Ever wondered how Wyoming’s unpredictable weather could impact your weekend plans or even the local football team’s performance? Tune in as we uncover the latest updates on the hot and windy conditions raising fire dangers across the state. We'll keep you informed about the upcoming Apple Fest at Circle J camp and what to expect weather-wise in the Bighorns. Plus, we’ll break down the Wyoming Cowboys football team's rough start to the season at 0-4 and their upcoming clash with the Air Force Academy. Our health segment dives into eye-opening insights from experts like Dr. Casey Means and Jillian Michaels, shedding light on the real dangers of processed foods, excessive sugar, and harmful food dyes in the U.S., and how they compare to other countries. We also raise concerns about the quality of school lunches and their potential effects on children's health and behavior.
Marcy joins us to discuss crucial safety tips for anyone navigating the world of online dating. Learn why it's vital to inform trusted friends or family about your plans, the importance of meeting in public places, and the red flags to watch out for. Whether it's avoiding sharing personal information too soon or steering clear of bars, Marcy has you covered. We also explore alternative ways to meet people, like engaging with community groups for safer, more genuine connections. Shifting focus to mental health, we offer practical self-care strategies to help you manage stress and set goals for the coming months. Discover the benefits of pre-booking therapy sessions and leveraging online platforms like BetterHelp. We wrap up with a heartfelt message about the unique challenges faced by teens and the resilience of the Wyoming spirit. Join us for an episode filled with valuable advice and inspiring stories.
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Good morning and welcome to let's Talk Wyoming.
I'm Mark Hamilton, your hostToday.
We'll be taking a look at ourweather here in Wyoming hot and
windy.
We'll talk about the WyomingCowboys.
Of course, we're going to talkabout a little bit of food and
also today we have Marcy on, aswe'll talk about safety and
dating and mental health goinginto winter.
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Thanks for joining us and hopeyou enjoy the show.
Taking a look at Wyoming weatherhere on the 25th day of
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September.
We're getting close to October1st.
Thanksgiving and Christmas areright around the corner, and so
is our cold weather.
Today it's hot and windy yes,hot and windy.
It's been dry, dry, dry, and ithas been cooling off at night.
That is one thing, that's asaving grace.
But this morning I'm out,usually about 6, 30 to 7 o'clock
(01:29):
walking the dogs, and thismorning that wind was blowing
and there was a little bit ofcool in it and then by the time
we got headed back, it waswarming up.
And then it suddenly warmed upand this is bad news for our
fire danger around the area.
These high winds and these hottemperatures are just drying the
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grass out even more.
So we'll see what happens.
We have right now in theforecast it looks like it's
going to be warm through theweekend.
So through the weekend we havean event that I'm involved with
up at Circle J, a camp up in theBighorns just outside of
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Tensley Point.
I'm going to have our annualApple Fest and our weather is
always unpredictable.
One year we had rain and snowand we have these hot days and
it'll be really hot up there andwe're in the canyon and it does
get pretty warm.
So we have our Apple Festtaking place up at Tensleep at
Circle J this weekend.
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So I guess the weather iscooperating there.
But fire danger is unbelievableright now with these dry
conditions.
We've had a lot of fires, butright now here in Wyoming we are
definitely warm and windy andit looks like that's the way
we're going to stay untilOctober.
We'll see when it starts toturn.
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In other news around we'vetalked about the Wyoming Cowboys
got to the point where it'slike a broken record.
The Cowboys are 0-4.
Yes, 0-4.
Lost another game to NorthTexas, the Mean Green and Denton
, texas over the weekend.
Cowboys just can't find anidentity.
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Just can't find an identity onwho they're going to be and
what's going to happen Doesn'tget any easier.
This weekend they take onSaturday.
They're back here in Laramie atWar Memorial to take on the Air
Force Academy and that's alwaysa big rivalry game Been some
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unbelievable games.
That game last year at theAcademy was a heartbreaker for
the Cowboys.
Now this year the Air Forcehasn't been as strong as they've
had been in the past.
We'll know what they're goingto do.
They're going to run theiroption.
They will pound the ball at usand we'll see how our defense is
on assignment football.
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It's going to be a test, Ishould say.
I hope that the Cowboys canfind a way to win.
They just need to win thatfirst game to get that monkey
off their back.
Maybe something will happen,but right now it looks pretty
bleak for the Cowboys.
Fans will still, as I saidbefore, will still support them,
but they are 0-4.
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Air Force Academy is coming upthis weekend and we'll see what
happens and of course that is anight game.
In other news, around the areaI've been following I don't know
how many people have, but I'vestarted to follow different
people and hear a coupledifferent podcasts talking about
our diets and it's amazing tome.
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I think back on our food andwhat's happened with our food
and you start to look at all theissues we have in our country
that a lot of them are relatedto our food.
And there's been a doctor,casey Means she was on Tucker
Carlson, her and her brother andI heard that podcast and she
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just recently was in Congress.
They had some hearings on thehealth issue and some problems
and she gets into a lot ofdetail on what's happening here
in the country.
Jillian Michaels, well-knowncelebrity trainer.
She talks about the issues withour foods and if you start
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looking at it, with ourprocessed foods there's a lot of
chemicals, stuff that justisn't good.
We have issues with obesity inour country, childhood obesity.
All the medical issues that havesuddenly popped up is related.
