works.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
Well, that's a great explanation and that's the kind of
explanation and education patients deserve, especially when we're talking about
long term outcomes, not just immediate results.
Speaker 6 (36:52):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (36:52):
Yeah, Now let's chat about the patient experience. So why
are women more women choosing adipose based human fat transfer
solutions like this over the more traditional options.
Speaker 9 (37:05):
Firstly, traditional fat transfer, meaning a non implant based solution
for example with the breast, is going to require a
two part process in one surgeon. So at the same
time we do liposuction, the world's most frequently performed cosmetic
surgical procedure. Extract the fat from stubborn areas, my arms,
my hip, dips, my calves, my flanks, whatever it is,
(37:27):
the tummy, whatever it does that bother someone. We can
remove that fat, conture the person, then take that fat,
distill it down while the patient is asleep, and then
reinject it. And that's a traditional fat transfer. It's a
great procedure.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
That's provided you have enough fat to give.
Speaker 9 (37:44):
That's where we're going to get to the why absolutely,
whereas Alla Clay you skip the whole liposuction part and
get right into just the fat transfers to we've done
in a minimally invasive way, whether it's with a little
bit of sedation or completely awake under local anesthesia.
Speaker 6 (37:58):
But the why, why do we care about that?
Speaker 9 (38:01):
First of all, a lot of individuals don't necessarily have
enough fat to support the outcome they want or don't
want to have it. You're a very athletic, petite, thin
female trying to liposuction, you would only increase the risk
of complications and problems, contraregularities, creating more issues, or scar
not getting enough that anyways, why subject you to that?
(38:25):
But up until this product meaning alloclay. We haven't had
the ability to do it. We don't have anything to
offer someone. So the why is very important. Number one,
so thin patients who don't have a lot of fat. Secondly,
patients that may have some fullness or volume but don't
want to have liposuction and are just looking for a
little bit more volume or to correct a hit dip.
(38:46):
You don't have to have a major procedure. Third, GLP
ones have changed the whole game.
Speaker 6 (38:53):
Patients lose volume now.
Speaker 9 (38:55):
The only thing that's going to make that look good
is cutting out the skin and doing like a tummy tuck.
Speaker 6 (38:59):
Patients may not want.
Speaker 9 (39:00):
So there's so many patients that could benefit from volume
restoration without volume extraction. You want the addition, not the
subtraction for a host of reasons.
Speaker 3 (39:10):
And that alignment right there between biology and outcome is
exactly what today's patient is in fact searching for. And
so thank you for helping us go down that rabbit hole.
Speaker 6 (39:20):
Thank you, and it's been a real honor to be here.
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Welcome back, beautiful Tri State area and beyond. You're listening
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Zen Sam's Tonight, we're stepping into the heart of influence,
brought to you by Diamond Lake and its subsidiaries, where
innovation meets execution, and where modern companies are being built
(40:55):
the right way for the future. Red Steak's Golf isn't
just another golf brand. It's a modern lifestyle company, so
solving real gaps in the golf market, culture, accessibility, and engagement.
And now through a new partnership with Diamond Lake, it's
entering its next phase tokenization within the regulated crypto market.
(41:17):
So tonight, this is not speculation, this is education, this
is infrastructure, and this is how real world brands evolve.
I'm joined by three incredible voices guiding this conversation. Brian Jsposito,
founder and CEO of Diamond Lake, Kevin Johnson, founder and
CEO of Red Steaks Golf, Ron Kaufman Securities attorney specializing
(41:37):
in regulated digital assets. And we're going to see how
Diamond Lake is helping tokenize the business. What tokenization actually
means and how it works digitally, and more importantly, how
it impacts both the company's bottom line and its consumer community. Gentlemen,
Welcome to the show, Superstars.
Speaker 4 (41:53):
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
Great to be here, so excited to have you all. Brian,
I'm going to start with you. You have evalue countless
companies across consumer goods, infrastructure, and emerging tech. But you
don't tokenize idea. You tokenize operating businesses with fundamentals. So
when you first looked at Red Steaks Golf, what stood
(42:15):
out to you and why did it make sense as
a company to tokenize?
Speaker 10 (42:19):
Absolutely great questions and well, always in my career and
especially with the culture and philosophy that we have a
Diamond Lake is the people first and foremost the management
to founders in this case this incredible gentlemen.
Speaker 4 (42:32):
Can we align on how do you build a business?
Speaker 10 (42:34):
How do you do it ethically with integrity and morals
and values and everything that we preach and stand by.
Speaker 4 (42:40):
Once we align there, then.
Speaker 10 (42:42):
We start to move forward on what is the business
model and can we add value?
Speaker 4 (42:46):
Traditionally, because we don't just want to partner with.
Speaker 10 (42:48):
Companies and walk them through the proper tokenization procedure. We
want to also ensure that we're doing everything we can
as a partner with this company to protect the value
of that token in the market and to support.
Speaker 4 (42:59):
Thee buses around that token in the market.
Speaker 10 (43:01):
So everything since our first conversation, we aligned on the
relationships that we have at Diamond Lake, the access that
we have at Diamond Lake to support Red Stakes growth,
and then properly guiding them through the regulated environment on
getting a token properly in the market that can support
the offering.
Speaker 3 (43:19):
And that distinction right there is so important because this
isn't about chasing trends, right It's about recognizing when a
business already has brand equity and customer loyalty and more importantly, scalability,
and then modernizing how it grows. So I love that
you just translated that so seamlessly, which brings me to Kevin. So, Kevin,
(43:39):
let's ground this in the business itself. Golf is a
massive industry, but it's also been slow to evolve culturally,
without a doubt, So from your side, what problem were
you seeing in the golf market that led you to
build Red Steaks Golf And how does your model, solve
solve it differently.
Speaker 6 (43:58):
Yeah, thanks for having us.
Speaker 7 (43:59):
We're super excited to be able to communicate what we're
all about in our partnership with the Diamond Lakes. You know,
we always use the word stuck in all our meetings.
What's the stuck, either operationally or strategically. So what's the
stuck In the golf industry, It's always been time, money
and access, right, It's typically been a hired net worth individual.
It takes a long time to play, and people don't
get access to the courses around the country that they
(44:22):
should have with what's with what the growth curve looks like.
Speaker 4 (44:26):
So we've solved that stuck.
