WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:03.720 When your skin is not inflamed, you're happier, and your 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:07.440 cortisol is down, your immune system isn't trying to flare 3 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:08.640 things up, and then you have. 4 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.720 Clarity, you know. 5 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.119 So it's really interesting when you start thinking about your 6 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.880 systems and how interconnected they are and how you can 7 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:18.399 nourish them in various ways to just have optimal wellness. 8 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.160 You're listening to the Plant Based Diet podcast where we 9 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.399 talk about all things plant based. I'm mister Garfin, the 10 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:30.480 host of this show and founder of Alternative Food Network. 11 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.079 Join me in my amazing array of guests who are 12 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:37.079 a mix of healthcare professionals, industry executives, and people with 13 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:40.159 an interesting story to tell about their plant based journey. 14 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.679 Let us help you with your journey wherever you're at 15 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:46.679 to learn the what, why, and how to eat plant based. 16 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:53.280 Hello everybody, today we're talking about plant based skincare. Recently, 17 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.840 I had an exema flare up on one finger after 18 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.479 a very long time of everything being good, and it 19 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.600 reminded me of the cycle of trying a new product, 20 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.400 hoping it's going to be the thing that finally helps, 21 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.400 only to realize that it didn't help. And this is 22 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:13.000 what actually pushed me to pay much closer attention to 23 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.040 what I eat and what I put on my body 24 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.879 way back when I ended up fixing my EXAMA for 25 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.319 several years. So I was a bit disappointed when I 26 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:24.640 had this flare up. So today I'm chatting with Jody Scott, 27 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.319 who was the founder of green Goo, a plant based 28 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:30.799 first aid and herbal wellness company. Every plant they use 29 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.400 in their products is there for a purpose, and they 30 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.640 don't use synthetics, perfumes, or artificial ingredients. Now, before we began, 31 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:41.879 a quick reminder about Alternative Food Network's other podcasts, Culinary 32 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:46.280 Medicine Recipe and in Spanish Medicina Culinaria, which are hosted 33 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:50.040 by a Triple Board certified physician and culinary medicine expert. 34 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:52.680 To give you an example of the type of content 35 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.400 that she talks about. The first episode of the latest 36 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.120 season was all about how to fire up our metabolism, 37 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.159 and the hoe shared a day full of meals that 38 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.280 have protein, fiber, and healthy fats. In fact, I'm going 39 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:07.120 to put it in the show notes of this episode 40 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:09.639 just so it's easier for you to find. Also on 41 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:12.840 social media, you can find more of our content on Instagram, 42 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.800 at Alternative Food Network and on Alternative Food Networks YouTube 43 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:21.599 channel and LinkedIn page. And now to the conversation. Hi, Jody, 44 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.319 welcome to the show. It's so nice to have you 45 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:25.080 on today. 46 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:27.439 It's wonderful to be here with you. Thank you for 47 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:27.960 having me. 48 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.680 You know, I must admit I'm doing this episode out 49 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:36.000 of self interest because when I saw what your company does, 50 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.479 and it's plant based skincare and there are some Ecsima 51 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.439 products there, I thought, oh, you know this I'm really 52 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.000 interested in because for anyone who's listened to our show 53 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:48.199 over the last few years, you might have heard me 54 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.360 say that in the past, I've had eczema. And so 55 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.039 when I saw green Goo, I thought, you know what, 56 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:57.439 time to do a plant based skincare episode. So thank 57 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.199 you very much for coming on the show. I have 58 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.159 to admit I'd never heard of green Goo before, but 59 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.680 when I was reading on your website, it's in over 60 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.560 one hundred and twenty thousand stores in the US and 61 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.639 it even made it into Oscar gift bags. So tell 62 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:13.919 me a little bit about green Goo. Yeah. 63 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.479 So, my mom's sister and I started this, so three 64 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:20.560 generations of women. My sister's an herbalis and a midwife, 65 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:22.680 and then I was pre med, got my master's in 66 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:27.879 health psychology, and we saw this opportunity that the OTC, 67 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.759 that over the counter space had not been disrupted, and 68 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.599 here we had the option for organic food, we had 69 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:38.199 the option for clean personal care products, but we still 70 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.680 didn't have clean first aid products. And what was even 71 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:44.719 more interesting to me was that the natural consumer was 72 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.960 willing to abandon their natural ethos, including myself, because we 73 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.680 were told that these traditional chemical laden products were the 74 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.280 only products that could get the job done. So you'd 75 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:56.319 open up my first aid cabinet and there was all 76 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:01.319 this one time used, no sustainability products full of chemicals. 