I saw the one couple that werethere and they were showing
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fruit loops and they showed abox of fruit loops from canada
and they opened up that box andit was this light colored and
she opened up there.
They opened up, I should say,the box of fruit loops here from
the us and they were allbrightly colored.
Well, there's been a lot ofinformation that's been released
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on food dyes how bad they are,how toxic they are, and in
Canada they can't use them.
In Europe they can't use them,but amazingly here in the United
States we're still using them.
And the other one that I knowthat is a total issue is sugar.
Our sugar is just out of handin everything we have and they
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go into pesticides and otherissues we have.
But to me, if we could cutsugar out of our diets, a lot of
our health issues, I would say,would disappear within weeks.
Our problems with obesity anddiabetes and other health issues
are through the roof.
And get rid of that, and alsowith the school lunch meals the
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school lunch meals when I was akid we had.
Ladies came in and they broughtthe food in and they made our
lunches.
Now it's all processed here inHot Springs County.
Our food comes from a centralprocessing facility in Casper,
wyoming, and is trucked toschools around the basin.
More or less we're just gettinganother processed meal and we're
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pumping those to our kids andwe wonder why our kids have
behavioral issues.
And when we start havingbehavioral issues, then we
suddenly want to start givingthem some type of drug or
medication, which even causesmore problems, instead of
looking at what the core, rootproblem is.
It's the crappy food that we'refeeding kids, and it's the same
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for adults.
We are continuing on that.
We're a fast food society thatwants to eat nothing but fast
food and that fast food is sobad for us.
And then, of course, we'regoing to wash it down with a
couple of Mountain Dews and allthese other sugary drinks that
are discontinuing with ourproblems.
And if we have health issues,we go to a doctor and a doctor
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tells us here, take these pills,you'll feel better.
And all we're doing iscompounding that.
So I'm going to play I shouldsay I'm going to read a
transcript from Dr Means thatshe shared with this hearing and
you make your own decision.
Start taking a look at what'sgoing on with our food and you'd
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be surprised, when you startcutting some of this stuff out
of your diet, how much betteryou'll feel.
I consume sugar and I've justmore or less eliminated all my
sugar the best I can.
I will not have sweets, otherthings like that.
If I do have something now, Inotice that I get a headache
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right away.
I just can't take it.
So listen to what Casey had tosay and you make your own
decision.
This is from Dr Casey Means inher report to Congress.
I learned virtually nothing atStanford Medical School about
the tens of thousands ofscientific papers that permeate
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the root causes of why Americanhealth is plummeting.
I did not learn that for eachindividual serving of altered
processed food we eat, earlymortality increases by 18%.
This now makes up 67% of thefoods our kids are eating.
I took zero nutrition coursesin medical school.
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I didn't learn that 82% ofindependently funded studies
show harm from processed food,while 93% of industry Sponsored
studies reflect no harm.
I didn't learn that 95% of thepeople who created the recent
USDA's food guidelines forAmerica have significant
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conflicts of interest with thefood industry.
I did not learn that 1 billionpounds of synthetic pesticides
are being sprayed on our foodevery single year.
99% of the farmland in theUnited States is sprayed with
synthetic pesticides, many fromChina and Germany, and these
invisible, tasteless chemicalsare strongly linked to autism,
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adhd, sex hormone disruption,thyroid disease, sperm
dysfunction, alzheimer's,dementia, birth defects, cancer,
obesity, liver dysfunctions,female infertility and more.
I did not learn that the 8billion tons of plastic that
have been produced just in thelast 100 years are being broken
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down into microplastics that arenow filling our food, our water
and we are now inhaling them inour air, and that's very recent
research.
It also tells us that about0.5% or half of a percent of our
brains, by weight, are plastic.
I didn't learn that there aremore than 80,000 toxins that
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have entered our food, water,air and homes by industry, many
of which are banned in Europe,and they are known to alter our
gene expression, alter ourmicrobiome composition and the
lining of our gut and disruptour hormones.
I didn't learn that heavy metalslike aluminum and lead are
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present in our food, our babyformula, personal care products,
our soil and many of themandated medications like
vaccines.
That these metals areneurotoxic and inflammatory.
I didn't learn that the averageAmerican walks a paltry 3,500
steps per day, even though weknow, based on science and top
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journals, they simply walking7,000 steps a day slashes by 40
to 60 percent our risk ofAlzheimer's, dementia, type 2
diabetics, cancer and obesity.
I certainly did not learn thatmedical error and medications
are the third leading cause ofdeath in the US.
I didn't learn that just fivenights of sleep deprivation can
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induce full-blown prediabetes.
I learned nothing about sleepand we're getting about 20% less
sleep on average than we were100 years ago.
I didn't learn that Americanchildren are getting less time
outdoors now than a maximumsecurity prisoner, are getting
less time outdoors now than amaximum security prisoner and,
on average, adults spend 93% oftheir time indoors, even though
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we know from the science thatseparation from sunlight
destroys our whole life,destroys our circadian biology
and circadian biology dictatesour cellular biology.
I didn't learn that professionalorganization that we get our
practice guidelines from, likethe American Diabetes
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Association and the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics, have
taken tens of millions ofdollars from Coke, cadbury,
processed food companies andvaccine manufacturers like
Moderna.