Speaker 7 (44:27):
We've built really really intuitive technology, a really dynamic platform
that gives people access to golf and a very time
consuming a situation that isn't out there in the marketplace today.
So you can play around of golf in our simulart
in forty five minutes. You can play with your friends.
The club which is our which is our software platform enables.
Speaker 4 (44:47):
People to plague each other regardless of the location.
Speaker 7 (44:49):
So all four of us could have a simulator in
our home or business and we could play instantly by
you setting up a tournament in three minutes and we're playing.
The nice thing about the golf industry is it's definitely
on a growth curve.
Speaker 4 (45:02):
There's a lot more people.
Speaker 7 (45:03):
Playing, and we really think that we've taken that to
the next level with really intuitive hardware without sacrificing performance
and a very dynamic platform.
Speaker 3 (45:12):
That's very interesting and that's what makes this compelling because
you didn't just build this concept, right, you build a
brand that feels inclusive and modern and connected to how
people actually live and play today. I love that platform.
So ron before we even say the word token, there's
a legal and regulatory foundation that has to be in place,
(45:34):
especially when you're entering the regulated crypto market, right, So
what has to be true structurally and legally for a
company to do this the right way.
Speaker 11 (45:46):
Well, it's a process that I call get smart, where
we're taking our normal agreements and we're entering them fully
automated and embedded in the actual asset in the token.
So when a smart contracts between the shareholder and or
the token holder and the corporation, all the corporate governance
will all be entered in smart contracts, which will all
(46:07):
be fully self executing and automated, so there'll be no
disputes or no problems down the road.
Speaker 3 (46:14):
So, Brian, a lot of people still hear tokenization and
think speculation and hype. Okay, So in practical terms, what
does tokenization actually mean for real operating companies, growth, infrastructure
and more partly balance sheet?
Speaker 10 (46:28):
Yeah, I mean there's so many different theories and philosophies
out there.
Speaker 4 (46:32):
We've kept even.
Speaker 10 (46:33):
Prior to me joining Diamond Link, and it's been consistent
around how I've looked at tokenization. It's just access into
a company or a revenue model, right and on a
fractional ownership side. So it allows for anybody around the
world with a smartphone to have the digital wallet to
be able to participate in a company or a project
that they believe in. And if the ability to give
(46:55):
the nine to nine percenter is a chance to be
part of something was always interested in me and now
technology has caught up to that. Everybody's walking around with
a smartphone. They may live in a hut, but they
have an Android device, and if you can give them
sense of ownership into something that is, you know, that's
a movement for humanity. It used to be to put
your flag into sand. You want a piece of land,
and you felt like you've accomplished something. Now it's fractional
(47:16):
ownership into some sort of asset. So I believe our
Diamond Lake model, and that's also one of the reasons
why I love Red Steaks, is that they're giving access
to what was a very affluent sport, whether it's time
or or cost to be able to participate in.
Speaker 4 (47:30):
And what what has been created here.
Speaker 10 (47:31):
Is the ability to give anybody access to be able
to even enjoy that wonderful, wonderful game. And if you
combine that with tokenization, where you give anybody access actually
have some sort of ownership in that, in that game
or in that that revenue model really interests us and
it's it's in line with our entire thesis of who
we are as a company. So as simple as that
as I can say, it's just fractional ownership into something
(47:53):
and in our stake in our in our case at
Diamond Lake, it's the legal, regulated way of doing that.
And we're really excited about current administrations changes here in
the United States. They're doing everything they can they make
the USA the capital of crypto, So it's great timing
for our company to be able to work with amazing
companies like Red Steaks and show everybody what we can do.
Speaker 3 (48:14):
Wow, Brian, this is such a critical reframe because tokenization
is a tool, not as a shortcut, is what you're saying.
So let's move on here, Kevin. This isn't just about
the company, It's also about the customer. So how does
tokenization change the relationship between Red Steaks and your consumer base?
What does it unlock for golfers and the broader community
(48:36):
around the brand.
Speaker 7 (48:37):
Well, the good news is we didn't need to make
it fit right. The RSG Club, which is our game engine,
was already built for this type of relationship, maybe by default,
but it's worked out so well that we're giving people
more access, as Brian just alluded to. But it also
positions the player to have more engagement and ownership in something,
and that's where the tokenization fits perfectly. You know, I'm
(49:00):
the lowest man on the pole here from a tokenization understanding,
but the one thing I do know it's here now,
it's not the future, and be able to offer that
to our database and our customers and our players. Our
database is very customer centric, so again that the customer
can set up the tournaments and set up the events,
and when you add tokenization to that just makes it
a very powerful tool.
Speaker 3 (49:20):
That is very powerful. You're one hundred percent right, because
now customers aren't just buyers, their participants, they're aligned with
the brand's success. It's all psychology, and it's an important
psychology to acknowledge.
Speaker 4 (49:32):
Yep, A great one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (49:33):
Yeah, So Brian diamond Lake isn't doing this in isolation, right,
You've built an ecosystem focused on modernizing real businesses. How
does the red Stakes partnership fit into your broader strategy
around regulated digital assets and real world tokenization.
Speaker 4 (49:49):
Well, we we strongly believe it'll be a massive movement
in sports, TV, film, entertainment in tokenization. Right.
Speaker 10 (49:57):
And what's nice about a sporting atmosphere like at Stakes
is that there's already community there, so you have fans
of the sport and you have participants of the sport,
whether amateur or professional. When you have an audience based
like that that's creating for advancements in technology, you can
really hit on something. And we saw this movement happen
extremely fast during COVID. All the IP owners in sports,
(50:19):
whether it's professional sports team owners, stadium owners. They're sitting
there saying, we were not making any money. We need
to pour a lot of money into technology, and that's
when you saw incredible movements happening at lightning speed. So
when it comes to what we're doing here, especially with
the Red Staks Golf, and the different model that we've
always had with tokenization is when you put a token
(50:41):
towards a real business like Red Staks Golf, or a
real asset like a building, a hotel, a music catalog,
a TV and film catalogs, you have control over the
business and what it can output as far as earnings
and profitability. When you token ie something like that and
you have a real season management team that really spent
a lot of time and experience on properly building that
(51:02):
company and protecting the margins and growing it correctly and
having finishary duties around it, and you tokenize something like that,
you would expect you have some loyalty around that token
because it's earning. It's earning for that token holder, and
I don't care about liquidity like a typical trader would.
