IFYL2GO: Grocery Dates; Trust Your Gut; Eat More Oranges

In this episode we discuss:

Get more fish!

Change your senses; focus your mind.

Take a shower

And many more topics.

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Episode Transcript

Unknown (00:38):
Gib, hello and welcome to another episode of
the podcast. I'm Gib Gerard herewith one of my favorite things
that we do, and I know I saythat all the time, our special
intelligence to go episode ofthe show. This is where we take
the clips of John and myself onthe radio show from this week.

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We chop them up and give youjust that stuff, just the stuff
we talk about on the air. Noneof the music, none of the other
stuff, just the two of ustalking. So I'll happen to like
this. I hope that you enjoy it.
I'm gonna stop talking now andlet the other version of me do
the talking. So here is me andJohn Tesh, all right, Gib, from

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our dating and relationshipfiles, a Pew survey of dating
apps now reveals that a full 25%of millennials have gone on a
first date at a grocery store.
Oh, yeah. You know, in LosAngeles, there used to be a
place. I can't think of the nameof it, but on Friday nights they
played like, like, really louddisco music and people, and they
changed the lighting andeverything. And that's when

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people went on dates usingshopping carts. And just
shopping carts had differentlights on them, and if one of
the lights was on, it meant theywere available. That is, first
of all, that's amazing. And Ilike that grocery stores are
figuring stuff like this out. Ihave started to see grocery
stores with bars in them, withgrocery stores with whole
prepared food sections, so thatyou could actually eat while
you're there. And it absolutelysounds like a great place for a

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date. It's also lets you know somany details about the person
you're on a date with, yeah, andalso, worst case scenario, it's
a terrible date. You've got yourgrocery shopping done, right? So
it's like a win, win. And atthis point, like I know you have
this experience at this point inmy relationship, I view going to
the grocery store as a date. Itis a very intimate time, even

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now. So I know you and yourwife, you guys go to Costco. We
just, we don't have a list. Wejust walk up and down the aisles
together. Very romantic. This iswhat this look first date, 100th
date. This is a great date idea.
I love it. Hey, Gib, check thisout. We now know that showering
during the work day is helpingemployees become more productive

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and more creative. So fourbusinesses, a restaurant and
architectural firm, anadvertising agency and a
clothing company, took part in atwo month study, and employees
who took a shower break showedimprovement across a huge range
of areas, from mood toproductivity. So now you have to
install showers in the in theoffice. I mean, it seems like
it's worth it. You know what?
One One less toilet stall, onemore shower stall, and there you

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go. Look, we know of a lot wehave reported on, on the
benefits of showering to improvecreativity before we've talked
about one particularly prolificwriter in Aaron Sorkin, who, you
know, obviously has written andcreated multiple television
shows and movies, and he showerswhen he's writing. He showers

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like five, six times a day,yeah. So trying to unlock his
creative juices, right? Sothere's something to this. So
absolutely, if you have like, anice shower environment, why
wouldn't you want your yourcreative executives or your
creative team to be taking thattime they can't stare at
screens. It puts your brain intothis sort of white noise idling
mode. That's really great forpulling random ideas together. I
love it. And the energyrequirements are a lot less than

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AI. So why not? That makes a lotof sense. You know, Gib,
whenever we're talking aboutpets. Intelligence for your
pets, especially on Facebook, weget a lot of questions about
fish tanks. And so here's a fishtank tip. See what you think. If
you have one, or your kid orgrandkid wants a fish, you
should know this. You actuallyneed six of them. What I had no
idea schools of fish are happierthan solo fish, and fish that

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hang out together and socializeare more likely to thrive. You
just make sure they're all thesame kind of fish.
Otherwise, you have DavidAttenborough in your house
narrating what's going on.
Large fish has now swallowed allof the schools. Fish also do
better in long and wideAquarians and give plenty of
space to some terribleinvitation. So here are the here

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are the six fish you should gettetras, rasboras or danios. I
haven't heard of any of them,except for tetras. Okay. Also be
careful you don't get like betafighting fish, because then you
will have you'll have FightClub, you'll have fish Fight
Club. And what we're trying todo is teach the kid how to take
care of something. You know,animal husbandry is what we're

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trying to teach, not fish FightClub, not grief, yeah. So,
you know, choose those threefish, the tetras, the risboros
or the danios. Remember, youneed six of them because schools
of fish. Where's the tiny goldfish? Moves towards the corner?
Oh, the horror. Allright, intelligent people, if

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your day started off badly orit's going down the tubes, you
can turn it around. And GibGerard is going to tell us how
all right. Clinical PsychologistSusan Albers from the Cleveland
Clinic says you should trymaking a sensory change. So take
a hot shower, change yourclothes, or light a scented
candle. Dr Albers says differentsmells texture.