I didn't learn that if youaddress these root causes that
all lead to metabolicdysfunction and help patients
change their food and lifestylepatterns, we could reverse the
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chronic disease crisis inAmerica, save millions of lives
and trillions of dollars inhealth care costs per year.
This is a spiritual crisis.
We are choosing death over life.
We are choosing darkness overlight.
We need a return to courage.
Again, we need a return tocourage.
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We need a return to commonsense and intuition.
We need a return to awe for thesure miraculousness of our
lives.
We need all hands on deck andof course, this came from the
Ron Johnson Roundtable onAmerican Health and Nutrition.
A Second Opinion.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
And I again.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
As I said earlier, take the time, open up and start
reading some of these articles.
Listen to some of these peopleand you know it's true.
And what amazes me, the foodproducts that they won't allow
in Europe and Canada.
It's A-OK for us here in the US.
What's going on, people?
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Something to definitely keepyou up at night wondering.
We'd like to welcome back tothe show Marcy Marcy.
How's everything been going?
It's been a while since we'vetalked.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
It's been good, Mark.
I'm excited to talk to youtoday.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Before we get started on everything else, let's talk
about the Wyoming Cowboys.
Being a University of Wyomingalumni member both of us what's
your opinion of the Cowboys?
You know?
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Mark, I'm a Cowboy fan through the wins and the
losses, but I really would loveto see some more.
You know, movement and coachingand perhaps even administration
at the university.
I think we offer a greatprogram and I would just love to
see maybe some adjustments tomake sure the kids are able to
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perform and and maybe get somewins this season not gone too
well so far 0-4 for the cowboys,with a tough one this weekend
against the air force academy.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
But of course it's at home.
That's, I guess, one of thepositives.
And again, one of these gamesthe cowboys, I think, will break
through with a win.
I don't see them going winlessthis year.
We'll see how it goes andeverybody, everybody will be
watching again Saturday night atthe war.
So, marcy, what do you have forus today that you want to talk
about?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
You know, mark, in this day and age and no matter
where you live, I'm sure you'reaware of someone that's maybe
met a partner or married someonethey met online.
And I just want to kind ofcover a little bit of some
safety concerns I've seen and Ithink it's really important for
us to be aware of when we engagewith people online and
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especially on dating apps.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Yeah, that is a good point.
Be safe, I should say, everytime we're on the Internet and
everything we use, and that's agood point.
And dating is definitely a mustno-transcript.
Okay, so what's some of thestuff that we should make sure
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that we do if we are datingonline?
Speaker 2 (16:23):
So, mark, there's some very well-known dating apps
out there.
I won't name them here, but Ithink it's very important when
we are online dating that we letpeople in our life know what
we're doing.
We have a few trusted friendsthat we can connect with and
touch base with.
Let's say that you're going togo meet someone for coffee.
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They're aware of the person,they're aware of your location
and time.
Just need to be safe, thatpeople know what you're doing,
just in case something ever popsup.
I think it's important, when youdo have your dating profile,
you're honest in your profileand we don't use pictures of our
children.
We don't use pictures thatmisrepresent us.
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Also, I think it's important toknow that people often will be
looking for single mothers orpeople maybe that are recently
widowed.
So to be very aware thatsomeone that maybe has very
vague pictures they don't looklike the city you live in
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they're asking a lot of reallypersonal questions very quickly.
That's a big red flag mark.
Also, if someone is not fromthe US, they say that maybe they
work in oil and gas in Africa,they're in the military, they
have a large amount of moneythat they can't access, but they
want to use your bank account.
You know these are kind of thescams that I've used in the past
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, but a lot of these people,they're going to be very nice to
you, they're not going to seemcreepy, they're going to seem
like your neighbor, your friend.
So I think it's important thatwe also just kind of you know,
we take this with a grain ofsalt Would you say that to
someone that you're standing inline with at the coffee shop?
No, so just being aware andthen often checking with family
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or friends to make sure thestories are, you know, making
sense.
So let's say you do match withsomeone.
Mark, I think it's veryimportant that we meet in public
places to have dates.
You know I've had a lot offriends that were offered to get
picked up for the date and youknow, back about 30 years ago
that was probably standard.
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But with safety concerns, neverget a ride.
Make sure you have your ownride.
If you have to Uber, always beable to give yourself to and
from a place.
And I think it's important topick a coffee shop or a very
public place.
I don't suggest bars or placeswhere people are going to
consume substances, because weneed to keep our wits about us.
(18:58):
Yeah, and you know sometimespeople, you might do things you
don't even you know, you mightnot plan or you might not have a
very good dinner and so youdon't know how you're going to
react.
If you're on medications youoften even just consuming like a
different kind of supplement orthing.
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You want to just be veryclear-headed, and if someone
doesn't want to meet you forcoffee or in a public setting,
they're probably not veryinterested in actual romance or
a long-term relationship.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Yeah, that is a whole issue with everything going on,
but also we need to be aware ofMarcy.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Well, I think it's also important, mark, that we
need to realize that there'speople on these apps that are
married.
There's people on these appsthat maybe have criminal
backgrounds or sex offenders.
I suggest becoming a member ofa background check app or
service, because there's beenmany people that come to find
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out after a few days that their,their love interest, is
actually recently released fromprison, has a felony background,
is a very dangerous person, soyou know it.
It sounds kind of like a lot ofum safety concerns, but you
just really need to be aware ofthe people you're interacting
with.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Boy, that is an issue .