If you have something that people want and want to
hold and they cherish, then we don't worry about liquidly,
(51:23):
we don't worry about somebody else hoping that they pay
more than the last ticket price. So that's our model,
and that's why it's extremely important that we partner with
amazing leaders like Kevin here and companies that we know
that we can help support their growth and hopefully they're
their profitability.
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championships and success, but research shows that up to seventy
eight percent of former professional athletes report significant struggles with
mental health, identity loss, or emotional regulation within just a
few years of retirement. Now, that tells us this isn't
about weakness, It's about what happens when structure, routine, and
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identity suddenly disappear. Joining me today is Richard Davis. He's
an eight year NFL veteran, a Super Bowl champion with
the twenty seventeen Philadelphia Eagles, and someone who understands elite
performance from the inside out. Today he's an elite pro
skills trainer, developing athletes from use to the pros, a
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creative entrepreneur connecting brands and athletes through storytelling, and the
founder of a triple hours that's a hours, a philosophy
rooted in discipline, mastery, and intentional connection. Rashard, Welcome to
the show, Superstar.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Thank you, I appreciate you for having me.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Okay, I'm so excited to chat with you about life
after the NFL. So let's go back to basics here. Neurologically,
the brain thrives on structure and predictability, right, so when
that disappears, especially after years of high performance conditioning, the
nervous system often goes into survival mode. This is why
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post career transitions can feel destabilizing, even for the strongest athletes.
So when your NFL career ended, what was the biggest
mental or say emotional shift you had to make to
move forward and stay grounded.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
I think for me it was just about the structure piece,
you know, keeping myself disciplined, keeping myself on the schedule.
You know, you find yourself with all this free time
and this free space, you have resources, you know, to
maneuver or do what you will like, So you just
have to keep yourself disciplined, like I said, And I
think that was a big piece of it. I think
(06:02):
for me, you know, I had a couple of juggles
throughout my career, so it wasn't something.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
That was fairly new to me.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
But all in all, when I still didn't have that
football piece of fall back on or go into, I
had to find something to you know, occupy that space.
So like I said, it was just getting myself on
schedule and on track and just figuring out where I
need to go and how I needed to get there.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Yeah. Well, what you're describing, you wanting to pave out
that journey, makes so much sense because when you think
of identity, it doesn't disappear overnight. It just has to
be reintegrated, not really replaced, right, So you're still that
NFL player, you just have to now reshift directions. So
I love where your journey has taken you, which leads
me up to a triple o hours. And I say
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that because we're on the radio and people can't actually
see the logo, but it's fabulous. Now there's strong research
around deliberate practice showing that repetition doesn't just build skills,
it strengthens emotion, regulation, confidence, and resilience. And your A
triple o hours connected philosophy feels like a reframing of
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mastery away from pressure and towards presence. So what does
all of this mean to you, your your foundation and
your organization, and how does that philosophy extend beyond football
into real life.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
It's multiple different pieces of it.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
A thousand hours is the household name, you know, that's
the that's the big house, and then you have a
thousand hours connected in other things that falls underneath that.
But for me, you know, a thousand hours just represents
the journey. So basically, you know, when you're on your
road or your path to whatever destination you're trying to
get to, whatever goal you're trying to reach, you know,
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it's a lot of time that goes into it that
people don't understand or people don't see. So the AA
stands for anonymous, and the zeros they just you know,
represent the time that you put in that you know,
like I said, people don't see. You don't know how
much it's going to take for you to reach your destination.
You don't know how much time you're going to have
to put in, you know, behind closed doors, behind the
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cameras to actually perfect your craft.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
So for me, that was something that I always found
myself in. Like with football, it was a journey. It
was a roller coaster up and down, you know, but
I was still putting in time that people didn't see.
They saw the games on TV, they saw the championship
trophies being held up, but they didn't see, you know,
when I was in the gym at five am, grinding
(08:31):
before I got picked up by the Eagles, I had
a waiting job, so I had to go wait tables
and then you know, I got off of that job
and I would still go back to the gym or
hit the field and work out.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
But then when the call came, I was.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Ready got to where I had to get to just
because I stay optimistic and I stayed ready for it.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
One thousand hours. Really is such a beautiful mindset that
you have created for yourself and for others. And going
back to your philosophy, when preparation meets opportunity, you have success.
And getting picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles was no coincidence.
It was meant. And that's an important distinction because connection
is what keeps both performance and mental health sustainable. And
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you were smart enough to do that even when the
stakes were pretty low, and you maintained your training, and
that is really what speaks volumes. So let's talk about
as an elite skills trainer, how do you intentionally develop
not just better athletes, but healthier humans.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
So, you know, for me, like when I got to
the NFL, coming out of a small city like Charlottesville, Virginia,
you know, I didn't have other guys that was pursuing
the same dream that I was. It wasn't too many
trainers or you know, people in the city that I
could connect with to kind of help me along my way.
So you know, that's something that I had to figure
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out on my own and navigate on my own, training
myself figured out what I needed, you know, to continue
to compete, continue to stay healthy, and you know, recovering
everything else. So you know, now when I'm able to
go in and talk to these guys or you know,
really develop these guys, I'm telling them like, Okay, put
this much time in. This much time is necessary, but
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at the same time, you need this day for recovery.
You need these certain resources or vitamins or you know,
just different stretches, different things of that nature that will
just allow you to continue to compete at a longer
you know range and also at a higher level. Working
out is one piece of it, but nutritions, sleep, and
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all of those things, they all play you know, a
bigger pictures and big ballots at the end of the day.