77 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:05.439 And then the conventional consumer was also incredibly curious because 78 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.120 what was available for over the counter for things like 79 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:11.919 ezema was not working, along with only used for seven 80 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.080 to ten days and then you have to discontinue use 81 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.000 if symptoms persist, and then it's inconvenient to go see 82 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.720 your doctor and so forth. And so our goal was 83 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:22.600 to make plant based first aid that was first superior 84 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.279 and efficacy, but also sustainable and clean ingredients. 85 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:31.439 And to be clear, your products aren't only for first 86 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:34.879 aid or for skin issues. It's also for daily care. 87 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:35.639 Right, you got it. 88 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.040 So we started in the first aid space and then 89 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:41.439 we expanded into personal care and beauty. And you know, 90 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.199 although we disrupted the first aid category to say, hey, 91 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:49.240 plant based can be better, we're also changing how you 92 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.680 look at skin care and saying you can give your 93 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:57.279 skin nutrition on a regular basis, which will not only 94 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:01.079 help hydrate and restore your skin bare, but it makes 95 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:03.800 it more resilient to the exposures and the stress that 96 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:07.279 we invite to it. And so Green Goose kept sort 97 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.959 of at that intersection of a hybrid between first aid 98 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:13.639 and wellness personal care for your skin. 99 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.639 And you were mentioning just before we started that your 100 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:19.519 product is at John Hopkins. 101 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:20.319 Yeah. 102 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.120 So John Hopkins has been using and endorsing our product 103 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:26.680 for over a decade in their Sclareoderma and Skin condition department. 104 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.480 And it was actually our customers that were going to 105 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.519 them and saying, I'm getting these results. So they called 106 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.519 us and they were like, who is Greenew And so 107 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:41.600 we started supplying them with product, and truly Ezhema Solution, 108 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.040 our dry skin formula is what put us on the 109 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.519 map because we were making these ingredients in our kitchen 110 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:52.759 taking them through an old, ancient process of how you 111 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:57.240 extract from plants, and we needed to scale in order 112 00:05:57.319 --> 00:05:59.879 to be able to meet the demand of all of 113 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.120 these stores and so forth. And it was actually an 114 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:06.040 individual whose son had eczema. He used our product, and 115 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.879 he happened to run a manufacturing facility and said, hey, 116 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.480 this is the only product that has ever worked for 117 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.319 my son, and now the world needs these products, so 118 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:16.959 we are going to find a way to manufacture this. 119 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.839 And so to this day we still make most of 120 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.639 the ingredients ourselves. So the plants come to our manufacturing facility, 121 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.000 we take it through this extraction process that protects the 122 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:29.839 integrity of the plant, yields the highest amount of the 123 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.399 medicinal properties from the plants, and then those custom oils 124 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:36.000 go into the product, so you can't get those custom 125 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:39.040 oils anywhere else. And then we have them registered with 126 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:43.040 the FDA to give that next step validation, because now 127 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:47.079 the FDA is investing in botanical research so that we 128 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:52.759 can call out specific herbs for having active and medicinal properties. 129 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:57.240 Is it at that stage already where you can make claims? 130 00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:59.279 We can, yes, Now. 131 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:00.560 Can you give us some example. 132 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.199 So my sister being the Herbliss, you know, as we're 133 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:07.639 going through the registration process, would like to say colendula, 134 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:12.360 because we know colendulas an anti fungal, anti yeese, antimicrobial. 