WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:04.080 Initialize sequence. 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.759 Coming to you live from Houston, Texas, home to the 3 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:09.480 world's largest medical center, in. 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:10.080 A bunch of bays. 5 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.480 Every day we. 6 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:15.320 Rode CONTI. 7 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:24.399 This is your Health First, the most beneficial health program 8 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.640 on radio with doctor Joe Galotti. During the next hour 9 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:31.079 you'll learn about health, wellness and the prevention of disease. 10 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.200 Now here's your host, doctor Joe Bellotti. 11 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.840 Well a good Sunday evening to everybody. Doctor Joe Galotti 12 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:51.320 tuning in as usual from our world headquarters here in Houston, Texas, 13 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:56.159 but broadcasting around the globe on the iHeartRadio app. It's 14 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:58.280 great to be here. You know, we have had a 15 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:04.120 few weeks that we were pre empted the audacity. We 16 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:09.480 were pre empted by a storm, an assassination attempt, and 17 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.359 President Biden throwing in the towel. 18 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.560 That all took place in the. 19 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:20.400 Evening on Sunday, and so we're back here live as 20 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:23.000 always and don't forget. If you want to check out 21 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.760 what we do, check out the program. The easiest website 22 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:30.680 is doctor Joegalotti dot com. 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But my wife and 33 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.280 I have this conversation all the time as we are 34 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.759 getting older chronologically, we have to look and say, who 35 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.560 is going to take care of us? 36 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:25.400 Right? 37 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.039 You have to think who is going to be taking 38 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.199 care of you as you're getting older, besides your kids, 39 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:37.639 hopefully the doctor's, the nurses, etc. The whole healthcare system, 40 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.000 and that is going through a change and in some 41 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.360 cases it does not look that pretty as to who 42 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.479 the heck is going to be on the other end 43 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.479 of the bed if you're in the hospital. And anyway, 44 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.680 we'll be getting with Jack shortly. So on the program, 45 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.319 a few things tonight that we're going to talk about. 46 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.800 I'm going to talk about Brussels sprouts in a minute, 47 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.599 and also talk about a New York Times reporter who 48 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:06.960 was the food critic. He had to retire because of 49 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:11.360 health concerns. You could take a guess what happened to him, 50 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.479 But we'll get to that, and then don't want to 51 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:17.120 get into ultra processed foods. It was a lot discussed 52 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:21.000 in the news this past week regarding ultra processed foods 53 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.759 in dementia. And I also want to bring up a 54 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:27.759 test that we talked about a few weeks ago, the 55 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.599 carnary calcium scan. A number of people have reached out, 56 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:34.639 and I've heard all kinds of stories of people going 57 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:38.039 for that test and finding some unexpected finding. 58 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:39.719 So we'll get to that. 59 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.520 But anyway, with regard to Brussels sprouts, the way I 60 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.560 like to talk about this is how you can have 61 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:52.800 a good food made bad, a good food made bad. 62 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:59.680 And I'd say maybe the last ten years Brussels sprouts. 63 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:01.319 Everybody likes Brussels sprouts. 64 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:05.960 Now, yeah, you know why they're double deep fried and 65 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:12.400 swimming in salt. Who doesn't like that instead of just 66 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:19.560 a plain old, steamed, boiled, baked Brussels sprout. So a 67 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.480 few things to remember if you want to look at 68 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.399 some statistics here, So a cup of Brussels sprouts a 69 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:30.360 cup thirty eight calories, pretty decent, three point three grams 70 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:34.199 of fiber, not bad, high en vitamin C, no fat, 71 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.639 gives you ninety one percent of all the vitamin K 72 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:42.079 that you need and about eight grams of carbohydrate. Now, 73 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:47.600 if you decide to go out to your favorite food 74 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:55.000 establishment and you say, wow, they have these crispy brussels sprouts. 75 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.319 Aren't they great? Yes, they're great, let's have them. Well, 76 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:04.000 they are packing in four hundred and six calories. That's 77 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:08.759 like ten times the amount of calories. It has six 78 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:15.000 hundred and ten milligrams of sodium. That's about twenty six 79 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:18.480 times the amount of sodium, and a regular brussels sprout 80 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:23.199 thirty four grams of fat and twenty grams of carbohydrate. Now, 81 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:29.759 not to be the killjoy here. This is a deadly food. 82 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:30.519 Now. 83 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.199 You may say, well, I have it once in a while. 84 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.519 If you have it once in a while, fine that 85 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:39.439 you exercise. Fruits and vegetables make up the vast majority, 86 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:43.160 and you go out to dinner every so often. But 87 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:49.279 if you see brussels sprouts at a restaurant, crispy fried whatever, 88 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.399 this is not a good food. I think you should 89 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:58.439 be deducted. You're up, you're saying I had a serving. 