So you know, me just seeing it firsthand and being
in at firsthand, I'm able to give them firsthand experience
and just knowledge that I was able to learn along
the way. You know, they don't have to go through
it and burn out and figure it out at the
end like ah I should have did. It's like no,
(10:52):
let's start now, you know, Let's prepare your mind, your
body and everything now so that way, you know, longevity
is the piece. You know, my coach always said, the
more you can do, the longer you can do, is
you know what's going to make you valuable. So that's
all the piece that I'm trying to give to them
right now.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
And that's such an important piece, and that's such an
important connection because connection is what keeps both performance and
mental health sustainable for young athletes and even for pro athletes. Now,
let's talk about hydration, sports drinks and really coconut water,
just as this is a passionate topic of mine, and
then we'll come back to some more questions. But hydration
(11:30):
is key because this is an area where a lot
of athletes and families have been misinformed. Now, whether people
listening or viewing have their own opinions about this, the
science is clear. Most traditional sports drinks rely heavily on
added sugars, on artificial dyes and chemical stabilizers which can
actually spike blood sugar and actually work against sustained hydration
(11:54):
and mental clarity. And we have research backing this up
that even mild dehydration or sugar crashes impair focus, mood,
and emotional regulation. So when we talk about coconut water,
particularly clean options like once upon a coconut that naturally
contain electrolytes like potassium and magnesium, without artificial colors or
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unnecessary additives, that supports dehydration and hydration in a way
that aligns with how the body actually functions. For me,
is one of the most incredible offerings you can give
to somebody who's looking to rehydrate. So how do you
think about hydration today? And why does choosing natural hydration
(12:36):
like coconut water versus gatorade matter for both physical performance
and mental clarity?
Speaker 5 (12:41):
You know, for me, like, I've always been a guy
that's had my own natural energy, you know, so I
never kind of ran to the energy drinks or things
of that nature to help me. But you know, when
you're in these peo performance places. You know, football is
a sport where you're exhausting yourself all the time trying
(13:01):
to practice or train or play in the game. You
need things that's gonna hydrate you far more than just
regular water. You know, I've did my own research, nothing
like crazy deep, but like you know, you really study water,
like the actual water that we drink or get from
the stories, it doesn't really do too much for the body.
It doesn't really you know, replenish us or hydrate us
(13:22):
as much as we may think.
Speaker 6 (13:23):
And another thing is, you.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
Know, going going on the journey, like you come across
all of these different coconut brands and different water brands
that promote kind of the same thing, but at the
end of the day, everyone isn't doing the same work
to make sure that, like you said, you're getting the
proper nutrients and things of that nature to really nourish
the body. And I've had since being in Tempa, you know,
(13:45):
I've had a lot of coconuts, just raw coconuts, just
getting that juice. And I was introduced so once upon
a coconut last year actually, and I had one of
the drinks and instantly, like you could just taste of
pureness in it. You could say, it's like, you know,
it's very clean, it's very refreshing. You don't get jitters
from it. You know, it's nothing that makes the body
(14:06):
crash or anything. And it tastes very natural, like when
I had it, it wasn't surpy, right, And mind you,
you know, guys listening, I'm saying all these things and
it may sound like an ad, but I'm just talking
from you know, personal experience. I'm a big fan of
Wance Upon a Coconut in particular. Actually the blueberry for
lavor is actually my favorite.
Speaker 7 (14:28):
But right, got it.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
But uh, you know, it's one of those.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
Things that you could tell that whoever built it out,
like whoever had the idea from the beginning, they you know,
took their time, that did their research.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
That's an important reset, right because hydration isn't about intensity.
It's about clean, consistent nourishment, like you said, just like
mental health is things that are clean and consistent. Those
really resonate. Now we are at the end of our date,
my dear friend, thank you so much for coming on.
I appreciate you. Thank you so learn more. You can
follow Richard directly on the gram at sweet Feet six underscore,
(15:03):
and you can also find them on the gram at
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of Neurik iHeartRadio. I'm your host, Zen SAMs, and tonight's
segment is a standalone feature. It's our seven to ten
WR Trailblazer of the Month, spotlighting a woman who didn't
just challenge the system, she stepped outside of it to
build something even better. Now. I want every woman listening
to lean in for this one, because breast health is
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one of the few areas in modern medicine where compliance
has quietly been mistaken for consent, which brings me to
today's topic, what women Aren't told about mammograms and the
new era of breast health. Doctor Jen Simmons is a
former breast cancer surgeon who spent years inside the traditional
system before walking away when she realized modern medicine was
(16:32):
far better at treating disease than preventing it. She's the
founder of Perfection Imaging, a radiation free compression breast imaging
center designed specifically for women with dense breasts and implants.
She also advocates for the Aria tears test, which is
a biological screening tool that evaluates cancer risk before tumors
are visible on imaging. She's the author of The Smart
(16:53):
Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer, host of Keeping a Breast,
and she's joining us again because this conversation is evolving
and women deserve updated truth. Welcome to the show, Superstar.
Thank you. You can take a breath. Now, that was
a lot. Yeah, we've got to give the context here
and welcome to the expert on the microphone series. So
(17:16):
let's dive right in. You spent years inside the traditional system, operating, diagnosing,
saving lives, and that perspective matters because this isn't theory.
It's lived experience, inside protocol and guidelines and outcomes. So
what led you to step away from traditional breast cancer
surgery after years inside the system?
Speaker 8 (17:36):
If you will, Yeah, well, nothing will take you outside
of the traditional system like becoming a patient. And that's
what happened to me. And after sixteen years of practice
I where I was telling women every day that you know,
(17:58):
they had cancer and they needed surgery and chemo and radiation.
I sat as the recipient of those words. And when
those words are coming at you, you need surgery, you
need chemotherapy, you need radiation. Though, the explanations that I
(18:18):
was offering to my patients were just not acceptable to me.
Right so when I was asked why and told that
it's Mack multifactorial and there's nothing that you could have
done to change it, that was not a sufficient answer
when it was about me. And it was my opportunity
(18:40):
to really see medicine, disease, healing, health treatment from a
completely different perspective, because unfortunately, in conventional medicine, we're.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Not taught about health.
Speaker 8 (18:55):
We are not a healthcare system.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
We're a sick care system. Right yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
We are really taught to recognize a constellation of symptoms,
give it a name, give it a diagnosis, and prescribe
either a medicine or a procedure or something along those lines.
But nowhere are we taught about health. And it was
really my first time with that realization. And I know
(19:24):
that all challenges are put in front of us for
a reason, and my reason was so that I could
see this perspective.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Wow, talk about coming full circle and then that distinction
is so important what you just recounted, because this wasn't
about rejecting medicine. It was about recognizing that protocol doesn't
always equal progress, and especially when breast cancer remains the
most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide despite decades of
expanded screening. This brings me to the next question. So
(19:56):
let's talk about the tool most women are told to
rely on demography and where the cracks in the system begin.