135 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:19.319 It really it repairs the skin, and the FDA recognizes 136 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:22.480 it as an astringent, so we have to on our 137 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:26.480 labels recognize and call it out as the FDA does. 138 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.480 So my sister, being the Herbliss, is like, well, marshmallow 139 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.879 root is not an active ingredient yet with the FDA, 140 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.240 so we have to put something like marshmallow root as 141 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:37.680 an inactive ingredient. 142 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.759 So they are still early in there. 143 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:44.279 I call it, you know, building the data book, but 144 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.120 they're doing it, which is fantastic. 145 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:50.879 To expand upon that for those who are into the 146 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:55.199 science of all of this and FDA regulations. You did 147 00:07:55.240 --> 00:08:00.879 send me this dry skin product for XMAT and on 148 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:04.920 the back it has here active ingredients and inactive ingredients. 149 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.279 So is this correct If it's FDA approved that it 150 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.399 would come under the active ingredient headline. 151 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:17.439 So anything that's FDA registered, they very specifically. We can 152 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:21.480 only call out the herbs that they recognize as active 153 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:27.160 ingredients and how they speak to those herbs so for example, 154 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.959 the dry skin formula you have there will have should 155 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.600 have like the red clover flour, the CANAML. We can 156 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:40.320 only recognize those as the active ingredients because the FDA 157 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:45.000 recognizes them. Then you'll see a number of inactive ingredients 158 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:48.039 and then we won't call out what they do. And 159 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:53.679 so although our inactive ingredients are very functional and operational 160 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:57.039 in the formula, we're not able to make claims against 161 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:00.120 those inactive ingredients. Now, what you also find is in 162 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.960 the OTC market is oftentimes they don't even list out 163 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:07.919 the inactive ingredients. There's a number of ingredients that if 164 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:10.000 it's at a small enough point, you don't need to 165 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.279 disclose it. And sometimes those are some of the ingredients 166 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.600 that could be the more challenging ones, whether they're endocrine 167 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:22.039 disruptors or if you're prone to allergies and sensitivities, and. 168 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:24.919 I guess on that topic. Your products are made of 169 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:30.120 herbs and plants. It's natural, no balades, no chemicals, but 170 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:34.679 natural isn't always one hundred percent good for people. Could 171 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:37.720 there be any contra indications or if they have allergies? 172 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:43.080 Are you aware of any people that have sensitivity issues 173 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.200 or contraindications with your products. 174 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.440 So we always recommend doing a patch test if you're 175 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.879 someone who has allergies or you've seen you know, you've 176 00:09:54.960 --> 00:10:00.679 had some sensitivities. Now, these herbs are all topical and 177 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.000 infused in a way that you typically just do not 178 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:07.960 get those allergic reactions the same way you would with 179 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:11.480 some of these other harsh chemicals. But what's interesting too, 180 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:15.320 like beeswax, there is a small population of people out 181 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.519 there that have a sensitivity to beeswax, you know, So 182 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:23.240 there are people who have allergies to even a natural ingredient, 183 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:29.559 and chondraindications are fairly small. You know. You may be like, oh, okay, 184 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.000 this is not giving me, it's taking the itch out, 185 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:33.679 but I'm getting some red bumps. 186 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:35.679 That's when you want to discontinue use. 187 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:39.360 Most people who know that they're allergic, for example, to beeswax, 188 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:42.320 which is probably the most common allergy that you would 189 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:46.919 have in a natural lineup, they've already encountered this, you know, 190 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.600 because it's in most of the lip bombs and different 191 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:52.759 kinds of natural products that are available on the market. 192 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:54.039 And it's a small group. 193 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:59.799 And for our audience, I mean, we have a plant 194 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:05.039 for audience. They're not necessarily vegan. But if you're using beeswax, 195 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:09.879 does that mean someone who's vegan may not use these products? 