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Speaker 1: Welcome to healthy Ish listeners, friends fans of this podcast. Gooday,

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Speaker 1: how are you? I hope you are feeling healthyish? Of course.

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Speaker 1: This is the daily podcast from Body and Soul. I

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Speaker 1: am Felicity Harley and yes this is a Friday EPP

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Speaker 1: and that means joining me in the studio, well, in

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Speaker 1: our online studio today. Yes we're not actually physically together

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Speaker 1: like we normally are. Is our fabulous Digi editor Holly Berkeleman.

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Speaker 1: And we are talking about the three hottest topics in

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Speaker 1: the health and world as well this week. Holly, Hello,

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Speaker 1: it's Healthyish time. How are you?

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Speaker 2: Hellofeless? I'm well? How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really good. I'm in this weird space because

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Speaker 1: I don't want the Olympics to end. But it's nearly finished.

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Speaker 2: I know. Hasn't it been the most incredible couple of weeks?

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Speaker 1: Oh? Amazing and mar obsessive. I think I've become No,

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Speaker 1: I've become obsessed. Not mildly obsessed, oh, full blown obsession. Completely.

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Speaker 2: I will be glad from a work perspective when it

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Speaker 2: is over, but on a personal note, I will be

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Speaker 2: so devastated. I can't believe we have to wait another

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Speaker 2: four years.

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Speaker 1: I know, but hey, it each is closer to when

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Speaker 1: it comes to well, comes back to Australia, right, true.

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Speaker 2: And two years away until we get the Winter Things two,

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Speaker 2: which is also great.

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Speaker 1: Exactly exactly. Okay, no Olympics today, but what is intrigued

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Speaker 1: to you this week?

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Speaker 2: So my top pick of the week is a story

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Speaker 2: with the headline why you should think about your health span,

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Speaker 2: not your lifespan. So, as we've mentioned on the pod before,

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Speaker 2: longevity is one of the hottest topics at the moment.

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Speaker 2: We've been saying how it's just popping up everywhere. Everyone's

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Speaker 2: obsessed with the idea of lengthening their lives, whether it's

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Speaker 2: through the Blue Zone, diet, more sleep, less stress, so

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Speaker 2: on and so forth. But some experts say you should actually

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Speaker 2: be thinking about your health span rather than your lifespan.

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Speaker 2: Have you heard of this?

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Speaker 1: I have tell us more.

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Speaker 2: Yes. So while your lifespan refers to life expectancy and

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Speaker 2: living longer, your health span is concerned with the quality

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Speaker 2: of that life and how healthy we are going into

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Speaker 2: our twighlight years. So the idea is kind of that

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Speaker 2: while you may want to extend your life if you

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Speaker 2: can't walk, think or have the energy for doing things

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Speaker 2: that we love or doing anything really then kind of

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Speaker 2: look is the point, So how can we improve our

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Speaker 2: health span? Unsurprisingly, it's all to do with the food

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Speaker 2: we eat, how much physical activity we're doing, and good

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Speaker 2: old sleep, which, yeah, no one's shocked here.

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Speaker 1: It's just the basics. As always, it's.

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Speaker 2: Just the basics. It always comes back to that. But

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Speaker 2: doctor Denise Ferness, who we spoke to you for the story,

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Speaker 2: did a study which showed that nutrition and lifestyle changes

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Speaker 2: slowed the aging process in as little as three months,

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Speaker 2: so you can get yeah, you can make quite a

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Speaker 2: difference in not that much time. And she suggests eating

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Speaker 2: more colored vegetables, focusing on protein, and eating a very

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Speaker 2: specific nutrient called abquanol, which I had never heard of,

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Speaker 2: but apparently it boosts your mitochondrial health, which is important

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Speaker 2: for how your cells work. Basically, everyone's probably heard of

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Speaker 2: mitochondria in school and so on and so forth, and

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Speaker 2: we never thought the word would come back again, but

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Speaker 2: here it is. But foods that containquanol include peanuts, chicken breast, spinach, avocado, sudding,

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Speaker 2: and olive oil. So you can dose up on that,

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Speaker 2: work on your diet generally move your body and that

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Speaker 2: will lengthen your health span.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I think we all want to live healthy for

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Speaker 1: as long as possible, don't we, and not end up

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Speaker 1: spending our later years well just sitting in a rocking

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Speaker 2: Exactly exactly. You know you want to live a long time,

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Speaker 2: but you want to live well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Now I'm going to talk about this whole

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Speaker 1: bluelue light skincare. Have you heard about this?

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Speaker 2: Okay I haven't, but as soon as I hear things

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Speaker 2: trying to replace sunscreen, I'm immediately dubious. So please tell

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, I don't think this is trying to replace.

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Speaker 1: I just think it's another thing to care. So I've

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Speaker 1: seen this pop up on social media and across different websites,

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Speaker 1: and I found an article on the Conversation and basically

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Speaker 1: there's all these claims that we should be using blue

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Speaker 1: light skincare. So we all know that blue light from

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Speaker 1: mobile phones can do a number on your health, but

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Speaker 1: now apparently it can harm your skin. Well that's what

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Speaker 1: some companies are trying to sell us.