So nearly forty to fifty percent of women have dense
breast tissue. I'm one of them, and in those women's
studies show mammograms can miss up to thirty to fifty
percent of cancers. Add calcification or implants here again, which
(20:17):
often required displacement, views and repeat imaging, and the margin
for air increases even more So, why do mammograms fall
short for women with dense breast tissue, calcification and implants.
Speaker 8 (20:30):
Despite the fact that we miss forty percent of cancers
in women with dense breast which is about forty percent
of the population. We have not abandoned mimmography despite the
fact that there has never been a clinical trial that
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showed that screening with mammogram increases survival. We have not
abandoned mammography.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Despite the fact that over the.
Speaker 8 (21:00):
Last twenty years, this same number of women die every
year of breast cancer, despite an ever increasing number of
mammograms that are done. There is no survival advantage to
doing mimmography every year. And I'm hoping that at the
(21:21):
very least we embrace the outcome of the Wisdom trial,
which was just presented in December at the San Antonio
Breast Cancer Conference, and that looked at whether or not
just across the board saying women should get mammogram every year,
or if we should be doing a risk stratification and
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see if you're at below average risk, average risk, or
increased risk, and let that determine who should be screened
with mammogram. And we learn from that trial that there
we absolutely shouldn't be screening everyone every year with mammogram
(22:06):
because it doesn't improve outcomes, and even in the high
risk population, there wasn't a significant benefit to increasing women's screening,
and in fact, what they ended up seeing is the
more we screen, the more biapsies we do, but we're
(22:28):
not saving lives as a result. Screening should be smart,
screening should be safe, and what we're doing in the
system right now is neither smart nor safe.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
See, this is where women feel blindsided, you know, and
I think that you know when we when we look
at the other piece rarely discussed. In my next question,
we'll get to that, but you know what you just said,
I feel blindsided, right, and I have dense breasts, and
dense breast tissue doesn't just make image harder, it increases
(23:01):
breast cancer risk by four to six times. Yet most
women are never told that. And dense breast notification without
explanation is an empowerment. It's just paperwork, right. They notified me, oh,
you have dense breasts, okay, and a like, no one
told me what that meant or what that entailed. So
I want to talk about another piece rarely discussed, which
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is exposure, not once but over a lifetime. So what
are the risks of repeated mammograms in terms of radiation
exposure and tissue compression. Let's not sugarcoat it.
Speaker 8 (23:33):
We gave it a nice name mammogram picture of the breast,
but it is what it is.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
It's an X ray.
Speaker 8 (23:40):
And the more mammograms you have in your life, the
higher your risk is of being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
And when we do a.
Speaker 8 (23:49):
Mammogram, it's not a standard dose for everyone. Everyone doesn't
get the same dose. You get the dose that you
need to penetrate the tissues. So if you have a
bigger breast, you're getting a bigger dose. If you have
a dense breast, you're getting a bigger dose. So it's
not the breast density, especially in the prem anopausal woman,
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it's not the breast density that's meaningful. It's the damage
that the mammogram is going to do to those dense tissues.
And as there has never been a survival advantage proven
from screening with mammogram, why are we screening young women
(24:33):
when we know it's not effective and it can only
cause harm, there's only downside. Why are we screening them
with mamogram? And the answer, unfortunately, is that it doesn't
make a lot of sense, but it makes a lot
of dollars.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
So this is where your work shifts from critique to solution. Right,
what is perfection imaging and that's perfection with the qtion
and how does it differ from traditional momography.
Speaker 8 (25:06):
So again I go back to what we're talking about,
which is the screening population.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Right.
Speaker 8 (25:12):
These are normal, healthy women who are asymptomatic, who we
have no reason to believe that they have breast cancer.
And I think that it is unethical to expose these
normal healthy women to anything dangerous to radiation, to compression,
to gatolinium. Why should we ever have any risk associated
(25:38):
with a screening program. It just doesn't make sense, right,
And so my screening paradigm involves three things, and this
is what we're doing at Perfection Imaging. First, they're getting
a physical exam, and then we're also doing a biologic test,
So we are examining the tea years for two inflammatory
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proteins that are associated with the early stages of breast cancer,
sometimes before there is even clinical disease. So I'm using
the ARIA tears test in order to look at the
tears for these inflammatory proteins and potentially prevent a diagnosis.
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And then we're doing the QT exam. So the QT
is a sound wave exam transmitted through a warm water
bath that creates a true three You reconstruction of the
breast without pain, without compression, and without radiation.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
So in what feels like a spa day for your breast.
Speaker 8 (26:44):
In a truly beautiful experience that honors a woman, you
get comprehensive breast cancer screening and an opportunity to actually
pervail and breast cancer.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
This is protocol with progress.
Speaker 7 (27:06):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Well, we are officially at the end of our date.
My dear thank you so much for coming on and
being such a breath of fresh air in this new year,
and more importantly giving us such incredible expert on the
microphone advice. We appreciate you my pleasure to be here.
To learn more, you can head directly to Perfectionimaging dot com.
That's Perfection with a Qtionimaging dot com. You can also
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follow doctor Jen Simmons directly on the grammin on YouTube
at doctor Jen Simmons that's two ends and two m's,
and you can also explore her book, The Smart Woman's
Guide to Breast Cancer and her podcast Keeping Abreast. We'll
be right back after this.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
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Speaker 3 (28:16):
Welcome back, Beautiful NEU or Tri State Area and beyond.
You're listening to a moment of Zen right here on
seven to ten. Woar the voice of New York iHeartRadio.
I'm your host, Zen Sands. Welcome back to Sculpting the
Future series brought to you by Alikley and Tiger Pharmaceuticals.
This is the segment where we go beyond what's trending
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and into what's actually changing how medicine is practiced. Today's
conversation is titled what Patients Want Next. How natural adipose
based solutions are reshaping esthetic medicine Because today's patients, especially women,
are no longer asking just what delivers volume. They're asking
does this align with my body? Is this using natural tissue?
(29:00):
And does the science behind it make sense long term
is it sustainable? According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons,
minimally invasive aesthetic procedures have increased more than are you
ready two hundred and fifty thousand percent since the year
two thousand, But over the last decade, patient motivation has
really changed. Recent patient decision studies show that over seventy
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five percent of women now research materials, sourcing and biological
compatibility before committing to a procedure, and nearly two thirds
say natural integration matters more than immediate volume. Now, that
shift in patient intelligence is what's creating an innovation gap
where expectations are outpacing traditional tools, and that's exactly what
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we're going to unpack today. Joining me is one of
the most respected and forward thinking voices in esthetic medicine.