196 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:15.159 A true vegan typically does not use beeswax. Now, we 197 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.279 did entertain we had a vegan line for a while 198 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:23.320 where we were using beeswax alternatives. And you know, beeswax 199 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:29.519 has this beautiful medicinal profile that works so nicely with 200 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:33.120 the entourage effect of all of the plants and as 201 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:36.320 a carrier, and so we found that it made better 202 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:38.799 sense for us to keep the bees wax in and 203 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:42.879 not lose that medicinal component. So we do also have 204 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:47.919 oils where we infuse the oils with the same plants. 205 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.799 So for example, like the exzema oil that you have, 206 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.519 that was an example for someone who you know, may 207 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:57.360 not want to use the dry skin formula for their ezema, 208 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.799 but then they can use the vegan alternative, which is 209 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:00.840 the ezema oil. 210 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.879 Let's backtrack to something I opened with that your products 211 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.759 made it into Oscar gift bags. How did that happen? 212 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:13.440 Oh, it's very interesting how people find our product. 213 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.200 Matter of fact, I was talking to someone on a podcast. 214 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:17.840 The other day and he's like, do you have shampoo 215 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.440 and conditioner. I said, well, actually we did a test 216 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:25.360 of shampoo and conditioner, and literally this last weekend, I 217 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.960 was pulling the very last models of the shampoo and 218 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:33.039 conditioner for a celebrity who just absolutely loves this particular 219 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.080 product and it's not in production right now, and I 220 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.440 was trying to find what I could find left. And 221 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:41.720 so it really was sort of a word of mouth opportunity. 222 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:44.799 And what was great is this was really in our 223 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:48.720 early days. I mean this was we might have been 224 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:53.519 in the market maybe two years, and so it was 225 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.600 such an amazing experience to have that opportunity, and I 226 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:00.360 think it was a great way for US US to 227 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:04.120 get our name out. And at that time, there was 228 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:07.960 no plant based renaissance that we call today. When I 229 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.279 went to a major pharmacy retailer and I said I 230 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:14.519 have a plant based neosporan alternative, he about fell out 231 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.440 of his chair. The word plant based wasn't what we 232 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:20.840 know it today. And I said, just take it home, 233 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:23.080 give it a try, and you'll see what it does. 234 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:26.000 And thankfully he became a plan himself and was willing 235 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.679 to take that test. But fast forward today, I think 236 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.759 we know what that term means, and we have more 237 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:38.240 people looking for those solutions, and especially when you can 238 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:43.159 find a clean, natural alternative that will actually work, because 239 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:46.320 if you can protect the integrity of your system and 240 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:48.960 your body and give it what it needs when you 241 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:52.360 do need to have a major medical intervention, you're in 242 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.639 a healthier state. A physician loves to work on a 243 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:58.519 healthy patient, your recovery is going to be that much better. 244 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.480 So I always tell my customers, especially people who have 245 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.000 never tried a natural product before, I'm like, you've had 246 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.360 poison ivy for six months, why don't you try this product? 247 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:11.120 It only it'll be gone in two days, And it's 248 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:12.799 so great when they come back and they're like, wow, 249 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:14.480 I've never tried a natural product. 250 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.480 What else do you have? 251 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.159 Well, I've only had these products a few days, so 252 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:23.480 I haven't been using them long term. But what I 253 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:27.320 can say is that for anyone who's weary of natural 254 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.080 products because they don't like the smells, let's say these 255 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.879 products smell good. They're not off putting. So for me, 256 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.720 that's always a big one. In addition to efficacy, if 257 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.000 it doesn't smell good, I'm not gonna use it. 258 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.679 So smell is so important and we don't use any 259 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:50.120 synthetic fragrances and what you will smell is the plants. 260 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.720 And that's why the name green Goo came to be. 261 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.759 Was we didn't want to use the word ointment in 262 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.360 the name, and we were like, well, it's green because 263 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:02.360 it's real plants. You see that it has that hue 264 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:04.440 and it's just kind of and the goo was just 265 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:06.639 fun and we said, Okay, we're going to disrupt the 266 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:10.039 first aid category, we might as well really disrupt it. 267 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.960 We're going to be putting a link in our show 268 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:17.120 notes that our audience, if they're interested in purchasing, they 269 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:19.120 are going to get ten percent off. So thank you 270 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.440 very much for that. That'll be in the show notes. 