90 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:06.120 It's really bad and it is just leading and potentiating 91 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:09.319 all of this obesity and chronic disease that we see. 92 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.759 So again, you could probably say that for many, many 93 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.199 different vegetables that you see out, there's nothing going to 94 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:24.279 be better than if you're able to get it just steamed, baked, broiled, grilled. 95 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.319 But this deep frying and it is tasty. I'm not 96 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:33.959 going to deny the fact that it's tasty. But again 97 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:39.240 it's within the meal you're having out. A lot of 98 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:45.279 the stuff is fried, you know, heavily breaded, fat, cheese, etc. 99 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:47.560 And you love the restaurant, you say, oh man, the 100 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:52.879 food is great here, but beware of the Brussels sprouts. 101 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:55.439 What do you say, Dave? You want to roll for 102 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:02.319 the first break here? All right, thanks very much for 103 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:07.199 tuning in doctor Joe Galotti. Don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot com. 104 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:07.879 Stay tuned. 105 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.800 We're going to talk about more on more ultra process foods. 106 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:18.399 Take Care Raising your Health IQ, one listener at a time. 107 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:21.920 I'm doctor Joe Galotti. This is your health First. Every 108 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:26.720 Sunday between seven and eight pm. 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As I was 120 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:13.639 saying earlier in the studio is a young UT that's 121 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:17.240 University of Texas for those that are not clear, Jack 122 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:21.319 to hang Jack, welcome tonight, coming in on studio. We're 123 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.800 going to talk about your career well. 124 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:26.240 Doctor Glotti. I really appreciate you having me on tonight. 125 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.240 I'm excited to share my thoughts all. 126 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.560 Right, and Jack, I'm looking at you as the new 127 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:35.399 generation of healthcare provider, so hopefully you're still up to 128 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.480 the task for the rest of your learning academic career. 129 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.399 That's the plan, all right, Well, stay tuned. Jack will 130 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:46.440 be on in just a little bit. I mentioned something 131 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:52.120 earlier about a New York Times food critic, restaurant critic 132 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.279 Peter Wells. He had to retire after I think about 133 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:59.639 fifteen years because unfortunately he went for a physical exam, 134 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:05.240 which he himself states he did not have one for 135 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:09.919 longer than he wanted to really admit. And when he 136 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:14.919 went into the doctor, his cholesterol was out of whack, 137 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:19.679 blood sugar was high, he had high blood pressure, he 138 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:23.919 was totally at pre diabetes, a fatty liver, and metabolic syndrome. Now, 139 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:26.960 these are things that I deal with every single day 140 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.240 in our liver practice, and I'm not faulting him. He 141 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:35.320 had to basically retire and pull back from eating out 142 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:38.759 every night. But now that may be the extreme. Now 143 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.399 before we were talking about the fried Brussels sprouts and 144 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.559 don't eat out. Yes, this is a guy that eats 145 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:48.639 out every single night, maybe even two meals a day. 146 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.919 It will make you sick. And I've said many times 147 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.840 eating out is a hazard to your health. Now everybody 148 00:09:54.879 --> 00:10:02.039 does it in degrees of eating out. People just eat out. 149 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.360 One night a week. 150 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:06.480 Some people listening to my patients. They eat out, lunches 151 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:08.840 out every day, breakfast, they don't cook at home, They 152 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.159 get on the run. So you have to look at 153 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.679 yourself and say, the more you eat out, the greater 154 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:19.440 the likelihood you're going to be obese, have hypertension, diabetes, 155 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.039 fatty liver, at risk for cancer, and all this other 156 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.399 bad stuff. So in a sense, it's a nice article 157 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:28.840 where he comes clean to say, this is a very 158 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:34.759 very dangerous occupation that he has, but he's doing now 159 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:38.080 what he's trying to do and cut back on eating 160 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:42.399 out and trying to address these things. Now, to segue 161 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:44.480 into that, there was another. 162 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.200 Very very very. 163 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:55.919 Interesting article that is linking ultra processed foods to dementia. Now, 164 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:02.080 you worry about cancer, you worry about heart disease, you 165 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:08.360 worry about dementia. And some of these diseases just happen, 166 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:13.159 you're genetically programmed, just bad luck. But so many of 167 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:18.679 these crime diseases have their root in lifestyle choices that 168 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:21.519 you make. So this particular study looked at one hundred 169 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:26.120 and thirty thousand adults, and what they found is that 170 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.600 out of the one hundred and thirty thousand people during 171 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:33.600 the study period, which was like forty three years, over 172 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.080 eleven thousand people developed dementia. But what they found out, 173 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.759 and this is the key point to remember, those who 174 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:46.320 consumed about two servings of processed red meat per week 175 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:51.039 at a fourteen percent greater risk of developing dementia compared 176 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:55.279 to those who ate fewer than three servings per month. 