WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:07.440 Initialize sequence coming to you live from Houston, Texas, home to the world's 2 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:19.640 largest medical center in Bunch of Bays day Leamoni da Coty. Okay, this 3 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:25.239 is your Health First, the most beneficial health program on radio with doctor Joe 4 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:29.079 Galati. During the next hour, you'll learn about health, wellness and the 5 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:43.240 prevention of disease. Now here's your host, doctor Joe Bellotti. Well, 6 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:51.640 it is Sunday evening again in Houston, Texas or wherever you are tuning in. 7 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:57.960 I'm doctor Joe Galotti and you're tuned into your Health First every Sunday between 8 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.519 seven and eight pm, just a single We want you to be tuned in 9 00:01:03.879 --> 00:01:11.560 and our you might say, it's a brand promise. 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Then what I want to see, 37 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:28.280 and of course I get to make the decision. The number one thing 38 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:32.360 you are doing to maintain your own health, that's all I want to do. 39 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.759 So you have to do something, and I hope you're not making it 40 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:38.639 up, but the number one thing you and your family are doing to maintain 41 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:43.360 your own good health. I want to see what you are doing and try 42 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.639 to reward you it. So it's a radio at doctor Joe Galotti dot com. 43 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.080 All right, So on the program tonight, we're going to pick up 44 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:54.159 on what I was chatting about last week, the bagel, so stay tuned 45 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:59.840 for that. We have one guest coming on the second half of the program, 46 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.680 which Goelvarrier, And for full disclosure, Mike is my nephew. It 47 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:15.199 is my sister's son. And Mike is interesting in that the young guy married 48 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:26.480 three beautiful children. But he is very well adapted in the kitchen. He 49 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:30.920 cooks, he experiments with food. He is not afraid to push the envelope 50 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:35.639 on some of the things he does. And for me, I just do 51 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:43.439 not see that in the thirty to forty year old parent group, the guys 52 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.639 that are out there, the women, and I interview people all day long. 53 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:55.079 Every day I meet twenty new people and we have this conversation about food 54 00:04:55.120 --> 00:05:00.079 and who does the cooking and what is your scope of food? Do you 55 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:04.759 just eat boiled chicken every night? And steamed broccoli? That is the level 56 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:09.160 of excitement of cooking, because it gets very boring, and people get bored 57 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:12.680 with food and they eat out and order in and and and it. You 58 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:16.199 know, you know what we're facing the obesity crisis and chronic disease and cancer. 59 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:26.399 But Michael is enthusiastically trying new things in the kitchen. It is reflecting 60 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:32.079 on his children. And these are young kids that he is passively training and 61 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:40.600 teaching and modeling in his and he and his wife in the role as a 62 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:44.199 parent and guardian in a sense, all right, what I want to do. 63 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.560 We may have to pick this up in the next segment. We talked 64 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:53.839 about the better bagel last week, and I tried to compare this better bagel, 65 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.480 which is basically a frozen bagel that you could get at Whole Food or 66 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:02.680 Central Market or any of the retail change around the country. But do we 67 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:08.199 really need a better bagel, A dietetic bagel, A bagel that is lower 68 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:14.519 in carbs, it's lower in carbohydrates, it's higher in fiber. And I 69 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:18.560 look at that, and you may say you're being a little ridiculous, Joe, 70 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:23.079 But I think we have to draw the line to say, do we 71 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:26.959 need a better candy bar? Do we need a better hamburger, a better 72 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:32.360 soft drink, a better sandwich, a better egg. And when you look 73 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:40.360 at the obesity crisis, it was not started and it will not be fixed 74 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:47.160 by a better bagel, less calories, less carbohydrates. If we outlawed the 75 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:54.519 bagel today, that would be my opinion, no change in the rates of 76 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:59.000 obesity, diabetes, heart disease, finandly liver cirrhosis, cancer, all of 77 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:05.040 these chronic diseases that we see. But the real issue here is here we 78 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:14.680 are the victim of some amazing advertising schemes where they make you think a regular 79 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.680 off the shelf bagel. It's bad. It's the worst food ever to eat. 80 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:24.439 You need a better bagel. So we'll talk about net carbs and a 81 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:29.199 few other things in a little bit more detail. Michael Varrier coming up in 82 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:33.199 just a little while, talking