271 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.200 What is your biggest seller? 272 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.679 Our biggest seller. 273 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.039 So the product that people know us most for is 274 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:32.840 our first aid product. So this particular product was designed 275 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:36.159 to be an anti septic alternative, but what we wanted 276 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:38.840 to do was bring more value because we also want 277 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.600 you to clean up your first aid cabinet and oftentimes 278 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.639 you have a lot of these one time use products. 279 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.759 So it is literally your first aid kit and one 280 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.320 little ten So it's for cuts and scrapes, but bug bites, 281 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:55.519 be stings, cold stores, poison, ivy, chafing, ingrown toenails, takes 282 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:57.600 the scene in the itch out, slows down the bleeding, 283 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:01.039 speeds up the healing. That's what people most know us for. 284 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:05.679 Our number one selling product though is our skin repair product, 285 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:08.320 and that was meant to be an after burn and 286 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.320 scar you got it and for sun spots, like a 287 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:17.279 Maderna alternative. It has evolved though into this multifaceted we'll 288 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:21.399 call it the Swiss Army Knife of skincare conditions. So 289 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.679 it is a wonderful anti aging. I put this on 290 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.159 my skin every night before I go to bed. The 291 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:33.879 Alovera is beautifully hydrating with the blue camaml, the blue yarrow, 292 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.919 the rose hips, so it really penetrates the various layers 293 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:42.159 of the skin while also creating the antioxidant properties. But 294 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.799 then we're also finding that people are also using this 295 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.919 with an especially big flare up with your exzema, so 296 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.159 using the dry skin formula to be able to really 297 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:54.399 address the flare up. But the Alovera has such a 298 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.840 nice cooling and calming effect, especially if you're having a 299 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:00.960 flare up and it's like you're getting ready to go 300 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:04.440 to bed and you're just having that burning sensation. That 301 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.319 repair is just a beautiful way to calm that, and 302 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.119 you can just feel that while the dry skin is 303 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:10.559 doing it. 304 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.599 It's actions. 305 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:15.119 Yeah, I mean, you know, I don't want this episode 306 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.240 to be only about exma, but because I have this 307 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:22.039 personal experience with it, I will say, you know, when 308 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.079 you have an ecma flare up, and I don't know 309 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.880 if this would be the same for psoriasis or other 310 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:30.759 skin issues, but when you have when you have a 311 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.960 flare up, it's itchy, it's hot, it's uncomfortable. And then 312 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:41.599 so that's what you're saying, would be good for the 313 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:46.759 skin repair solve to use and then afterwards, when it 314 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:51.880 calms down, it dries up, and then you can get cracks. 315 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:57.119 So would that be the time to use the dry skin? 316 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:59.720 You got it affection exactly. 317 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.839 And you know our products because of the way they 318 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.640 nourish your skin, the more you use it, the less 319 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.079 you'll need it. And so what I say with a flareup, 320 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:13.720 you start out very aggressively initially, and then eventually you 321 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.599 want to just continue to use these products more as 322 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:23.319 a nutritive skin care wellness activity that then will help 323 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:24.640 make your skin more resilient. 324 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.559 So then you just want to we say, butter up. 325 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:29.039 Just go ahead and butter up and put it on 326 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.400 your body once a week, even when you're not having 327 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:33.680 a flare up, and your skin will just drink it 328 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.160 up and you'll notice that sometimes, like my daughter has 329 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:41.039 exzma and we've got it under control pretty great, except 330 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:44.599 for chlorine, she gets into a pool and it's like 331 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.640 all bets are off. So we make sure that in 332 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:51.759 the summertime we're being much more aggressive with her, putting 333 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.480 it on on a regular basis before she goes into 334 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:57.160 the pool and just making sure that she's nourishing that 335 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.240 skin barrier and she doesn't have as bad of a 336 00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.759 flare up. 337 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:04.960 Our show we try to address the health aspects of 338 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:08.119 plant based eating, and so for me, I believe eating 339 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.720 less sugar and plant based eating also helps with all 340 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:15.119 of this. I think that is how I fixed myself. 