You read about it and hearabout it a lot out there, the
stuff that goes on.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Yes, mark, and I think too we also deal with
people.
With these.
You know they could just betrying to con people, but just
maybe not a mentally healthyperson.
You should only be going on onedate a week with someone in
public settings.
It should take time.
They shouldn't be messaging youall day.
They shouldn't be telling youthey love you at the first date.
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They shouldn't be suggesting along weekend away when you
barely know someone.
There's just been so many casesof people going hiking or on
trips with people and terriblethings happen and it could have
been avoided.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Boy.
That is definitely a red flagand a warning for people out
there to be on top of what'sgoing on.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Yes, mark, and I think we all are desperate
nowadays, after COVID, forsocial interaction.
I also suggest getting off thedating apps and joining an
outdoor group, joining a churchgroup.
I mean, you still have to besafe and cautious of people you
meet out in public, but oftenslowly building up relationships
over time can lead to romanticrelationships as well.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Okay, well, that's some good advice.
Anything else on the datingside, marcy?
Speaker 2 (21:45):
You know, I just think we need to realize that if
you wouldn't engage in thosekind of behaviors or risk-taking
with someone you meet atStarbucks, I wouldn't do that
with someone I meet on a datingapp just because it's a romantic
setting, just really.
You know, let's be cautiousbecause our safety and our
family's safety are often atrisk here.
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So if someone pressures you ormakes you feel uncomfortable, we
need to go with our gutinstincts, because those are in
place for a reason.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
That is true, and it's an unsafe world out there.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
unfortunately, it's gotten like that yeah, mark, and
you know there's.
There's a lot of people outthere that, due to economic
hardships, they're trying to getmoney.
They might ask you to pay fortheir car repair or they can't
cover dinner.
So just being aware, like goinginto into something, a very, a
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coffee or an iced tea, I see, inthe morning or midday, like
when there's a lot of peoplearound, just something to get a
sense of a person, because weshouldn't be out.
There's a lot of people thatwill go to these really
expensive dinners and the personleaves halfway through the
dinner.
So it's like just being veryaware and there's a lot of
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content, of content online, ofcourse but just making sure that
we're being safe and keepingour boundaries in place okay,
we're coming out of our summerand now we are getting into fall
and, of course, winter's rightbehind.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
How about changing the subject?
Just a little bit on mentalhealth, going into after a
summer and looking ahead, andyou know, now your summer, more
or less, is coming to a close,and for a lot of people it is at
a close.
What are some of the thingsthat we need to do as far as for
our mental health?
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, mark, I think we need to realize the holidays
are coming up, we have anelection year, there's a lot of
stressful things going on, so Ithink we need to get ahead of
that by booking the therapyappointment now, not waiting
till we're in crisis.
Let's say you've been kind ofneglecting your health.
Maybe getting some supports inplace now.
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Start that healthy eating,start saving some money for the
holiday season.
Getting those goals for the lastmonths of the year is very
important because with thewinter months, it gets shorter
days, it's dark, you know dark.
Sooner the temperatures drop insome places in the country.
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So we really need to get clearon what we want to do with the
rest of our year places in thecountry.
So we really need to get clearon what we want to do with the
rest of our year and if you'refeeling upset or you need
support, reach out to someoneyour pastor, a therapist, a
trusted adult.
We just really need to be awarethat sometimes things can hit
us quicker than we realize, andso it's really a good time to
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speak to someone and get a planin place for the rest of the
year.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
How about BetterHelp?
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Yeah, Mark, I've worked on the platform for about
almost 11 years now.
I think it's a great resourcebecause, let's say, you can only
afford a limited amount ofsessions.
Your therapist could refer youto maybe some community
placements or EAP providers.
But just talking to aprofessional I think is
(25:05):
important, and I also think weneed to if you have had a bad
experience in the past.
That service allows you to trysome different providers until
you find someone that's helpfulto you and it allows you to kind
of just get an experience inthe comfort of your home okay,
that was my next question.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
So what are the options for communicating with a
, a counselor from better help?
Speaker 2 (25:30):
well, mark, you can do chat, video or phone and I've
actually found a lot of peoplereally like the the phone calls,
because you don't have to be,you know, video ready and you
can kind of just focus on theconversation.
But you know, some like thevideo, some like the chat, and
then there's messaging and theyoffer classes, groups and
(25:51):
journals and a lot of reallyhelpful content.
So I suggest, if you're curiousand maybe you don't have
insurance or maybe you just wantto give it a try and go through
the hoops of differentin-person providers, but also
you know, there are communitymental health centers that have
sliding scale fees, butBetterHelp does allow financial
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aid depending on your situation.
So I say, you know, whateverservice feels best for you, give
it a try, because the worstthing.
You know.
Whatever service feels best foryou, give it a try because the
worst thing you could maybe justhave some release or a
conversation with someone who istrained to support you.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yep, Sometimes a person just needs a little bit
of somebody to talk to and itcan make a lot of difference in
people's lives, especially goinginto these months ahead, where
it seems like that mental healthis always a big issue going
into winter time yeah, and theyoffer couples counseling,
christian counseling, lgbtqcounseling and even teen
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counseling.
So there's a lot of differentvarieties on the platform yeah,
that I didn't realize they didteen and I think that's a big
one right now that there's somany things happening in the
teens and with social media andeverything else, and so that is
a good point.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Yeah, something for everyone.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Marcy, again, we appreciate you coming on board.