about his exploration with food and cooking in the 83 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.720 kitchen as a young dad. I'm doctor Joe Glotti. Stay tuned, he 84 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:50.360 will be right back. What goes up must come down. Spinning wheel, 85 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:58.360 gun to door, round, talking about your jumbles. It's a crying sin, 86 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.279 a painted pony. Let the spin in the wheels. Welcome back, 87 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:15.199 everybody. A marvelous song by Blood, Sweat and Tears. If you're into 88 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:22.519 audio, and I know that the LP record is coming back, this song 89 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:33.080 sounds outstanding with a set of good headphones, it really, it really does. 90 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.200 All right, Well you're tuned in new your hell first, Doctor Joe 91 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.440 Glatti, every Sunday seven to eight pm. We're here. Coming up in 92 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:46.919 a few minutes, Michael Varia talking about I'd like to say a new generation 93 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:56.039 of parents. And while nobody is perfect, what he is doing certainly certainly 94 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:00.919 gives you some pause to say to yourself, what what am I doing with 95 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:07.480 my kids? How are we cooking at home? And what excuses are you 96 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:11.559 using not to cook at home? So Michae will be coming on. And 97 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:16.679 for full disclosure, Mike is a relative. Mike is my nephew from New 98 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.480 York. So you will you'll hear all about that. Okay, and don't 99 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.960 forget uh. If you want to copy of my book, I'm giving away 100 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.399 radio at doctor Joegalotti dot com. In the email, I want you to 101 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:33.240 tell me what is the number one thing you're doing to maintain your own health. 102 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:39.559 What's your little health hack? Exercise, food, nutrition, you're avoiding 103 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.039 alcohol, whatever it may be. I really want to know, and uh 104 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:48.480 I will judge the best answers for the book. Okay, As I was 105 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.639 saying about the bagel, now, it's it's not so much that I am 106 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.000 a New Yorker and I am talking about the almighty bagel, But I think 107 00:09:56.039 --> 00:10:00.639 as consumers, so much of what I share with you is that I want 108 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.840 you to be a better consumer. I want you to be able to navigate 109 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:11.320 through a grocery store and realize the pitfalls and for you not to fool, 110 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:18.879 not to fall prey to a trap that you may see and You look at 111 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:24.840 this better bagel bag and it promotes it's lowering carbs, but it's net carbs, 112 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:33.639 and the net carb business is a made up term. And so this 113 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:41.480 bagel still has many many carbs, but because it's like forty carbs, forty 114 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:46.240 grams of carbs, but because they add back thirty five grams of sort of 115 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.960 artificial fiber, the net carbs are only five. So you look at that 116 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.559 and say, wow, this must be a good product. I'm gonna buy 117 00:10:54.559 --> 00:11:00.279 it. It is a scam. You talk to most nutritionous people that are 118 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:05.919 in the food industry. Net carbs is a made up term. Artificial fiber 119 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.559 is added back. And so my question to you is, why don't you 120 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:18.080 just eat real dietary fiber in the form of fruits, vegetables, nuts, 121 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:24.279 and beans. You're going to get far more nutritional bang for your buck by 122 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:31.120 eating that number one. And if you are concerned about your weight, and 123 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.799 as I said earlier, if we banned the bagel around the world, it 124 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:39.519 would do nothing for obesity, It would do nothing for diabetes and heart disease 125 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:43.600 and all of that bad stuff. But why aren't we exercising more? Why 126 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.279 don't we skip the fast food, the processed food line, the triple scroup, 127 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:54.639 triple scoop, ice cream cone. We're not talking about that, even 128 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.960 though there are plenty of these ice cream products that are now zero fats, 129 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.120 zero calories, alt kinds of artificial flavors. Again, we did not get 130 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:07.159 obese by eating too much ice cream all of the sun. It's we're not 131 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:11.759 exercising and we're eating far too much food and processed food. And when you 132 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:16.480 look at New Yorkers, where I would say that is ground zero of the 133 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:20.919 bagel for the most part, I would say New York City is one of 134 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:28.320 the leanest cities in America, and they're downing bagels left and right. So 135 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.879 I would say, it's not that we need a better bagel, we need 136 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:37.360 a better approach. You need, all of us need a better approach to 137 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.240 our health and wellness. And really understand it. In the bottom line here, 138 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:50.879 