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Speaker 2: Right, that's rubbish, not rubbish from them, it's rubbish to

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Speaker 2: know that there's another thing we have to worry about.

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Speaker 1: I know, I know, well there are creams and missing serums.

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Speaker 1: Now it is actually you know, moving in this direction.

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Speaker 1: But I mean it does make sense, right, we use

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Speaker 1: cream to protect ourselves from sunlight, so why not blue light?

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Speaker 2: You're so right?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so when you think about like that, I mean,

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Speaker 1: obviously there's been concerns and studies around the impact of

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Speaker 1: blue light on our health. We know that it can

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Speaker 1: impact our eyes and sleep. So the focus and the

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Speaker 1: science is now turning towards our skin. Now, some studies

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Speaker 1: have found that explosure to blue light can stimulate production

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Speaker 1: of melanin. That's the natural skin pigment that gives our

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Speaker 1: worsen hyper pigmentation, which means an overproduction of melanin, leading

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Speaker 1: in people with darker skin. So there we go.

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Speaker 2: It's not another way that it's going to working against us.

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Speaker 1: And some other research suggests blue light might damage collagen.

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Speaker 1: We know that collagen is a protein essential for skin structure,

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Speaker 1: so yeah, blue light can potentially accelerate the formation of wrinkles. Now,

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Speaker 1: I came across this funny. It's kind of an interesting

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Speaker 1: study that found that if you hold your phone one

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Speaker 1: it could accelerate the formation of wrinkles. Now, I don't

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Speaker 1: know about you, Hollywood, I'm not holding my phone one

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Speaker 2: I have to say. I feel like sometimes I do flee,

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Speaker 2: which is actually terrible, and if anyone can see me

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Speaker 2: do that, it's really embarrassing. So I think most of

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Speaker 2: the time it's usually like when I'm in better no

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Speaker 2: one can see me. I think I am longsighted. So

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Speaker 2: when I have my Yeah, if I'm trying to read

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Speaker 2: something on my phone, I think sometimes it ends up

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Speaker 2: like literally a centimeter from my face, which is embarrassing.

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Speaker 2: What do you just pull in?

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Speaker 1: I know, like zoom it in and then you can

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Speaker 2: I don't know, because I'm one hundred and eight years old, apparently,

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Speaker 2: and that's what I do. Damn it.

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Speaker 1: Now, hang on, let me finish. So, and obviously we

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Speaker 1: getting a full night sleep. So yeah, I mean there's

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Speaker 1: studies out there. There's there's research happening into this. So

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Speaker 1: because of all this, can beauty products protect you? The

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Speaker 2: More research BBC on that. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So before you go on reach for that one

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars blue light cream. Blue light cream, that's probably

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Speaker 1: what's going to be called or what it is called.

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Speaker 1: Maybe do some you know, you can do some little

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Speaker 1: things first to monitor your blue light usage, like use

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Speaker 1: nighttime mode, Holly, zoom into the text, don't hold it

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Speaker 1: on from your face, hold it away, and of course

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Speaker 1: use use sunscreen because sunscreen obviously protects us against UV

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Speaker 1: but also light. So I don't know. Yeah, so watch

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Speaker 1: this space. We might get beauty products there, we might not.

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Speaker 1: Who knows. We need more research as usual.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. But

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Speaker 2: in the meantime, I will continue to flog sunscreen.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, let's do it. What was the most clicked

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Speaker 2: Most clicked story of the week was four ways to

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Speaker 2: help lower your cholesterol levels. I think cholesterol is something

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Speaker 2: that we're increasingly mindful of as we get older, especially

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Speaker 2: and so while it might not be at the front

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Speaker 2: of your mind in your twenties and thirties, it's definitely

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Speaker 2: something that should be. And data from the ABS estimates

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Speaker 2: at around one point five million Australians have high cholesterol.

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Speaker 2: does mean that you need to do something to bring

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Speaker 2: it down to a healthy level. So once again, the

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Speaker 2: four things that you can do to lower your cholesterol

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Speaker 2: are unsurprising but a good reminder for all. Exercise more,

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Speaker 2: revamp your diet, quit smoking if you're still doing that,

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Speaker 2: and if you're vaping, then also quit that just for

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Speaker 2: good measure, and stay consistent. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I actually clicked on this story. It got me in.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good one. It's a good one. I

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Speaker 2: think I don't know a huge amount about cholesterol and stuff,

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Speaker 2: so I think this was a good a good informational read.

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Speaker 1: And also it's worth just getting it checked. I think

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Speaker 1: when you go in for your bloods, just add cholesterol

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Speaker 1: on there and then everything else. Just blood work is

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Speaker 2: I agree, and even if you're not over forty five,

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Speaker 2: it's still a good one to chat.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely great, Holly, Well, enjoy the rest of the Olympics

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Speaker 1: and pat the We can watch the reruns you know.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'll be watching the reruns until twenty twenty eight.

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Speaker 1: And we have the Paralympics coming up, so that's also.

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Speaker 2: Great exactly, stay tuned. Much more on that to come.

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Speaker 1: See you next week.

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Speaker 2: Bye.

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Speaker 1: Once again. If you'd like to know any more of

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Speaker 1: the above topics we discussed I will leave a link

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