Thank you for the tips onsafety as far as for dating,
also mental health-wise, and wehope that those cowboys can go
out and get one.
So go WYO.
Thanks for joining us today andwe hope you enjoy our podcast.
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As per the code of the West, weride for the brand and we ride
for Wyoming.
We'll be right back, I'm.
Good morning and welcome to let's Talk Wyoming.
I'm Mark Hamilton, your hostToday.
We'll be taking a look at ourweather here in Wyoming hot and
windy.
We'll talk about the WyomingCowboys.
Of course, we're going to talkabout a little bit of food and
also today we have Marcy on, aswe'll talk about safety and
dating and mental health goinginto winter.
(00:45):
Thanks for joining us and hopeyou enjoy the show.
Taking a look at Wyoming weatherhere on the 25th day of
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September.
We're getting close to October1st.
Thanksgiving and Christmas areright around the corner, and so
is our cold weather.
Today it's hot and windy yes,hot and windy.
It's been dry, dry, dry, and ithas been cooling off at night.
That is one thing, that's asaving grace.
But this morning I'm out,usually about 6, 30 to 7 o'clock
(01:29):
walking the dogs, and thismorning that wind was blowing
and there was a little bit ofcool in it and then by the time
we got headed back, it waswarming up.
And then it suddenly warmed upand this is bad news for our
fire danger around the area.
These high winds and these hottemperatures are just drying the
(01:50):
grass out even more.
So we'll see what happens.
We have right now in theforecast it looks like it's
going to be warm through theweekend.
So through the weekend we havean event that I'm involved with
up at Circle J, a camp up in theBighorns just outside of
(02:10):
Tensley Point.
I'm going to have our annualApple Fest and our weather is
always unpredictable.
One year we had rain and snowand we have these hot days and
it'll be really hot up there andwe're in the canyon and it does
get pretty warm.
So we have our Apple Festtaking place up at Tensleep at
Circle J this weekend.
(02:32):
So I guess the weather iscooperating there.
But fire danger is unbelievableright now with these dry
conditions.
We've had a lot of fires, butright now here in Wyoming we are
definitely warm and windy andit looks like that's the way
we're going to stay untilOctober.
We'll see when it starts toturn.
(02:54):
In other news around we'vetalked about the Wyoming Cowboys
got to the point where it'slike a broken record.
The Cowboys are 0-4.
Yes, 0-4.
Lost another game to NorthTexas, the Mean Green and Denton
, texas over the weekend.
Cowboys just can't find anidentity.
(03:16):
Just can't find an identity onwho they're going to be and
what's going to happen Doesn'tget any easier.
This weekend they take onSaturday.
They're back here in Laramie atWar Memorial to take on the Air
Force Academy and that's alwaysa big rivalry game Been some
(03:36):
unbelievable games.
That game last year at theAcademy was a heartbreaker for
the Cowboys.
Now this year the Air Forcehasn't been as strong as they've
had been in the past.
We'll know what they're goingto do.
They're going to run theiroption.
They will pound the ball at usand we'll see how our defense is
on assignment football.
(03:57):
It's going to be a test, Ishould say.
I hope that the Cowboys canfind a way to win.
They just need to win thatfirst game to get that monkey
off their back.
Maybe something will happen,but right now it looks pretty
bleak for the Cowboys.
Fans will still, as I saidbefore, will still support them,
but they are 0-4.
(04:19):
Air Force Academy is coming upthis weekend and we'll see what
happens and of course that is anight game.
In other news, around the areaI've been following I don't know
how many people have, but I'vestarted to follow different
people and hear a coupledifferent podcasts talking about
our diets and it's amazing tome.
(04:41):
I think back on our food andwhat's happened with our food
and you start to look at all theissues we have in our country
that a lot of them are relatedto our food.
And there's been a doctor,casey Means she was on Tucker
Carlson, her and her brother andI heard that podcast and she
(05:02):
just recently was in Congress.
They had some hearings on thehealth issue and some problems
and she gets into a lot ofdetail on what's happening here
in the country.
Jillian Michaels, well-knowncelebrity trainer.
She talks about the issues withour foods and if you start
(05:23):
looking at it, with ourprocessed foods there's a lot of
chemicals, stuff that justisn't good.
We have issues with obesity inour country, childhood obesity.
All the medical issues that havesuddenly popped up is related.
I saw the one couple that werethere and they were showing
(05:44):
fruit loops and they showed abox of fruit loops from canada
and they opened up that box andit was this light colored and
she opened up there.
They opened up, I should say,the box of fruit loops here from
the us and they were allbrightly colored.
Well, there's been a lot ofinformation that's been released
(06:04):
on food dyes how bad they are,how toxic they are, and in
Canada they can't use them.
In Europe they can't use them,but amazingly here in the United
States we're still using them.
And the other one that I knowthat is a total issue is sugar.
Our sugar is just out of handin everything we have and they
(06:26):
go into pesticides and otherissues we have.
But to me, if we could cutsugar out of our diets, a lot of
our health issues, I would say,would disappear within weeks.
Our problems with obesity anddiabetes and other health issues
are through the roof.
And get rid of that, and alsowith the school lunch meals the
(06:50):
school lunch meals when I was akid we had.
Ladies came in and they broughtthe food in and they made our
lunches.