there is no one food that will take any of us or you out 139 00:12:50.039 --> 00:13:00.799 of this poor health nosedive. All right, I do hope I made you 140 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.759 think for a moment there, all right, last thing in the last couple 141 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:09.559 of minutes here, So school's out, summertime, kids are around, and 142 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:16.480 the question is always what activities can I do with my kids? You don't 143 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:18.519 want to leave them home? You know? Is it you go to the 144 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.240 pool, go to the zoo, go to a museum. And what I 145 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:31.559 do this time of the year. I always bring up this particular topic and 146 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.960 a lot of people will say, come on, this is so nerdy, 147 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:41.279 so nerdy, why do you even talk about it? But what I would 148 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:43.399 say is the New York Times last week and I posted it on the Facebook 149 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:48.600 page. Actually it was in our newsletter yesterday, and so if you go 150 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:54.480 to the Facebook page at doctor Joe Glotti, I have this New York Times 151 00:13:54.600 --> 00:14:01.159 article. It's about first aid and the summer activity is why don't you call 152 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:09.600 the Red Cross tomorrow morning and look and see if you could get your kids 153 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:16.120 enrolled in one of the Red Cross First Aid classes, CPR, swimming, 154 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:24.440 safety swimming lessons so that they will have the basic skills for first aid. 155 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:26.240 Now let me say, well, you know, I don't want to get 156 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:30.879 involved in all that kind of stuff, but you know, you hear so 157 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.919 many stories of people that are injured, freak injuries. You never know when 158 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:39.000 it's going to happen. You could be at the baseball field, you could 159 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:43.159 be at soccer camp, you could be on the golf course, you could 160 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:46.200 be riding your bike somewhere. An accident at home, a burn, a 161 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.440 fall. Maybe it's not your kid in the immediate family, maybe it's a 162 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.639 relative that's visiting falls and you don't know what to do. Having these skills, 163 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:01.720 and it has been documented a gazille million times, somebody came forward that 164 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:09.000 new first aid. And so when you look at all the different courses that 165 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:15.759 the Red Cross has to offer, and we're talking about standard first aid, 166 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:20.600 and this is meant for kids that are probably in middle school and up so 167 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.279 high school, even your college kids. Why not And again everyone's sitting there, 168 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.799 Oh man, this is so nerdy, you know, glorified boy Scouts 169 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:33.720 and girl Scouts that were going to have a little a little badge that they 170 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.879 wear with a little Red Cross on it. But I have always been pro 171 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:46.440 safety, pro first aid, and it gives you a certain level of security 172 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:52.320 that you know how to handle these little things. Burns, choking, diabetic 173 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:58.240 emergency, any sort of bleeding or trauma issues that come up. Heart attack. 174 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:04.919 Now, when you take CPR, you learn about risk factors for heart 175 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:10.960 disease, risk factors for stroke, you're able to identify somebody having a heart 176 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:15.600 attack or stroke. And even if you do one thing, call nine to 177 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:19.480 one one. All of that hours of training that you put in a few 178 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:26.360 hours is worth it and will save someone's life poisoning, stroke, seizure, 179 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:33.720 drowning, things like that, choking, and so again, I think if 180 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:37.000 you want to do something constructive for your kids that your kids will remember, 181 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:44.679 call the American Red Cross. Get your kids trained, get yourself trained, 182 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.279 get a bunch of friends, get a bunch of neighbors and the kids. 183 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.919 Everybody, get trained. It really is very much worth it. And go 184 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:57.440 to Facebook, and this week's newsletter is posted, and I have a little 185 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:02.919 article about first eight and the link to the New York Times article and links 186 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:07.319 to the Red Cross. All Right, they're everywhere around and across the country. 