177 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.879 Now it mentions red meat just to clear it. There 178 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.519 was no association with unprocessed red meat having a steak 179 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:08.000 or a chop. It was the processed ultra processed food. Now, 180 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.039 you should all be. 181 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:12.039 Aware. 182 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.240 And that's I would say. If you listen to this 183 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.600 show every week, you could spot this. Okay, you're good 184 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:23.039 students of health and wellness. But if you knew, welcome 185 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:27.720 and we'll show you. You have to be able to 186 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:32.080 go to the grocery store and scan the aisle and 187 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:37.279 be able to pick out the completely unprocessed foods, which 188 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:40.440 is basically going to be fresh fruits and vegetables. Then 189 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:45.399 you have foods that are processed, which basically you're adding salt, 190 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:51.519 maybe you're adding sugar, or maybe taking some fiber content out. 191 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.639 The ultra processed is where you are adding things that 192 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:02.559 you don't find in your home kitchen, protein isolate, high 193 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:08.279 fructose corn syrup, modified starches, flavorings, and color additives. Now 194 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:14.639 the ultraprocessed foods are things like soda. Soda is considered 195 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:19.799 an ultra processed food. Flavored yogurts. And again I see 196 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:23.320 people all day, be it at work or out, they're 197 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:28.759 eating yogurt. Yogurt's good. Yeah, plain yogurt is good. 198 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:30.840 The taste. 199 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:36.240 You have to add the flavor back yourself with fresh blueberries, unprocessed. 200 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.879 But you have to look at that instant soup all 201 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:47.080 breakfast cereals. Jack is falling off the table here, he's thinking, 202 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:52.440 Captain crunch no more. And these ultra processed foods make 203 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.360 up for about fifty eight percent of the calories consumed 204 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.240 by both children and adults on average. 205 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:00.159 And not only. 206 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:06.080 Does it cause dementia, but consumption of all these processed 207 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.879 foods again, it's the same. 208 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:10.080 It's the same stuff. 209 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:16.639 It is heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. And so 210 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:22.720 you you have to really what I said earlier last week, 211 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:26.519 I was doing something else on the radio. You have 212 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.519 to go to your freezer, your refrigerator, and your cabinets, 213 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:39.279 your pantry and look and see what foods are ultra processed. 214 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.679 So these are going to be hot dogs, deli meat 215 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:56.480 right your oven, gold bores head, turkey, breast, ultra processed cheese, puffs, doughnuts, 216 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:02.679 frozen pizza, white bread. That's a tough one, white bread, cookies, 217 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:11.200 microwaveable dinners, soda. As I had mentioned potato chips, I'd say, 218 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.960 any chip is going to be ultra processed. 219 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.480 And candy. 220 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:21.320 Now again here I look, I'm being a little facetious, 221 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.399 say go throw all that crap out. Yes, it would 222 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:29.039 be nice. You have to do it in phases. It's 223 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:32.279 almost like whatever you have stocked, work through that. But 224 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:36.799 when you go to your favorite grocery store tomorrow, take 225 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:41.039 a look and say, instead of buying potato chips, what 226 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:46.720 can I buy instead? Instead of buying instant mashed potatoes 227 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:51.759 that you just add water or microwave, go buy a 228 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:58.440 plane out spud cook it right, make your own mashed potatoes. 229 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:03.919 It's it's not that hard. So again I think we 230 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:10.279 have to really really look closely at this. And again, 231 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:15.480 for those that are familiar with me, the one phrase 232 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.679 I like to use all the time, misery is optional. 233 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:22.320 So if you want to just say the hell with everything. 234 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.759 I'm just going If I want those lazed potato chips, 235 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:26.080 damn it, I worked hard. 236 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:26.840 I want them. 237 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:31.360 Okay, but expect that you're probably going to get diabetes 238 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.159 or heart disease. And then what do you do when 239 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.519 you're fifty or sixty you have that dream of retiring 240 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:42.399 and you're you know, you spend your day going for 241 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:47.000 tests and doctor visits and all of that jazz. That 242 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:51.919 is not fun. The last thing, and maybe we'll maybe 243 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.879 carry it over to the next segment. The Carnary Calcium Squad. 