Now it's all processed here inHot Springs County.
Our food comes from a centralprocessing facility in Casper,
wyoming, and is trucked toschools around the basin.
More or less we're just gettinganother processed meal and we're
(07:13):
pumping those to our kids andwe wonder why our kids have
behavioral issues.
And when we start havingbehavioral issues, then we
suddenly want to start givingthem some type of drug or
medication, which even causesmore problems, instead of
looking at what the core, rootproblem is.
It's the crappy food that we'refeeding kids, and it's the same
(07:35):
for adults.
We are continuing on that.
We're a fast food society thatwants to eat nothing but fast
food and that fast food is sobad for us.
And then, of course, we'regoing to wash it down with a
couple of Mountain Dews and allthese other sugary drinks that
are discontinuing with ourproblems.
And if we have health issues,we go to a doctor and a doctor
(07:58):
tells us here, take these pills,you'll feel better.
And all we're doing iscompounding that.
So I'm going to play I shouldsay I'm going to read a
transcript from Dr Means thatshe shared with this hearing and
you make your own decision.
Start taking a look at what'sgoing on with our food and you'd
(08:21):
be surprised, when you startcutting some of this stuff out
of your diet, how much betteryou'll feel.
I consume sugar and I've justmore or less eliminated all my
sugar the best I can.
I will not have sweets, otherthings like that.
If I do have something now, Inotice that I get a headache
(08:43):
right away.
I just can't take it.
So listen to what Casey had tosay and you make your own
decision.
This is from Dr Casey Means inher report to Congress.
I learned virtually nothing atStanford Medical School about
the tens of thousands ofscientific papers that permeate
(09:07):
the root causes of why Americanhealth is plummeting.
I did not learn that for eachindividual serving of altered
processed food we eat, earlymortality increases by 18%.
This now makes up 67% of thefoods our kids are eating.
I took zero nutrition coursesin medical school.
(09:28):
I didn't learn that 82% ofindependently funded studies
show harm from processed food,while 93% of industry Sponsored
studies reflect no harm.
I didn't learn that 95% of thepeople who created the recent
USDA's food guidelines forAmerica have significant
(09:50):
conflicts of interest with thefood industry.
I did not learn that 1 billionpounds of synthetic pesticides
are being sprayed on our foodevery single year.
99% of the farmland in theUnited States is sprayed with
synthetic pesticides, many fromChina and Germany, and these
invisible, tasteless chemicalsare strongly linked to autism,
(10:15):
adhd, sex hormone disruption,thyroid disease, sperm
dysfunction, alzheimer's,dementia, birth defects, cancer,
obesity, liver dysfunctions,female infertility and more.
I did not learn that the 8billion tons of plastic that
have been produced just in thelast 100 years are being broken
(10:38):
down into microplastics that arenow filling our food, our water
and we are now inhaling them inour air, and that's very recent
research.
It also tells us that about0.5% or half of a percent of our
brains, by weight, are plastic.
I didn't learn that there aremore than 80,000 toxins that
(11:02):
have entered our food, water,air and homes by industry, many
of which are banned in Europe,and they are known to alter our
gene expression, alter ourmicrobiome composition and the
lining of our gut and disruptour hormones.
I didn't learn that heavy metalslike aluminum and lead are
(11:23):
present in our food, our babyformula, personal care products,
our soil and many of themandated medications like
vaccines.
That these metals areneurotoxic and inflammatory.
I didn't learn that the averageAmerican walks a paltry 3,500
steps per day, even though weknow, based on science and top
(11:45):
journals, they simply walking7,000 steps a day slashes by 40
to 60 percent our risk ofAlzheimer's, dementia, type 2
diabetics, cancer and obesity.
I certainly did not learn thatmedical error and medications
are the third leading cause ofdeath in the US.
I didn't learn that just fivenights of sleep deprivation can
(12:08):
induce full-blown prediabetes.
I learned nothing about sleepand we're getting about 20% less
sleep on average than we were100 years ago.
I didn't learn that Americanchildren are getting less time
outdoors now than a maximumsecurity prisoner, are getting
less time outdoors now than amaximum security prisoner and,
on average, adults spend 93% oftheir time indoors, even though
(12:28):
we know from the science thatseparation from sunlight
destroys our whole life,destroys our circadian biology
and circadian biology dictatesour cellular biology.
I didn't learn that professionalorganization that we get our
practice guidelines from, likethe American Diabetes
(12:49):
Association and the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics, have
taken tens of millions ofdollars from Coke, cadbury,
processed food companies andvaccine manufacturers like
Moderna.
I didn't learn that if youaddress these root causes that
all lead to metabolicdysfunction and help patients
change their food and lifestylepatterns, we could reverse the
(13:10):
chronic disease crisis inAmerica, save millions of lives
and trillions of dollars inhealth care costs per year.
This is a spiritual crisis.
We are choosing death over life.
We are choosing darkness overlight.
We need a return to courage.
Again, we need a return tocourage.
(13:31):
We need a return to commonsense and intuition.
We need a return to awe for thesure miraculousness of our
lives.
We need all hands on deck andof course, this came from the
Ron Johnson Roundtable onAmerican Health and Nutrition.
A Second Opinion.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
And I again.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
As I said earlier, take the time, open up and start
reading some of these articles.
Listen to some of these peopleand you know it's true.