187 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:11.160 All right, Doctor Joe Galotti, don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot com is 188 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:17.960 our website. Mister Michael Verier is coming up in a few minutes, and 189 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:22.759 we're gonna hear his take on how he cooks for his family. I think 190 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:29.000 that's very important. Stay tuned every Sunday between seven and eight pm. We 191 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:34.880 are here. The name of the program is your health first, and our 192 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:42.400 goal is to raise your health IQ one listener at a time. It's that 193 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:49.440 that simple. Don't forget. Doctor Joegalotti dot com is our website, sound 194 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.680 for a newsletter, All of our social media is there. You could send 195 00:17:52.680 --> 00:18:00.039 me a message, find out about my book Eating Yourself Sick, and look 196 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:07.319 back at old videos of the program on YouTube and our podcast and blog. 197 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:12.599 It's all there at doctor Joeglotti dot com. And so tonight, as I 198 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:18.799 have been saying, it's a real pleasure to have my nephew, Michael Varrier 199 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.559 on the radio with me tonight. Mike, how are things with you? 200 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:29.279 Things are great? Yeah, run on a bit of fumes right now. 201 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:34.640 We went camping this weekend and it didn't get the greatest night's sleep last night. 202 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:41.839 But yeah, appreciate your reaching out and having me all right. Well, 203 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:48.519 you know, you know, you know me, your family, the 204 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:56.599 audience knows me in that. I put a lot of emphasis on not just 205 00:18:56.759 --> 00:19:03.279 the the food itself, but it is the the process of preparing meals, 206 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:08.960 sitting down as a family, getting people interested and excited about foot food and 207 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:15.039 even the you know, the book I wrote, Eating Yourself Sick. That's 208 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:21.119 based on my observations that so many people young and old are not cooking, 209 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:26.559 They're not paying attention to food. There really is a lack of enthusiasm about 210 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:32.319 food or their meals. Uh. And it's I believe, it's my opinion 211 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:36.240 that a lot of illness and disease stems from that. And then all of 212 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:41.680 a sudden you come on the scene and it seems as if you are trying 213 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:47.680 all kinds of different food techniques, different types of foods, and it is 214 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:52.599 just so refreshing to see. So, Mike's that as sort of the foundation. 215 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.359 You know, where do you where do you think you got this interest 216 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:00.480 in cooking, cooking for the family, feeding people? Where do you where 217 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:04.400 do you think that really stemmed from? Yeah? So, you know, 218 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:10.359 I think when you say feeding people, the first thing I think of, 219 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:15.640 of course is your mother. Yes, I mean she like just watching her 220 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.680 in her element. Uh. And you know my mother as well. Yeah, 221 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:25.640 you saw what joy you know, they had when they would have a 222 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:30.799 full house and feed everyone an amazing meal. It was, you know, 223 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:36.519 a very natural thing. And you know you kind of look up to them 224 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:40.559 in a sense. Maybe not everyone does, but I know I looked up 225 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:44.759 to them in that in that regard. And you know, i'd say, 226 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.960 early on, you know, watching my mother cooking and whatnot, I always 227 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:53.079 wanted to help out. And you know, she would maybe give me some 228 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:59.319 menial tasks to do, peel the potatoes, you know, snap the beans 229 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:03.359 one by one. Right, But but it still was fun. You know, 230 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:07.480 it was fun for me to to to take part of that and and 231 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:11.480 help in any way I could, right, And you know that's that's I 232 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:15.640 would say, a vivid memory for you. But I wonder how many people 233 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:22.079 have that kind of a memory of preparing a meal with their family that then 234 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:25.400 stimulated them to go on, what what do you think? I mean talking 235 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:27.960 with your friends and co workers, do you do you share stories like that? 236 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:36.279 Uh? Yeah, to some to some degree. Yeah, But I 237 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:41.839 think I think one one thing, I think everyone at some point is going 238 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.039 to have some some experience with that, and that I think is enough to 239 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:52.799 spark an interest. But to become like uh, i'd say, I'm I'm 240 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:59.279 not saying I'm a highly skilled cook, but to get to the point where 241 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:02.039 you know, you you feel really comfortable in the kitchen, you need I 242 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:06.880 think you need to really put the time in and you know. So for 243 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:11.119 me, that was that was cooking in a in a restaurant in college, 244 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:18.279 you know, and like, leading up to that point, I really had 245 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:23.519 no experience at all. I mean, my the way I got that job 246 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:30.160 was kind of on accident, you know, my my, uh my mother 247 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:36.319 and I were you know, I was moving up to college and she we 248 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:40.079 were sitting in a restaurant and she's like, well, what are you gonna 249 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:41.559 do for a job, and you know, we were just sitting there eating 250 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:45.200 and she said, well, so they're hiring. Hear on, don't you 251 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:48.960 see what they're looking for? So I asked them and they said, we're 252 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:51.920 looking for a cook. I was like, I don't think so she's like, 253 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.359 go for it. And the the head chef he came out and he 254 00:22:56.440 --> 00:23:00.440 sat at the table and basically interviewed her and was like, go, well 255 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:03.200 can your son cook? And she's like, uh, he can cook a 256 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:07.079 pretty good egg, you know, yeah, he could snap the piece. 