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And temperatures will help youreset by diverting your
attention. We really are justsimple creatures, aren't we? I
know it doesn't really requiremuch to make us change our
mindset. That's why everybody'sgoing into saunas and cold
plunges and everything,fantastic. Well, you want to do
a hard reset. Go from a coldplunge into a into a hot tub,
back into a cold plunge, backinto a hot tub. Do that a few

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times into the hospital. Yeah,you do that a few times,
pending, you know, acardiologist approval. You do
that a few times, you're gonnafeel fantastic, like the guys on
Sunday night, I got a fullerSasha's lodging my right aorta,
but,but no, this is, look, this is
good advice. If you, if youwould like to reset your day,
it's like, just nothing's goingyour way. Nothing's coming up

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you know, nothing's coming uproses. Go for a long walk,
exercise a little bit, take ashower, light a candle, do
something that changes the allof the little sensory inputs
that you have, you will feellike it's a new day, and you'll
be able to approach it with adifferent amount of intensity.
And hopefully that really helpsyour day out, or just walk into
an Uber car, those things alwayssmell great. Smell the old bed

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bath and beyond a business.
What's the what's the other one?
The Bath and Body Works. Walk inthere. Don't you know it's it's
easy to reach for an energydrink when you're feeling
sluggish, or for me, it's likefive shots of espresso. But a
better option now is the Italianenergy drink. Exactly. Better
option is taking the stairs,apparently, according to the
Journal of Physiology andbehavior, spending 10 minutes

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going up and down stairsrestores energy more effectively
than getting 50 milligrams ofcaffeine, which is roughly the
amount in a can of soda. That'sa lot. Scientists say the quick
burst of exercise going up anddown stairs wakes up the brain
and boosts alertness.
Absolutely. It really does lookyou move your body, eat an
apple. There are so many thingsyou can do before you go to

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caffeine. And keep in mind,look, I say this as somebody who
absolutely loves caffeine. Idrink coffee every single day. I
love it. I drink tea that'scaffeinated. I like all of it.
But what caffeine does is itmasks the feeling of being
tired. It actually doesn'tincrease your alertness. There
are other benefits to caffeine.
Again, I use it, I have it, butthere is nothing that matches
getting your blood pumping anddoing a little bit of physical

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activity in order to wakeyourself up. That's why you see
people jumping up and down andslapping themselves and all that
stuff. You just do the stairsfor 10 minutes so you don't look
like an idiot, and then the restof the time you have this in
your back pocket. The otherthing you could do is five knee
push ups real quick. Oh yeah,that's you can't find any
stairs, oh yeah. Or squats. Justdo body weight squats. So many

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squats are even better. From ourhealth and wellness files, Gib
experts say if you can't getoutside for a brisk walk, there
is something that works just aswell to improve your mood. You
sing along with your favoritesongs on the radio, oh yeah. The
Journal of the American MedicalAssociation says it works just
as well as a brisk walk on yourmood and sluggishness, because
listening to music and singingalong prompts your nervous

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system to release hormones. Itlifts your spirits, reduces
stiffness and provides an energyboost, especially if those songs
were happening during thehalcyon days about teen years,
you will never have songs thatyou love as much as you did.
Remember that first time yougot, you got your license, you
got in the car for the firsttime, and left the house, and
you were, you were just, youwere driving to your friend's

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house, and whatever song, whatsong was it for you? Let's see,
I was probably at the time. It'sprobably Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Chili peppers and Nirvana a lot.
So if I would put in Nirvana'sin utero, and then drive to my
buddy's house, and I can stillhear those songs and what they
make me feel. I also got reallyinto the Steve Miller band at

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that point. So like, big old jetairliner driving home from my
girlfriend's house in highschool, that's these are all the
things that I could listen tonow and just scream at the
radio. I love it. Yeah, mine wasking. Crimson is 21st Century
schizoid. Man, 21st Century skidside. Man, we're not

(09:31):
gonna play that boy, Gib. Weknow this to be true, just sort
of anecdotally, empirically andscientifically, all that stuff,
a recent study revealing nowthat the way we walk impacts our
mood. Oh yeah. And, you know,it's interesting, because I gone
to the gym and did somethingstupid, and so, you know, I pull
the muscles, you know, in myglute, and so my gait is is off.