And what amazes me, the foodproducts that they won't allow
in Europe and Canada.
It's A-OK for us here in the US.
What's going on, people?
(14:09):
Something to definitely keepyou up at night wondering.
We'd like to welcome back tothe show Marcy Marcy.
How's everything been going?
It's been a while since we'vetalked.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
It's been good, Mark.
I'm excited to talk to youtoday.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Before we get started on everything else, let's talk
about the Wyoming Cowboys.
Being a University of Wyomingalumni member both of us what's
your opinion of the Cowboys?
You know?
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Mark, I'm a Cowboy fan through the wins and the
losses, but I really would loveto see some more.
You know, movement and coachingand perhaps even administration
at the university.
I think we offer a greatprogram and I would just love to
see maybe some adjustments tomake sure the kids are able to
(15:03):
perform and and maybe get somewins this season not gone too
well so far 0-4 for the cowboys,with a tough one this weekend
against the air force academy.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
But of course it's at home.
That's, I guess, one of thepositives.
And again, one of these gamesthe cowboys, I think, will break
through with a win.
I don't see them going winlessthis year.
We'll see how it goes andeverybody, everybody will be
watching again Saturday night atthe war.
So, marcy, what do you have forus today that you want to talk
about?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
You know, mark, in this day and age and no matter
where you live, I'm sure you'reaware of someone that's maybe
met a partner or married someonethey met online.
And I just want to kind ofcover a little bit of some
safety concerns I've seen and Ithink it's really important for
us to be aware of when we engagewith people online and
(15:53):
especially on dating apps.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Yeah, that is a good point.
Be safe, I should say, everytime we're on the Internet and
everything we use, and that's agood point.
And dating is definitely a mustno-transcript.
Okay, so what's some of thestuff that we should make sure
(16:19):
that we do if we are datingonline?
Speaker 2 (16:23):
So, mark, there's some very well-known dating apps
out there.
I won't name them here, but Ithink it's very important when
we are online dating that we letpeople in our life know what
we're doing.
We have a few trusted friendsthat we can connect with and
touch base with.
Let's say that you're going togo meet someone for coffee.
(16:44):
They're aware of the person,they're aware of your location
and time.
Just need to be safe, thatpeople know what you're doing,
just in case something ever popsup.
I think it's important, when youdo have your dating profile,
you're honest in your profileand we don't use pictures of our
children.
We don't use pictures thatmisrepresent us.
(17:05):
Also, I think it's important toknow that people often will be
looking for single mothers orpeople maybe that are recently
widowed.
So to be very aware thatsomeone that maybe has very
vague pictures they don't looklike the city you live in
(17:26):
they're asking a lot of reallypersonal questions very quickly.
That's a big red flag mark.
Also, if someone is not fromthe US, they say that maybe they
work in oil and gas in Africa,they're in the military, they
have a large amount of moneythat they can't access, but they
want to use your bank account.
You know these are kind of thescams that I've used in the past
(17:49):
, but a lot of these people,they're going to be very nice to
you, they're not going to seemcreepy, they're going to seem
like your neighbor, your friend.
So I think it's important thatwe also just kind of you know,
we take this with a grain ofsalt Would you say that to
someone that you're standing inline with at the coffee shop?
No, so just being aware andthen often checking with family
(18:13):
or friends to make sure thestories are, you know, making
sense.
So let's say you do match withsomeone.
Mark, I think it's veryimportant that we meet in public
places to have dates.
You know I've had a lot offriends that were offered to get
picked up for the date and youknow, back about 30 years ago
that was probably standard.
(18:34):
But with safety concerns, neverget a ride.
Make sure you have your ownride.
If you have to Uber, always beable to give yourself to and
from a place.
And I think it's important topick a coffee shop or a very
public place.
I don't suggest bars or placeswhere people are going to
consume substances, because weneed to keep our wits about us.
(18:58):
Yeah, and you know sometimespeople, you might do things you
don't even you know, you mightnot plan or you might not have a
very good dinner and so youdon't know how you're going to
react.
If you're on medications youoften even just consuming like a
different kind of supplement orthing.
(19:19):
You want to just be veryclear-headed, and if someone
doesn't want to meet you forcoffee or in a public setting,
they're probably not veryinterested in actual romance or
a long-term relationship.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Yeah, that is a whole issue with everything going on,
but also we need to be aware ofMarcy.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Well, I think it's also important, mark, that we
need to realize that there'speople on these apps that are
married.
There's people on these appsthat maybe have criminal
backgrounds or sex offenders.
I suggest becoming a member ofa background check app or
service, because there's beenmany people that come to find
(20:01):
out after a few days that their,their love interest, is
actually recently released fromprison, has a felony background,
is a very dangerous person, soyou know it.
It sounds kind of like a lot ofum safety concerns, but you
just really need to be aware ofthe people you're interacting
with.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Boy, that is an issue .
You read about it and hearabout it a lot out there, the
stuff that goes on.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Yes, mark, and I think too we also deal with
people.
With these.
You know they could just betrying to con people, but just
maybe not a mentally healthyperson.
You should only be going on onedate a week with someone in
public settings.
It should take time.
They shouldn't be messaging youall day.
They shouldn't be telling youthey love you at the first date.
(20:51):
They shouldn't be suggesting along weekend away when you
barely know someone.
There's just been so many casesof people going hiking or on
trips with people and terriblethings happen and it could have
been avoided.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Boy.