257 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:12.079 Yeah. So so they gave me a shot and I've failed miserably the first 258 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:15.160 night, but he saw that I actually cared, and you know, and 259 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.440 then and then so I did that for four years. Wow. And I'll 260 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:23.960 tell you, like to cook in a and you know I was part time 261 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:27.000 for them. I was probably working twenty to thirty hours a week. But 262 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:30.640 you know, you you mess a lot of things up, and you learn 263 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:34.000 a lot of things and and uh, you learn how to manage your time 264 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:40.680 effectively, right and h and so yeah, I mean without I think without 265 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:45.880 that experience, you know, I probably would not be as comfortable as trying 266 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:48.200 new things. Yeah. Now, would you say, Mike, you're cooking. 267 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.599 I want to get into it a little bit more. But what is 268 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:55.200 your cooking? Would would you look at it now as a hobby? Is 269 00:23:55.240 --> 00:24:00.160 it a spin off in your background in chemistry you're in the chemical industry, 270 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:07.319 or is it that you're a very gifted mechanical type of person. And you 271 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.240 know cooking is a lot of tinkering. So where what do you think it 272 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:12.759 is? Is it a hobby, is a chemistry or just that you like 273 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:19.880 to tinker? So I think, uh, I think a little bit with 274 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:25.079 both hobby and UH and tinkering. I do. I do try a lot 275 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:30.000 of different methods with whatever it is like, and I'm constantly trying to find 276 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.039 what is the best way to do this right? And you can look online 277 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:37.839 and find a million different ways to cook a certain recipe, but there's certain 278 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:42.359 recipes that you can just nail because it's basically fool proof if you just follow 279 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:45.960 these steps exactly. So I do I do like trying to find, okay, 280 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:52.160 what's an easy way to nail a really seemingly difficult dish to do. 281 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:56.880 But you know, most people are kind of maybe intimidated to try doing it. 282 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.839 But again, if you just you just follow a step and do you 283 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:03.519 know, do your research and do it the right way, you know you 284 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:07.720 can, you can nail it and really nail something. Last question before we 285 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:11.480 take a quick break here. When you're doing all of this cooking and experiment 286 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:17.480 and tinkering and trying the best process ultimately, are you looking at it for 287 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:22.720 the intention of a great meal to feed your family or are you looking at 288 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:29.920 the nutritional benefits of it for the family or maybe both? Yeah? I 289 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:33.480 mean, uh, I think both. I mean I like trying to give 290 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:38.039 people an experience, you know, like we we live up in middle of 291 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:42.039 nowhere, Pa, I know, you know, I am from New York 292 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:45.839 but now currently yea, and there's not much to do out here. So 293 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:49.640 yeah, yeah, I do want my kids to experience a bit of culture 294 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:53.160 that you really can't get anywhere locally. I mean, there's not much of 295 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:57.640 a food culture in Pennsylvania. You know where I'm at in Pennsylvania, right 296 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:03.720 But you know, I think especially you know, my wife, she she 297 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:11.079 uh, she's really I think set the tone nutritionally for the family. I 298 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:15.720 think, uh, you know, She's definitely helped me be a little bit 299 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:19.119 better. But you know, I think I think we do always really try 300 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:22.519 and put that first. Okay, that is, uh, the kids, 301 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:25.880 the kid's health. All right, all right, Mike, we're gonna take 302 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:30.400 a quick break. Lots more to talk about. Talking with Michael Veria in 303 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:33.960 uh nowhere, Pennsylvania right now, originally from New York, of course, 304 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:37.119 stay tuned, Doctor Joe Glotti, final segment coming up in a minute. 305 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:42.880 Welcome back everybody for this Sunday's installment of Your Health First. Doctor Joe Galotti. 