WEBVTT - Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre: Don’t Gamble with Your Health

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever thought about how incredibly complex I spit is.

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<v Speaker 1>It may only be water, but just aliva isn't simple.

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<v Speaker 1>That remaining one percent holds incredibly meaningful information that could

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<v Speaker 1>change everything. And I'm not just talking about your family

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<v Speaker 1>treat Hi. I'm barretton Day Thurston and on this season

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<v Speaker 1>of Spit and I Heart Radio podcast with twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>and Me, we explore how DNA isn't just about ancestry,

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<v Speaker 1>it can also be key to understanding your health. What's

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<v Speaker 1>up you and Welcome back. Jason McIntyre, host of the

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<v Speaker 1>Straight Fire podcast, is the go to person for bold

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<v Speaker 1>opinions on the biggest stories in sports today, including the

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<v Speaker 1>day's biggest sports betting topics. As an avid sports gambler,

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<v Speaker 1>Jason knows the most valuable commodity for someone placing bets

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<v Speaker 1>is information. You can't make decisions on games without knowing

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<v Speaker 1>all the proper intel, and he believes the same is

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<v Speaker 1>true for his health. As a weekend warrior, it's important

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<v Speaker 1>for Jason to have as much information as possible to

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<v Speaker 1>keep him active, healthy, and competing in the sports he loves.

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<v Speaker 1>So Jason decided to take a twenty three in me

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<v Speaker 1>test to see what his DNA could tell him about

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<v Speaker 1>his health and using that knowledge how he could make

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<v Speaker 1>the right bet on his future. Jason learns his biggest

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<v Speaker 1>challenge might be changing his diet. As active as he is,

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<v Speaker 1>the information contained in his health insights might make him

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<v Speaker 1>think twice about his stay active, eat what I want lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's listen in as Jason breaks it down and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you two will be inspired to see what you can

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<v Speaker 1>parlay from twenty three and me. This is Straight Fire

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<v Speaker 1>with Jason McIntyre. What is up Straight Fire? Our fam

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<v Speaker 1>We have a special episode of the podcast today stepping

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<v Speaker 1>out of our comfort zone, trying something new. We partnered

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<v Speaker 1>with twenty three and me two kind of get some

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<v Speaker 1>information on my health. Um, you guys know I play

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of sports. I'm very active. I like to

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<v Speaker 1>think of myself as a weekend warrior. And you really

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<v Speaker 1>have to know what your body is about and know

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<v Speaker 1>your background and what you made of and where you

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<v Speaker 1>come from if you want to optimize fully your body

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<v Speaker 1>and your health as you age out of your twenties

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<v Speaker 1>and thirties and get into uh I'm leally even say

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<v Speaker 1>middle age. But um, you guys, when we do a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sports gambling on the podcast, obviously, and the

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<v Speaker 1>most valuable commodity you can have is information. I talk

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<v Speaker 1>all the time on the podcast about how you know,

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<v Speaker 1>look at a injury reports, you look at weather reports,

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<v Speaker 1>everything throughout the week, every day, and the lines are

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<v Speaker 1>moving and you gotta jump on it and take advantage

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<v Speaker 1>to get the best number. And you can't just make

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<v Speaker 1>decisions all willy nilly if you want to be successful

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<v Speaker 1>in gambling without getting all the information. And I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the same is true for my health. Um, and

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<v Speaker 1>you guys know, listen, I am trying to live my

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<v Speaker 1>best dad life playing tennis. I joined the tennis ladder

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<v Speaker 1>one of my first match, which was nice. I played

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<v Speaker 1>in the basketball league in the summer one a championship.

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<v Speaker 1>Little humble black brag the humble brag flex for you

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<v Speaker 1>right there. Um. I've played in some more soccer tournaments

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<v Speaker 1>in the last three years than I had geez in

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<v Speaker 1>the last twenty. I did play competitive sports growing up,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think I've talked about it a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>on the podcast. So as I was growing up, I

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<v Speaker 1>was like a pretty good youth athlete, more soccer than anything,

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<v Speaker 1>because I had the speed and kind of the the

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<v Speaker 1>will and the desire to just want to get to

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<v Speaker 1>the ball and raise up ahead and score. And soccer

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<v Speaker 1>was my best sport. I loved basketball the most. My

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<v Speaker 1>parents would not let me play football for understandable reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, concern over injuries and what have you. And

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<v Speaker 1>I realized pretty quickly soccer was my best. So I

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<v Speaker 1>did some club soccer, and I was pretty crushed. As

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<v Speaker 1>everybody started to mature and you know, hit puberty. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like a late bloomer and you go to try

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<v Speaker 1>out for the high school sports teams and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>make the teams, and you're kind of stunned because you've

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<v Speaker 1>been playing sports all these years growing up and excelling

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<v Speaker 1>in some of them. I mean, I wish I had

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<v Speaker 1>been a better basketball player, but what could I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a small guy. I couldn't really um. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have the handle to be a point guard, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was too small to be a shooting guard. But

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<v Speaker 1>I loved hoops, so I kept playing and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>doing sports or what have you. Um, But it was recreationally.