Doctor statchin Striderani Harvard educated, John Hopkins trained, Board certified
plastic surgeon, founder of Luxurgery, and Associate Clinical Professor of
Plastic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis.
He's authored over two hundred peer reviewed publications and abstracts
(30:11):
lectures internationally. Serves as a principal investigator for clinical trials
and is frequently featured in The New York Times, Harper's Bizarre, NBC, Fox,
and ABC. That's just to name a few. Welcome to
the show, Superstar.
Speaker 6 (30:24):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
That is way too warm of an introduction, So thank
you so much for having me. The accolades are on
your end. Congratulations now with everything that you have accomplished,
and thank you so much for being the voice for
so many So I'm honored to be on your show today.
I can add that to the list of other media now,
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
So let's dive right in. So we're seeing a very
clear shift in patient expectations. Patients are asking for. They're
not asking for those exaggerated results anymore that we saw
a decade ago. They're asking for natural outcomes, tissue respecting
approaches at least, and solutions that feel more like medicine
(31:02):
than cosmetics. In fact, recent aesthetic trends really the data
shows that natural appearance now outranks price and downtime and
even longevity is the top patient priority. So from your perspective, doctor,
how have patient expectations, at least in your practice in
esthetic medicine changed over the last five to ten years.
Speaker 9 (31:22):
Well, you gave us a lot of incredible statistics and
data points just kicking off, and those were definitely spot offs.
Whether you're looking at ASPS, American and cydtyoplastic surgeons, or
the aesthetic society, those stats.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
Are what the stats are.
Speaker 9 (31:36):
Minimally invasive treatments are the world's most frequently performed cosmetic treatment.
So as a surgeon, I love my scalpel, but I
now realize more than ever what patients want.
Speaker 6 (31:46):
In the power of a syringe, and.
Speaker 9 (31:48):
It's complementing both of those together that leads to great outcomes.
Expectations are at an all time high.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
People want the world.
Speaker 9 (31:58):
We want to look our best, our best, but without
it being overly dramatic, incredibly natural, which is also speaks
to my heart being in New York City, because we're
looking for kind of more natural, elegant, non exaggerated results.
It is that undetectable era. So there are some challenges
with trying to use conventional modalities to get people the
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most natural and beautiful results without looking fake or artificial,
and just wanting to look like the best version of themselves.
So those are kind of what I've seen over the
last few years.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
Evolving definitely, the Tri state area has woken up and
what you said really mirrors what women are demanding across
the board, less artificial intervention and more biological alignment. Now
let's talk about what aloclay is. So let's talk specifically
about this because this is where clarity really matters. And
according to Aloclay their website, it's a natural donor derived
(32:52):
ATA post tissue product designed to provide structure and support,
not synthetic volume. I am a patient. I can attest
to this. I did my research. I was very, very impressed.
It's processed through a five step purification process that removes
DNA and cellular debris and it leaves behind a very
clean adipose tissue structure intended to integrate more naturally with
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the body. That made me feel very comfortable. So that
was another check mark. And it's not a traditional synthetic filler,
it's not an implant. So can you explain in latent
terms what aloclay is, how the purification process matters clinically,
and why this type of natural atipose based solution is
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resonating with patients.
Speaker 9 (33:36):
Aloclay is an off the shell product that is sixty
percent intact fat cells, forty percent extracellular matrix. That extracellular
matrix is something that helps support the fat that's being
injected and also your own host tissue that will then
integrate and allow for that tissue to what we call
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revascularized or for the blood flow to grow into it,
which is what we want so we can avoid horrible
things like fat necrosis or other problems that can occur.
That fat is a gifted in kind tissue, so that's right,
it's cateveric fat. We can basically inject this anywhere below
the claviical so below the collar bone. This is not
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meant for the face or neck. And we can inject
to help support volume in.
Speaker 6 (34:24):
For example, breasts.
Speaker 9 (34:25):
For example, the case that I did yesterday, i have
a young woman who had really poorly done liposuction. As
all these contra irregularities, I'm able to go back and
lipofill and rebuild her abdominal wall. We could do it
for buttocks or hiptips. So these are all the areas
in addition to others, where we can create some beautiful,
nice natural volume and support with this product. And we
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can talk about DNA content and all that a little
bit because that often comes up.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
Yeah, that's my next question. So one piece patients rarely
hear about is DNA content. Tissue science research show so
that residual DNA can influence inflammatory response and how well
tissue integrates over time. So, from a clinical standpoint, why
are minimal DNA levels important when using natural adipose based
(35:11):
products in the body.
Speaker 9 (35:13):
Do you want to make sure that there's not that
much or any DNA content in the tissue because that's
going to promote an inflammatory or a substantial immune response.
Right when you use solid organ transplant, you have to
put people on lifelong aminosuppression so they don't reject the
tissue because you can't do certain things to a solid
(35:34):
organ that you can do to a tissue graph to
decrease the DNA content. We don't want to transmit someone's
DNA into you. We want to just use the tissue
product with the least amount of content we can.
Speaker 6 (35:48):
So the interesting thing about alaclay is what the fat cells.
Speaker 9 (35:52):
We are well below, well below the threshold that the
FDA deems safe for a certain amount of DNA content
to be in the tissue. And that goes through this
incredible sort of proprietary process of cell washing, So the
cells are washed, people are screened to make sure they
know communicable diseases. When they've donate their bodies to science,
(36:16):
These tissue graphs that can be used and harvested go
through this incredible proprietary scientific process to sterilize the fat
and also leach out substantial amount of DNA content, so
we're not transferring that and creating a profound immune response.
So not meaning to be lengthy in my words, what
(36:37):
we're trying to distill down years of science into a
couple of minutes.
Speaker 6 (36:41):
But that's kind of how that works.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
Well, that's a great explanation and that's the kind of
explanation and education patients deserve, especially when we're talking about
long term outcomes, not just immediate results.
Speaker 6 (36:52):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (36:52):
Yeah, Now let's chat about the patient experience. So why
are women more women choosing adipose based human fat transfer
solutions like this over the more traditional options.