341 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:17.759 But certainly when there are flare ups, you do need 342 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:21.720 some products, and in my opinion, cortisone is not helpful 343 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.039 at least not on hands. So I'm very excited to 344 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:28.720 have products like this, and what you were saying in 345 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:33.599 terms of maintenance, just to have less dry skin. That's 346 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.000 the stage I'm at. So I mentioned I did have 347 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:39.440 a flare up, but now I was using I mean again, 348 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.720 it's only been a few days, but I've started to 349 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:48.160 use the dry skin product because I'm at the stage 350 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:53.160 where the inflammation is done, the cracks are done, and 351 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:56.680 it's just dry. So that's what I'm using now and 352 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.880 I'm quite enjoying it. 353 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.559 So thank you. 354 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:04.319 Look at the skin is like we always recognize it 355 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.799 as okay, it's just our largest organ and it's just 356 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:10.599 there to protect everything else. And yet our skin is 357 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:15.039 so connected to the rest of our systems. There's all 358 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:19.599 these neurotransmitters, it is connected to our immune system, it 359 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:23.000 is connected to our nervous system, and even our mindset. 360 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:26.160 And it's been really interesting to see even the science advance, 361 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:31.160 like the Behavior Journal of Behavior Medicine is doing work 362 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:34.680 with a Journal of Dermatology because they're connecting the dots 363 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:39.559 that mindfulness and different kinds of ways that you can 364 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:44.559 engage will truly impact your skin condition. And so that's 365 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:47.079 where I look at the skin is this opportunity the 366 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:50.400 same way you reduce your sugar and you drink water, 367 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:54.039 and it's holistic taking care of your skin in a 368 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:57.079 different way where you're feeding at the nutrients and you're 369 00:20:57.119 --> 00:21:00.839 protecting it and you're hydrating it from the outside with 370 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.720 the things. 371 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.079 That serve it. 372 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.960 You'll actually feel the difference and you'll reduce your inflammation. 373 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.279 And there'll be people a little tell me, like, hey, 374 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:10.640 when I butter up with the green goo, Like take 375 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:13.720 a shower, maybe after a workout, put the pain relief 376 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:17.119 product from shoulders down, put your bathrobe on, let your 377 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:19.279 skin just drink it up. Maybe it's in in the 378 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:21.519 evening so you go to bed, or it's you're starting 379 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:25.440 your day. You just feel better. And like when your 380 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:30.119 skin is not inflamed, you're happier, and your cortisol is down, 381 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.359 your immune system isn't trying to flare things up, and 382 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.079 then you have clarity, you know. So it's really interesting 383 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:38.839 when you start thinking about your systems and how interconnected 384 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:41.720 they are and how you can nourish them in various 385 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:43.640 ways to just have optimal wellness. 386 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:47.880 One hundred percent. I agree. And you know, we we've 387 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.000 been hearing for a while about the brain gut access, 388 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:57.119 but I've recently heard the gut skin access. So that's 389 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:59.880 the prob you know, hopefully there'll be more research into that, 390 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:04.960 because that's really what this show has been about. If 391 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:09.079 someone wants more information, where is the best place that 392 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.920 they should. 393 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:11.240 Go greendew dot com. 394 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.799 We're also available on Amazon, but greendew dot com really 395 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:16.400 gives you the breadth of products. 396 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:19.599 Okay, and as I mentioned earlier, we do have a 397 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:22.599 link in our show notes that will take you to 398 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:25.039 the website. If you want to purchase products, you will 399 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:29.440 receive ten percent off. Okay, Well, thank you. This was 400 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.880 very interesting and I'm happy I could do a plant 401 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:36.960