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<v Speaker 1>And my parents knew I always had loved sports, and

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<v Speaker 1>they could see that I was ticked to tell my

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<v Speaker 1>friends made the team and I didn't, and so they

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<v Speaker 1>were like, well, you still like sports, why don't you

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<v Speaker 1>like go work for the local newspaper. This was when

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<v Speaker 1>newspapers mattered way back when and they were relevant. So

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<v Speaker 1>I like called up the local newspaper. It was like

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<v Speaker 1>a weekly, and I was like, hey, you guys need

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<v Speaker 1>me to do anything, and they're like, sure, you can

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<v Speaker 1>come take calls for high school sports games. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of how my career got started in sports media.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, went from the newspapers to college and

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<v Speaker 1>I majored in Media Arts and Design, I think was

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<v Speaker 1>the exact name. Local newspaper got out, went to a newspaper,

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<v Speaker 1>saw newspapers at that time, we're starting to crumble, pivoted

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<v Speaker 1>to magazine, started a website, sold the website. Get scooped

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<v Speaker 1>up by fox In and I come west and I

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<v Speaker 1>had played in some basketball leagues in New York, but

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<v Speaker 1>I was never like a healthy eater, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>was always like in shape because I would work out

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<v Speaker 1>and run. I'll never forget me. And my wife moved,

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<v Speaker 1>well girlfriend at the time, moved to Brooklyn and we

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<v Speaker 1>were close enough to the Brooklyn Bridge that Saturday mornings,

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<v Speaker 1>we would wake up, go to the gym, and then

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<v Speaker 1>after the gym, she would add home and I'd run

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<v Speaker 1>across the Brooklyn Bridge and back and it was just incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the weather is amazing, and I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be healthy again. The diet was always an issue for me,

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<v Speaker 1>and you you can only go so far when you're

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<v Speaker 1>just doing one and not the other. Right, And played

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<v Speaker 1>in some basketball leagues in New York that we moved

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<v Speaker 1>out of Pennsylvania, played in some basketball leagues, and I

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was basically a better athlete late into

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<v Speaker 1>my you know, twenties and thirties than I was as

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, because I'm just in better shape. And eventually

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<v Speaker 1>I did, you know, run a little track, well not track.

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<v Speaker 1>I read a couple of races like mile and five k,

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<v Speaker 1>and I started to realize my strength is in the

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<v Speaker 1>short term, like a one mile sprint as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>a five k, which I think is six point two

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<v Speaker 1>or three miles whatever it was. And all this is

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<v Speaker 1>leading up to, you know, how do I optimize what

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<v Speaker 1>I've got going whatever that is, How do I optimize that?

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<v Speaker 1>And which enters twenty three and me and what they're

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<v Speaker 1>able to do is provide like a deep dive into

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<v Speaker 1>my health background, my traits, my wellness, and it can

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<v Speaker 1>be a pretty instrumental factor in giving me an edge

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<v Speaker 1>and staying fit and healthy. UM as I age, and

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<v Speaker 1>again I hate using the word as I age, because

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<v Speaker 1>I still feel like I'm in my twenties. Like I

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<v Speaker 1>can guard young guys playing pick up basketball, I can

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<v Speaker 1>outrun guys in soccer on the field. You know, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I come West, and it's weird because everybody's in ridiculously

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<v Speaker 1>good shape out here in California. You know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say I got into all the hippie dippy avocado

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<v Speaker 1>toast stuff. Um, I've dabbled. I've dabbled, but by and large,

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<v Speaker 1>diet has been my big weakness. And in twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>and Me, you're able to dive into your health and

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<v Speaker 1>wellness to a level that I just couldn't get researching

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<v Speaker 1>myself online. And one of the things UM, in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of uh, the in depth profile three and Me provided was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they do look at genetic muscle composition. And

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<v Speaker 1>I know that's going to sound like a weird phrase

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<v Speaker 1>to some people, but once you do the twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>and me deep dive and you look at it, You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>holy cow. And of course at the same time, I

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<v Speaker 1>start telling my parents and siblings, my brother that yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing twenty three and me and obviously I have

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure you guys know. My background is mixed. Um My,

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<v Speaker 1>my mom and dad come from the Caribbean. Long story short.

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<v Speaker 1>My mom's from Guyana in South America, and so she's

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<v Speaker 1>mixed with mostly Indian, but a bunch of other stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And then my dad is from a tiny island Dominica

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<v Speaker 1>and the Caribbean. It's not one of these built up

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<v Speaker 1>um tourist traps if you will, in the Caribbean. It's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the greener spots in the Caribbean. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of cruise ships pulling up pretty cool

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<v Speaker 1>island that I've never been to. Actually, my dad's told

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<v Speaker 1>me a lot about it. And given that background, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my brother and I growing up, we were like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we we kind of hang out with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>my mom's family. We called them Indian jams. And then

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<v Speaker 1>of course, you know, we had other stuff in us.