244 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:58.240 We've talked about that. We've had some of the best 245 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:03.480 cardiologists in the country on this program. This is a 246 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.559 test that is about one hundred and fifty dollars and 247 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.319 it is a special scan of the heart that will 248 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:13.680 see if you have calcium in your carnary arteries and 249 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:19.160 it is an early sign that you may have more 250 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:24.759 advanced athroosclerosis. You may be feeling fine, you are exercising, 251 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.319 you think you think you are okay, you think you're 252 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:32.799 out of the woods. But many people in Patience of 253 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:39.000 mind friends other people have called saying, holy smokes, I 254 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:43.519 went for a carnary calcium scan. The score came back high. 255 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.279 Now I am on a statin, I am on an aspirin. 256 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:48.640 I'm going for stress test. I have to change my diet, 257 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.279 I have to get my blood pressure under control, and 258 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:56.079 so so much is unseen. What we do not see 259 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:03.920 can be very very concerning. But again, carnary calcium scan. 260 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:09.000 Contact your doctor if you have questions on where you 261 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:12.160 need to go or you want more information. Truly, this 262 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.480 would be a reason to send me a message either 263 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:19.119 through the website doctor Joeglotti dot com or directly radio 264 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:22.640 at doctor Joegalotti dot com. All right, we're going to 265 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:26.799 take a break. Young Jack is going to be with us. 266 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.480 Next segment. Stay tuned. I'll be right back every Sunday 267 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:35.799 between seven and eight pm. We are here. We hope 268 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:39.519 you are here with us. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. This 269 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.279 is your Health First. And when you think about it, 270 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:45.880 we you know, twenty two years ago when we put 271 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.319 this program together, we sat around to come up with 272 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:54.319 the name, and here you are, what what the heck 273 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:58.880 do you name a radio program? And so we came 274 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:03.400 up with Your Health First. And I believe we are 275 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:09.920 true to the name of the program putting your health first. 276 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:13.960 And if you do that, you make it a priority. 277 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:17.960 You don't make it number ten on your things to 278 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:23.519 do every day, it will pay off for you. And 279 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:27.960 don't forget our website doctor Jogalotti dot com, Radio at 280 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:30.279 doctor Joglotti dot com if you want to email me 281 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:35.799 radio at doctor Joeglotti dot com. All right, So, as 282 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:38.960 I was saying earlier, we have in the studio Jack Tohang. 283 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:44.880 He is a ut college student going into his senior year, 284 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:49.880 and the background is he is premed hopes to go 285 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:54.359 to medical school, have a career in medicine and healthcare. 286 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:58.400 But he spent the summer with us at our practice 287 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:02.880 liver specialist of Tech. So you know, we're always eager 288 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:08.640 to hear what others think about their careers and healthcare 289 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:12.640 and their experience and exposure and how things that they 290 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:16.559 do may or may not change the trajectory of how 291 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:23.079 they think. So Jack, welcome to the program and. 292 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:23.880 Being brave enough and coming in here tonight live. 293 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:26.440 I really appreciate you having me on tonight. 294 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:31.480 All right, So give everybody a background. You're twenty one, 295 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:33.759 twenty one, twenty one years old, You're going to be 296 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:38.720 a senior at University of Texas in Austin. So where 297 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:44.519 did this interest in going to medical school really, you know, 298 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.079 come from? 299 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.359 Well, I'll tell you. I grew up in a family 300 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.960 that's in the medical field. My mom's a physical therapist. 301 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.960 My dad is a CRNA, which stands for Certified Registered 302 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:01.000 Nurse and Esthetus. Okay, So it's all aways been something 303 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:05.480 that I've been exposed to. Early in my life, it 304 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:08.039 kind of seemed like I didn't know where else I 305 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.480 would go. 306 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:11.599 This was just the path for me. 307 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:16.000 And then as growing up, I remember some of my 308 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:19.039 earliest memories are going to the hospital with my dad 309 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:22.759 and my little pair of scrubs. Yeah, walking through the halls, 310 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:24.079 checking out all the machines. 311 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:26.519 And then I'll. 312 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.599 Say that I've really decided that medicine was what was 313 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:35.240 going to be for me around early high school when 314 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:38.279 I went through a couple of injuries and sports and 315 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:41.640 I met this orthopedic surgeon in the mediciner and I 316 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:43.680 thought he just blew me away. I thought he was 317 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:46.680 the coolest guy I'd ever met. I thought, one day, 318 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:48.319 this is going to be me. I'm going to be 319 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.279 right here doing this. 320 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.759 Yeah, you know, it's it's fascinating when you talk to 321 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:55.160 all the physicians or people that go into healthcare, they 322 00:21:55.279 --> 00:22:00.400 themselves had a problem and they came across this guy 323 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:05.519 or that girl, and they want to emulate themselves after that. 324 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:08.680 I would say that for myself my pediatrician. I was 325 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:12.079 a sick kid with asthma, and I was constantly in 326 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:16.920 my pediatrician's office and he I spent more time with 327 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:19.079 him than some of my friends at times. So I 328 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:21.160 think the same as a plan for you. 329 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.640 Oh for sure, for sure? 330 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:26.039 I mean you was that doctor really set me on 331 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.480 my path? 332 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.279 Yeah. 333 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.400 Now I did the same with with my kids. I 334 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.160 brought them on rounds. Neither one of them went into medicine. 