306 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:48.799 Always great to be here. I've got my dear nephew, Michael Verrier 307 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:55.119 on the phone. We're talking about food and cooking. Mike, You've exposed 308 00:26:55.160 --> 00:27:00.480 your kids to a lot of different foods. What's your approach that, how 309 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:03.880 they reacted and what would you say is the strangest things you ever fed your 310 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:10.559 kids. Uh yeah, I mean, uh, I think you got to 311 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:14.759 make sure to start them young. I do notice them getting pick here, 312 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.119 you know, as time goes on. I think that's just natural for kids. 313 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:22.960 But but yeah, I mean just trying to involve them and show them 314 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:26.720 as much as possible and so that they feel like they're a part of it. 315 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:32.319 Yeah, you know, I think like you know, for example, 316 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:34.720 you know that each kid, well not each kid, not the youngest, 317 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:38.519 but the three year old and five year old they both have their own chef's 318 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:44.599 knife. Actually my mother, she bought them that for Christmas, and they 319 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:49.160 use them and they contribute to you know, to uh to putting together a 320 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:52.640 meal sometimes, so they feel like they're actually a part of it. Yeah, 321 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.480 and got something on the smoker, you know, they're they're helping, 322 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.880 they're they're talking, they want to check the temperature and they want to look 323 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.240 at that. So I think, just yeah, involving them and making them 324 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:07.160 feel like they're part of it. No, exactly. And during one of 325 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:12.119 the breaks, your mother sent me a picture of your daughter holding a chicken 326 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:18.119 in the chicken coop that you built, and your son's sautaining broccoli and grinding 327 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:22.119 pepper on it. I mean, how old is Michael Junior? Three? 328 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:26.960 Yeah? Yeah, he's three years old, you know, and and you 329 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:32.359 know you hope that at five and seven and ten, this this persists. 330 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:40.519 Now again, I look at this as how do we take what Mike Barrier 331 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:47.400 is doing and replicate this to more families rather than you know, sort of 332 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:52.799 the old adage of hey, what's for dinner? Reservations? You know, 333 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:57.359 going out as expensive, you're not getting as good of a meal. How 334 00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:03.640 in your perspective, now, how old are you Mike? Now? Uh? 335 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.160 Thirty four? Okay, so at thirty four? Other thirty four year 336 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:12.000 old? You know, parents, what are they doing? And what do 337 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:18.599 you think the barriers may be for them not to just start off with a 338 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:27.279 little bit of experimenting in trial and error. Well, I know people need 339 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:33.200 to see the value in it, I think, because I think people want, 340 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:38.640 you know, generally what's best for their kids. But I think I 341 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:42.079 think some people they miss out on the real simple stuff, you know, 342 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:48.079 right, I think, yeah, spending quality time with them and and you 343 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:53.599 know, doing things a little bit harder way sometimes with a what's necessary? 344 00:29:53.920 --> 00:30:00.559 Yeah, yeah, I mean do you think people look at it as cooking 345 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:06.160 is some very difficult art, or they don't have the time, or they're 346 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:12.359 just mentally not suited to methodically try to go through a recipe or even look 347 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:17.960 for a recipe. Yeah. I mean I see a lot of people. 348 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.400 You know, we cook often at work. Let's say, probably maybe once 349 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:25.680 a month, we'll cook for the whole staff. You know, we have 350 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:30.000 a blackstone griddle and a regular grill. And I do see some people get 351 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:33.279 on there and they're they're you know, maybe a little bit older than me, 352 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:37.519 and they just don't understand the most basic things. So so, the 353 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:42.839 basic things of cooking, the basic abcs of cooking. Yeah. So yeah, 354 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:47.799 it's a it's a little bit shocking that have come this far in life. 355 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:52.039 And you know, you know, I know single single fathers, you 356 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:56.960 know who who Uh, Yeah, they just they don't understand the most basic 357 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:00.640 things. And uh it's got to be tough, you know too, to 358 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:04.799 put together a decent meal every day. Yeah, if you can't grill a 359 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:07.960 burger, you know, I mean, it's just it's insane. Yeah. 360 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:11.880 No, And I and I think that is the problem. And I think, 361 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.519 as you said it, they they want the best for themselves or the 362 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:19.599 best for their families and their kids. But it's almost like they don't know 363 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:22.799 how to get to first base. They don't know what the right you know 364 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:30.519 that that getting that hook or that that cooking hack down. So what would 365 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:37.119 you say for people listening tonight if if you were going to give them cooking 366 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:45.799 one oh one ideas, what type of a meal or a resource? Where 367 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:49.559 where do they start? Because the inertia to get people going is really the 368 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:53.839 blockade. So how do you sort of flip that rock to start rolling? 