Speaker 9 (37:05):
Firstly, traditional fat transfer, meaning a non implant based solution
for example with the breast, is going to require a
two part process in one surgeon. So at the same
time we do liposuction, the world's most frequently performed cosmetic
surgical procedure. Extract the fat from stubborn areas, my arms,
my hip, dips, my calves, my flanks, whatever it is,
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the tummy, whatever it does that bother someone. We can
remove that fat, conture the person, then take that fat,
distill it down while the patient is asleep, and then
reinject it. And that's a traditional fat transfer. It's a
great procedure.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
That's provided you have enough fat to give.
Speaker 9 (37:44):
That's where we're going to get to the why absolutely,
whereas Alla Clay you skip the whole liposuction part and
get right into just the fat transfers to we've done
in a minimally invasive way, whether it's with a little
bit of sedation or completely awake under local anesthesia.
Speaker 6 (37:58):
But the why, why do we care about that?
Speaker 9 (38:01):
First of all, a lot of individuals don't necessarily have
enough fat to support the outcome they want or don't
want to have it. You're a very athletic, petite, thin
female trying to liposuction, you would only increase the risk
of complications and problems, contraregularities, creating more issues, or scar
not getting enough that anyways, why subject you to that?
(38:25):
But up until this product meaning alloclay. We haven't had
the ability to do it. We don't have anything to
offer someone. So the why is very important. Number one,
so thin patients who don't have a lot of fat. Secondly,
patients that may have some fullness or volume but don't
want to have liposuction and are just looking for a
little bit more volume or to correct a hit dip.
(38:46):
You don't have to have a major procedure. Third, GLP
ones have changed the whole game.
Speaker 6 (38:53):
Patients lose volume now.
Speaker 9 (38:55):
The only thing that's going to make that look good
is cutting out the skin and doing like a tummy tuck.
Speaker 6 (38:59):
Patients may not want.
Speaker 9 (39:00):
So there's so many patients that could benefit from volume
restoration without volume extraction. You want the addition, not the
subtraction for a host of reasons.
Speaker 3 (39:10):
And that alignment right there between biology and outcome is
exactly what today's patient is in fact searching for. And
so thank you for helping us go down that rabbit hole.
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Welcome back, beautiful Tri State area and beyond. You're listening
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Zen Sam's Tonight, we're stepping into the heart of influence,
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innovation meets execution, and where modern companies are being built
(40:55):
the right way for the future. Red Steak's Golf isn't
just another golf brand. It's a modern lifestyle company, so
solving real gaps in the golf market, culture, accessibility, and engagement.
And now through a new partnership with Diamond Lake, it's
entering its next phase tokenization within the regulated crypto market.
(41:17):
So tonight, this is not speculation, this is education, this
is infrastructure, and this is how real world brands evolve.
I'm joined by three incredible voices guiding this conversation. Brian Jsposito,
founder and CEO of Diamond Lake, Kevin Johnson, founder and
CEO of Red Steaks Golf, Ron Kaufman Securities attorney specializing
(41:37):
in regulated digital assets. And we're going to see how
Diamond Lake is helping tokenize the business. What tokenization actually
means and how it works digitally, and more importantly, how
it impacts both the company's bottom line and its consumer community. Gentlemen,
Welcome to the show, Superstars.
Speaker 4 (41:53):
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
Great to be here, so excited to have you all. Brian,
I'm going to start with you. You have evalue countless
companies across consumer goods, infrastructure, and emerging tech. But you
don't tokenize idea. You tokenize operating businesses with fundamentals. So
when you first looked at Red Steaks Golf, what stood
(42:15):
out to you and why did it make sense as
a company to tokenize?
Speaker 10 (42:19):
Absolutely great questions and well, always in my career and
especially with the culture and philosophy that we have a
Diamond Lake is the people first and foremost the management
to founders in this case this incredible gentlemen.
Speaker 4 (42:32):
Can we align on how do you build a business?
Speaker 10 (42:34):
How do you do it ethically with integrity and morals
and values and everything that we preach and stand by.
Speaker 4 (42:40):
Once we align there, then.
Speaker 10 (42:42):
We start to move forward on what is the business
model and can we add value?
Speaker 4 (42:46):
Traditionally, because we don't just want to partner with.
Speaker 10 (42:48):
Companies and walk them through the proper tokenization procedure. We
want to also ensure that we're doing everything we can
as a partner with this company to protect the value
of that token in the market and to support.
Speaker 4 (42:59):
Thee buses around that token in the market.
Speaker 10 (43:01):
So everything since our first conversation, we aligned on the
relationships that we have at Diamond Lake, the access that
we have at Diamond Lake to support Red Stakes growth,
and then properly guiding them through the regulated environment on
getting a token properly in the market that can support
the offering.
Speaker 3 (43:19):
And that distinction right there is so important because this
isn't about chasing trends, right It's about recognizing when a
business already has brand equity and customer loyalty and more importantly, scalability,
and then modernizing how it grows. So I love that
you just translated that so seamlessly, which brings me to Kevin. So, Kevin,
(43:39):
let's ground this in the business itself. Golf is a
massive industry, but it's also been slow to evolve culturally,
without a doubt, So from your side, what problem were
you seeing in the golf market that led you to
build Red Steaks Golf And how does your model, solve
solve it differently.
Speaker 6 (43:58):
Yeah, thanks for having us.
Speaker 7 (43:59):
We're super excited to be able to communicate what we're
all about in our partnership with the Diamond Lakes. You know,
we always use the word stuck in all our meetings.
What's the stuck, either operationally or strategically. So what's the
stuck In the golf industry, It's always been time, money
and access, right, It's typically been a hired net worth individual.
It takes a long time to play, and people don't
get access to the courses around the country that they
(44:22):
should have with what's with what the growth curve looks like.
Speaker 4 (44:26):
So we've solved that stuck.
Speaker 7 (44:27):
We've built really really intuitive technology, a really dynamic platform
that gives people access to golf and a very time
consuming a situation that isn't out there in the marketplace today.
So you can play around of golf in our simulart
in forty five minutes. You can play with your friends.
The club which is our which is our software platform enables.
Speaker 4 (44:47):
People to plague each other regardless of the location.
Speaker 7 (44:49):
So all four of us could have a simulator in
our home or business and we could play instantly by
you setting up a tournament in three minutes and we're playing.
The nice thing about the golf industry is it's definitely
on a growth curve.