335 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:36.680 I don't know what happened. So something, something that your 336 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:40.279 folks did may have clicked. So these early influences, it 337 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.240 would would you say it was that orthopedic surgeon that 338 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.559 flipped that switch for you? 339 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:50.799 I would say that that's when I was pretty sure 340 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:52.119 that this is what I wanted to do. 341 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.200 Yeah. Now, how about besides. 342 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:01.319 The personal experience at college, maybe high school, college, any 343 00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:08.680 opportunities for you to check in firsthand with various you know, 344 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:13.839 shadowing people or college clinics, anything like that, or courses 345 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:16.799 that you took in biology or physiology. 346 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:20.240 Well, I'll say my favorite class I've ever taken in 347 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:22.920 my life was when I took anatomy and physiology in 348 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:27.839 high school with our athletic trainer. I blew me away. 349 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:31.519 That was I had never never loved a class more 350 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:36.319 than that. Previous shadowing experiences I had spent. I've spent 351 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:40.359 time following another CRNA at the hospital my dad worked at. 352 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:44.759 I spent a couple of days this Christmas break with 353 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:47.880 an E and T surgeon her nose and throat in 354 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.079 the clinic and in the operating room. 355 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.160 Right, yeah, you know. 356 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:58.160 And I would think for parents, grandparents, people that have children, 357 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:03.279 the great greatest thing you can do for them, whether 358 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:05.480 they're going into medicine or they want to be a 359 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:12.160 rocket scientist or an artist, get them exposed it. Really, 360 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:16.359 you know, only so much is going to happen, going 361 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:19.920 to school, doing your homework, doing projects, and coming home, 362 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:23.680 rinse and repeat and go back and forth. You have 363 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:26.799 to reach out to people, you know. If you don't 364 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:31.880 know anybody in a particular discipline, you have to find 365 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:36.400 out who in your working circle knows somebody say, my 366 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:39.119 kid wants to be an architect. I don't know an architect. 367 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:40.079 Do you know an architect? 368 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.440 Yeah? 369 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:42.160 And then you get them hooked up. So I think 370 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:46.920 your pathway between your folks and then you know, your 371 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:50.200 folks introduce you to one person that introduces to somebody else. 372 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:52.480 It really is good. 373 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:57.880 So your summer, the summer of twenty twenty four, the 374 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:02.279 most impactful a summer of your life? You worked with 375 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:07.119 us at Liver Specialist of Texas. What was that like? 376 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.319 Now you still have a few more days, I think, 377 00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.519 so I do. 378 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:14.079 Well, you said the most impactful summer of my life. 379 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.599 There you go. 380 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:18.240 I would say that was absolutely true. It was incredible 381 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:21.759 to be part of the day to day life of 382 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:26.000 being a medical professional, to meet patients in the clinic, 383 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:30.680 to see them pre and post operations, and to just 384 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.680 be able to experience almost all sides of medicine. 385 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.240 Yeah. 386 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.119 Would you say, you know, we like to say this 387 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:40.279 dramatic eye opening? Would you say it was eye opening 388 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:42.119 or you took it in stride and said, man, it's 389 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.640 pretty cool. 390 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:44.319 Oh, it was definitely eye opening. 391 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.920 I mean what was eye opening? 392 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:50.200 Well, the biggest thing that I would say shocked me, 393 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:53.880 and that I learned was the number of patients that 394 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:57.400 come into the clinic being completely dissatisfied with their care 395 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:01.160 at other places, right, having experiences with doctors who had 396 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:06.160 shut them down, had disregarded their complaints. 397 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.039 Yeah, I mean, we don't do that, and we specifically 398 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:13.400 cater to that, and I you know, the staff knows 399 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:16.599 this person had a bad experience and we hate you know, 400 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:21.839 We're not throwing other practitioners under the bus, but it 401 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.519