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And even if I don't have pain,I'm worn out. Oh yeah, because
it's just a it's not, it's notthe right way to be, to be
walking. And people who walkwith a slouch, they end up being
depressed. Right? All of yourcompensatory muscles, meaning
the muscles that you use whenyour gait is off, to to
rebalance yourself, those areall going to get strained. You

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are going to if you walk like adepressed person hunched over
and said, your body will it willbe. Will act depressed. You
can't help it. This is why allof these other tricks that we
teach you work is stand up withyour back straight, arms on your
hips like Superman, and yourbrain will think you are a
confident superhero. If youstand straight, you will your
brain will think you haveauthority. This is you can also

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change your clothes if you weara.
Fitted, appropriate clothingfor, you know, high society and
like high finance, right? You'rewearing suits and tuxedos, you
will act like somebody who needsto wear a suit and tuxedo. If
you're wearing athleisure wearall the time, you will be
slouched and and seen and feelkind of lazy. So these, these

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little tricks that we havereally work both directions. If
you act depressed, you'll bedepressed. If you act happy,
you'll be happy. And even whenwe're on stage, when we're
wearing a suit, we play Better.
Play Better. You're morepresent.
Gib, I always thought this to betrue in my family. We now know
from recent study that being carincompatible can break your

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relationship. One in four peopleconsider themselves car
incompatible with their spousesor long term partners, and 10%
of men consider it a dealbreaker if they aren't car
compatible, what does it meanone person is adjusting mirrors
and seats while driving anddon't switch them back. Drives
my wife crazy, leaving trash ina shared car or switching the
radio show. Couples get into bigarguments over this 100% look

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also how clean you keep yourcar, how much time, energy,
money you invest in your car.
For some people, a car is is anextension of themselves, and
they want it to be clean. Theywant to have a fancy car. For
other people, cars are a tool,and it really depends how you
view it and how you treat eachother around that is really
going to have a big impact onthe health of your relationship.
By the way. This is not justabout cars. This is about pets.

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This is about things in yourhome. All of that starts to add
up. You've got to these are,these are the compatibility
issues. These are just theplaces where we see the
incompatibility issues come tolife. And you know, the car is
demonstrative of several things,again, cleanliness, smell,
importance of keeping theoutside with a good projection
to the world. What radiostations you listen to? All of

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that, it all adds up. I agree. Ilove this. Gib, it's time to
trust our gut. According to astudy from Tel Aviv University,
people who relied on theirintuition to make stock market
picks, for example, chose thebest options for the highest
returns 90% of the time. Andthat backs up research in the
Journal of Psychology andmarketing, which says our gut
instinct is usually right, yep.

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And people who make gutdecisions typically make them
faster. This also works withpeople you know, meeting people
it does look your brain is is acomputer that has the sum total
of all of your lived experienceavailable to it. I mean, some of
us have better memories thanothers, but in real, like in
reality, all of the things thatyou've learned, stove, hot, you

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know this, this surface smooth,all of those, like little things
that you picked up as a toddler.
That person's smile. There'ssomething wrong with it. That
person's smile is good, all ofthat. And you know, 1000s of
years of human tradition are allamalgamated into your brain in
each decision that you make on aday to day basis. And when that
means is when you have a gutreaction, it is your brain

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giving you a warning sign basedon the sum total of all of those
experiences. I don't like theway that person is treating me,
there's something about themthat's wrong, and then you turn
out to be right. It's not You'renot psychic. What you have is
all of this learned experiencethat is actually screaming at
you from the middle of yourbrain to the outer parts of your
brain, hey, there's somethingwrong here. And then it's up to
you to figure out if that's trueor not. But this is absolutely

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true. It is not the gutinstinct. Is not magic. It is
the sum total of yourexperience. Yeah. And now
there's data supporting thisfrom Tel Aviv University and
also that journal psychology andmarketing, trust your gut. All
right, my friends, here we gowith an elixir for feeling down
in the dumps or if you're evenbattling depression. Grab,
according to Harvard research,grab an orange, women in a study

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who ate one orange a day had afull 20% lower risk of
depression. It works becauseoranges give people higher
levels of a certain gut bacteriathat increases levels of the
mood, lifting brain chemicalsserotonin and dopamine. I would
have thought it was because ofthe citrus smell, but now it's
like all the way into the gutbacteria, which is known as our
second brain Yep. So look, Iwant to make sure something's

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really clear. This is not alicense to go have an extra
Mimosa because it's got orangejuice in it. This is not a
license to even have orangejuice at all. This is about the
whole oranges, right? When youhave whole fruit, you get all of
the fiber that we're talkingabout here that helps boost gut
bacteria. And citrus fruit inseason is phenomenally good for
you, for all of the reasons thatwe just talked about, from you
know, gut bacteria, mood, all ofthose things, but also it also

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helps ward off scurvy. So if youplan on being on a ship for a
while, bring some oranges. Oh mygosh, scurvy. Thank you. Next
you'll be talking about rickets,rickets, croup, scurvy. That's
all important. I don't want anyof that stuff coming back.
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