369 00:31:56.559 --> 00:32:02.720 I would say, uh, like find a really good YouTube channel. As 370 00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:07.559 where as that sounds, there's a there's a couple of really good ones out 371 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:15.599 there and their minute their videos are maybe seven minutes long, ten minutes long, 372 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:20.200 and they take you through a whole recipe and and uh even myself sometimes 373 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.920 I'll get inspired by that and I'll just follow it step by step, right. 374 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:27.920 Food wishes is one of them. Food wish is a YouTube channel that 375 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:31.440 I think I've probably copied the most recipes from. Okay, and I think 376 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:37.640 in I think in today's day and age, people need to kind of see 377 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:42.839 like reading through recipes and stuff may not jive with people. But I would 378 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:47.559 I would encourage people to try things, you know, that that they haven't 379 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:54.559 made before and just follow it step on a video. Yeah yeah, but 380 00:32:54.599 --> 00:33:00.640 you have to take that step and be willing to try. So what is 381 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:07.720 your latest food foray that you're getting into. I know you, uh, 382 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:12.960 several months ago you you you you shot a deer and you made jerky out 383 00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:16.039 of it and you were south eating the meat. What what's like on your 384 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:23.839 horizon to give a go at? Oh gosh, yeah, I'm not sure. 385 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:27.240 You put me on the spot with that one. Yeah. Well, 386 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.319 well, what's your let's say this, what's your what's your favorite thing to 387 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:36.279 do that you you get consistently the most amount of joy out of. I 388 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:40.960 would say making bread. Yeah, and it's something I haven't been I haven't 389 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:46.720 been baking bread for a few months now. Huh and uh, basically because 390 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:54.039 I killed my soured old culture. I neglected. But that's something that I 391 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:58.759 want to get back into. And I know that's not for everyone. It's 392 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:05.279 uh, and I understand why. It's messy, it's time consuming, and 393 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:07.880 bread is obviously not the healthiest thing for you. But like as you said 394 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:14.320 in the segment, before you know about New Yorkers and bagels and the bagels. 395 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:17.079 Yeah, I think there's something to be said for, you know, 396 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:22.639 making really good bread and indulging occasionally in that is. I think it's pretty 397 00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:28.599 important. Yeah, that's all right. That's all right. Well, Mike, 398 00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:34.440 me and the family, we're gonna be up in New York in a 399 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:38.920 couple of weeks. We're gonna have a big feeding fest, I believe. 400 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:43.159 And I think I've got to get with you and your mom as far as 401 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:47.079 what you're gonna cook and the girls and what we're all gonna have fun cooking 402 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:52.559 together. And that's really what it's about, the joy of the family over 403 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:59.360 food, breaking bread. That is a moment that you just cannot undervalue. 404 00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:04.199 Yep, I agree it. Looking forward to it, all right, Mike, 405 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:07.199 thank you very much for coming on tonight. Try to get some rest. 406 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.880 Uh after a weary weekend you had camping with the kids. And I 407 00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:15.119 did hear you cooked fried rice out there in the campground? Yeah yeah, 408 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:22.400 yeah, I brought the whold carbon steel walk out there and uh and uh 409 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.679 yeah, people looked a little confused. They actually worked out perfectly. Yeah 410 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.880 all right, Mike, awesome, Thank you so much. Yep, all 411 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:34.800 right, we'll see you soon. All right. Well that there you go, 412 00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:37.880 go camping with a iron walk. That's what we need to all shoot 413 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.760 for. All right. I am doctor Joe Galotti. Thank you all for 414 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:46.960 tuning in tonight. Don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot com. Think about how you're 415 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:51.559 eating, how you're feeding your family. It really is very very important. 416 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:54.760 Have a great night. 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