Speaker 4 (45:02):
There's a lot more people.
Speaker 7 (45:03):
Playing, and we really think that we've taken that to
the next level with really intuitive hardware without sacrificing performance
and a very dynamic platform.
Speaker 3 (45:12):
That's very interesting and that's what makes this compelling because
you didn't just build this concept, right, you build a
brand that feels inclusive and modern and connected to how
people actually live and play today. I love that platform.
So ron before we even say the word token, there's
a legal and regulatory foundation that has to be in place,
(45:34):
especially when you're entering the regulated crypto market, right, So
what has to be true structurally and legally for a
company to do this the right way.
Speaker 11 (45:46):
Well, it's a process that I call get smart, where
we're taking our normal agreements and we're entering them fully
automated and embedded in the actual asset in the token.
So when a smart contracts between the shareholder and or
the token holder and the corporation, all the corporate governance
will all be entered in smart contracts, which will all
(46:07):
be fully self executing and automated, so there'll be no
disputes or no problems down the road.
Speaker 3 (46:14):
So, Brian, a lot of people still hear tokenization and
think speculation and hype. Okay, So in practical terms, what
does tokenization actually mean for real operating companies, growth, infrastructure
and more partly balance sheet?
Speaker 10 (46:28):
Yeah, I mean there's so many different theories and philosophies
out there.
Speaker 4 (46:32):
We've kept even.
Speaker 10 (46:33):
Prior to me joining Diamond Link, and it's been consistent
around how I've looked at tokenization. It's just access into
a company or a revenue model, right and on a
fractional ownership side. So it allows for anybody around the
world with a smartphone to have the digital wallet to
be able to participate in a company or a project
that they believe in. And if the ability to give
(46:55):
the nine to nine percenter is a chance to be
part of something was always interested in me and now
technology has caught up to that. Everybody's walking around with
a smartphone. They may live in a hut, but they
have an Android device, and if you can give them
sense of ownership into something that is, you know, that's
a movement for humanity. It used to be to put
your flag into sand. You want a piece of land,
and you felt like you've accomplished something. Now it's fractional
(47:16):
ownership into some sort of asset. So I believe our
Diamond Lake model, and that's also one of the reasons
why I love Red Steaks, is that they're giving access
to what was a very affluent sport, whether it's time
or or cost to be able to participate in.
Speaker 4 (47:30):
And what what has been created here.
Speaker 10 (47:31):
Is the ability to give anybody access to be able
to even enjoy that wonderful, wonderful game. And if you
combine that with tokenization, where you give anybody access actually
have some sort of ownership in that, in that game
or in that that revenue model really interests us and
it's it's in line with our entire thesis of who
we are as a company. So as simple as that
as I can say, it's just fractional ownership into something
(47:53):
and in our stake in our in our case at
Diamond Lake, it's the legal, regulated way of doing that.
And we're really excited about current administrations changes here in
the United States. They're doing everything they can they make
the USA the capital of crypto, So it's great timing
for our company to be able to work with amazing
companies like Red Steaks and show everybody what we can do.
Speaker 3 (48:14):
Wow, Brian, this is such a critical reframe because tokenization
is a tool, not as a shortcut, is what you're saying.
So let's move on here, Kevin. This isn't just about
the company, It's also about the customer. So how does
tokenization change the relationship between Red Steaks and your consumer base?
What does it unlock for golfers and the broader community
(48:36):
around the brand.
Speaker 7 (48:37):
Well, the good news is we didn't need to make
it fit right. The RSG Club, which is our game engine,
was already built for this type of relationship, maybe by default,
but it's worked out so well that we're giving people
more access, as Brian just alluded to. But it also
positions the player to have more engagement and ownership in something,
and that's where the tokenization fits perfectly. You know, I'm
(49:00):
the lowest man on the pole here from a tokenization understanding,
but the one thing I do know it's here now,
it's not the future, and be able to offer that
to our database and our customers and our players. Our
database is very customer centric, so again that the customer
can set up the tournaments and set up the events,
and when you add tokenization to that just makes it
a very powerful tool.
Speaker 3 (49:20):
That is very powerful. You're one hundred percent right, because
now customers aren't just buyers, their participants, they're aligned with
the brand's success. It's all psychology, and it's an important
psychology to acknowledge.
Speaker 4 (49:32):
Yep, A great one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (49:33):
Yeah, So Brian diamond Lake isn't doing this in isolation, right,
You've built an ecosystem focused on modernizing real businesses. How
does the red Stakes partnership fit into your broader strategy
around regulated digital assets and real world tokenization.
Speaker 4 (49:49):
Well, we we strongly believe it'll be a massive movement
in sports, TV, film, entertainment in tokenization. Right.
Speaker 10 (49:57):
And what's nice about a sporting atmosphere like at Stakes
is that there's already community there, so you have fans
of the sport and you have participants of the sport,
whether amateur or professional. When you have an audience based
like that that's creating for advancements in technology, you can
really hit on something. And we saw this movement happen
extremely fast during COVID. All the IP owners in sports,
(50:19):
whether it's professional sports team owners, stadium owners. They're sitting
there saying, we were not making any money. We need
to pour a lot of money into technology, and that's
when you saw incredible movements happening at lightning speed. So
when it comes to what we're doing here, especially with
the Red Staks Golf, and the different model that we've
always had with tokenization is when you put a token
(50:41):
towards a real business like Red Staks Golf, or a
real asset like a building, a hotel, a music catalog,
a TV and film catalogs, you have control over the
business and what it can output as far as earnings
and profitability. When you token ie something like that and
you have a real season management team that really spent
a lot of time and experience on properly building that
(51:02):
company and protecting the margins and growing it correctly and
having finishary duties around it, and you tokenize something like that,
you would expect you have some loyalty around that token
because it's earning. It's earning for that token holder, and
I don't care about liquidity like a typical trader would.
If you have something that people want and want to
hold and they cherish, then we don't worry about liquidly,
(51:23):
we don't worry about somebody else hoping that they pay
more than the last ticket price. So that's our model,
and that's why it's extremely important that we partner with
amazing leaders like Kevin here and companies that we know
that we can help support their growth and hopefully they're
their profitability.
Speaker 3 (51:40):
And that's the heart of influence building companies that evolve, responsibly,
grow sustainably, and bring their communities with them. I love
it and as always, thank you for spending this moment
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