That is definitely a red flagand a warning for people out
there to be on top of what'sgoing on.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Yes, mark, and I think we all are desperate
nowadays, after COVID, forsocial interaction.
I also suggest getting off thedating apps and joining an
outdoor group, joining a churchgroup.
I mean, you still have to besafe and cautious of people you
meet out in public, but oftenslowly building up relationships
over time can lead to romanticrelationships as well.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Okay, well, that's some good advice.
Anything else on the datingside, marcy?
Speaker 2 (21:45):
You know, I just think we need to realize that if
you wouldn't engage in thosekind of behaviors or risk-taking
with someone you meet atStarbucks, I wouldn't do that
with someone I meet on a datingapp just because it's a romantic
setting, just really.
You know, let's be cautiousbecause our safety and our
family's safety are often atrisk here.
(22:06):
So if someone pressures you ormakes you feel uncomfortable, we
need to go with our gutinstincts, because those are in
place for a reason.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
That is true, and it's an unsafe world out there.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
unfortunately, it's gotten like that yeah, mark, and
you know there's.
There's a lot of people outthere that, due to economic
hardships, they're trying to getmoney.
They might ask you to pay fortheir car repair or they can't
cover dinner.
So just being aware, like goinginto into something, a very, a
(22:41):
coffee or an iced tea, I see, inthe morning or midday, like
when there's a lot of peoplearound, just something to get a
sense of a person, because weshouldn't be out.
There's a lot of people thatwill go to these really
expensive dinners and the personleaves halfway through the
dinner.
So it's like just being veryaware and there's a lot of
(23:02):
content, of content online, ofcourse but just making sure that
we're being safe and keepingour boundaries in place okay,
we're coming out of our summerand now we are getting into fall
and, of course, winter's rightbehind.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
How about changing the subject?
Just a little bit on mentalhealth, going into after a
summer and looking ahead, andyou know, now your summer, more
or less, is coming to a close,and for a lot of people it is at
a close.
What are some of the thingsthat we need to do as far as for
our mental health?
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Yeah, mark, I think we need to realize the holidays
are coming up, we have anelection year, there's a lot of
stressful things going on, so Ithink we need to get ahead of
that by booking the therapyappointment now, not waiting
till we're in crisis.
Let's say you've been kind ofneglecting your health.
Maybe getting some supports inplace now.
(23:56):
Start that healthy eating,start saving some money for the
holiday season.
Getting those goals for the lastmonths of the year is very
important because with thewinter months, it gets shorter
days, it's dark, you know dark.
Sooner the temperatures drop insome places in the country.
(24:16):
So we really need to get clearon what we want to do with the
rest of our year places in thecountry.
So we really need to get clearon what we want to do with the
rest of our year and if you'refeeling upset or you need
support, reach out to someoneyour pastor, a therapist, a
trusted adult.
We just really need to be awarethat sometimes things can hit
us quicker than we realize, andso it's really a good time to
(24:38):
speak to someone and get a planin place for the rest of the
year.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
How about BetterHelp?
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Yeah, Mark, I've worked on the platform for about
almost 11 years now.
I think it's a great resourcebecause, let's say, you can only
afford a limited amount ofsessions.
Your therapist could refer youto maybe some community
placements or EAP providers.
But just talking to aprofessional I think is
(25:05):
important, and I also think weneed to if you have had a bad
experience in the past.
That service allows you to trysome different providers until
you find someone that's helpfulto you and it allows you to kind
of just get an experience inthe comfort of your home okay,
that was my next question.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
So what are the options for communicating with a
, a counselor from better help?
Speaker 2 (25:30):
well, mark, you can do chat, video or phone and I've
actually found a lot of peoplereally like the the phone calls,
because you don't have to be,you know, video ready and you
can kind of just focus on theconversation.
But you know, some like thevideo, some like the chat, and
then there's messaging and theyoffer classes, groups and
(25:51):
journals and a lot of reallyhelpful content.
So I suggest, if you're curiousand maybe you don't have
insurance or maybe you just wantto give it a try and go through
the hoops of differentin-person providers, but also
you know, there are communitymental health centers that have
sliding scale fees, butBetterHelp does allow financial
(26:13):
aid depending on your situation.
So I say, you know, whateverservice feels best for you, give
it a try, because the worstthing.
You know.
Whatever service feels best foryou, give it a try because the
worst thing you could maybe justhave some release or a
conversation with someone who istrained to support you.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yep, Sometimes a person just needs a little bit
of somebody to talk to and itcan make a lot of difference in
people's lives, especially goinginto these months ahead, where
it seems like that mental healthis always a big issue going
into winter time yeah, and theyoffer couples counseling,
christian counseling, lgbtqcounseling and even teen
(26:54):
counseling.
So there's a lot of differentvarieties on the platform yeah,
that I didn't realize they didteen and I think that's a big
one right now that there's somany things happening in the
teens and with social media andeverything else, and so that is
a good point.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Yeah, something for everyone.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Marcy, again, we appreciate you coming on board.
Thank you for the tips onsafety as far as for dating,
also mental health-wise, and wehope that those cowboys can go
out and get one.
So go WYO.
Thanks for joining us today andwe hope you enjoy our podcast.
(27:36):
As per the code of the West, weride for the brand and we ride
for Wyoming.
We'll be right back, I'm.
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