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<v Speaker 1>So twenty three and me is able to give us

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<v Speaker 1>the detailed background. Hey, you are this percent Indian and

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<v Speaker 1>this percent African American and this percent European, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty cool breakdown and that, and that's like the

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<v Speaker 1>starter for knowing your background. But when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the health and wellness, like, you can't really get that

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<v Speaker 1>until you jump into twenty three and me and when

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<v Speaker 1>I told my Dada that that I looked into it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, hey, I've got this weird muscle composition. It's

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<v Speaker 1>actually pretty good for athletes. He's like, well, yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>know about your grandfather, And of course I knew a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about it, but you know, it's not like

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<v Speaker 1>Dominica and Guyana are similar to America, where you can

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<v Speaker 1>just look back at several generations fairly easily, and it's documented.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the Caribbean different speed. So it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>my dad puts me onto a book which is written

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<v Speaker 1>about soccer in Dominica and generally the islands over there,

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<v Speaker 1>and it turns out my grandfather was like an amazing

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<v Speaker 1>soccer player in the in a book that chronicles the

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<v Speaker 1>history of soccer in Dominica and largely the Caribbean. It

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<v Speaker 1>talks about my grandfather being like one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>scoring forwards of his generation back in like the nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>twenties and one of his siblings was also on the

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<v Speaker 1>team and just incredible. And so after going into twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three me, I go into you know, my dad with

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<v Speaker 1>this and he sends me the book and it's like

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of mind blowing stuff, like, wow, this is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of where you know, I like to find out

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<v Speaker 1>where I came from. And I don't know if a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of you guys have that. Um, I know some

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<v Speaker 1>friends I've talked to, you know, they look into their

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<v Speaker 1>parents background and their parents parents and just the idea

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<v Speaker 1>as you get older and now there's probably some twenty

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<v Speaker 1>year olds thinking about this like I don't know, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really care about where I came from, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're in your twenties, you're living for them. Now

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<v Speaker 1>when you get a little older, you get some perspective

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<v Speaker 1>and want to maybe look back a little more. And

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<v Speaker 1>just knowing that, you know, my grandfather was an awesome

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<v Speaker 1>soccer player kind of spurred me. And that actually had

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<v Speaker 1>me bring it to my kids and say, guys, just

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, your dad's not some whack job who

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<v Speaker 1>just talks about sports on TV and on podcasts. He

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<v Speaker 1>likes to play sports. And oh, by the way, where

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<v Speaker 1>do I get this from? Because my parents, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they came to America, um, mostly the fifties and sixties,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were not huge sports fans. They were more

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<v Speaker 1>into cricket, which is not an American sport. And how

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<v Speaker 1>does Jason end up loving sports and talking about NBA

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<v Speaker 1>all the time in NFL constantly. Well, it's sports are

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<v Speaker 1>clearly in my background and playing sports obviously more than

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<v Speaker 1>talking about on television or whatever. But you're able to

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<v Speaker 1>look into thanks to twenty three and your entire health background,

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<v Speaker 1>which is actually pretty cool because, um, you know it

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<v Speaker 1>can help me. Now, I don't know that it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>help everybody, but it can help you kind of focus

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<v Speaker 1>in to a to an extent, play to some of

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<v Speaker 1>your strengths. But that's just like one aspect of it. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And I talked about diet being like a major issue

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<v Speaker 1>for me. I'm definitely the kind of guy who at

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<v Speaker 1>dinner will slow play the main course because I need

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<v Speaker 1>to save room for dessert, whether it's uros. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>huge on ice cream, um, but whether it's Churo's like

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate lava cake, doughnuts, all that stuff. I just love it.

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<v Speaker 1>And eventually I go into twenty three and me and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm looking and I'm like, well, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>all the sugar cheez um? Am I eating? Am I

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<v Speaker 1>eating right? And you figure out you're not really eating right?

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<v Speaker 1>And then it's like, oh, wait, I have I am

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<v Speaker 1>predisposed for one variant of chronic kidney disease, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit scary, but then you read it and say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not really in trouble unless there are two uh

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<v Speaker 1>two variants detected. So not that I'm in the clear,

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<v Speaker 1>but it actually got me thinking more about my diet. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I for a while there, I had totally cut out caffeine.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty three and me has a whether or not I'm

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<v Speaker 1>likely to be a large caffeine user or not. I

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you this. I never had a first cup

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<v Speaker 1>of Starbucks until I was like maybe like thirty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Just never been a coffee guy. My parents obviously, I

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned their background. Tea was a big factor for them.

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<v Speaker 1>So I had been like a tea drinker, but not

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<v Speaker 1>regularly or anything. Um. And then I started to try

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<v Speaker 1>coffee and got into it, and then I again twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three and Me has a coffee breakdown. Um whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not that's something that you can kind of get into, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you'll have to try it on your own.

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<v Speaker 1>But I also looked at the aspect of sleep. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you guys, but as someone who

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<v Speaker 1>is on a screen a lot, unfortunately and constantly busy

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<v Speaker 1>too young kids. We now have a dog, You're juggling

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stuff, and sleep for me has been

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<v Speaker 1>a massive issue, um, especially you know in the last

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<v Speaker 1>like fifteen years. So just you know, there's just a

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<v Speaker 1>lot going on. And falling asleep not a problem. Staying

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<v Speaker 1>asleep is a struggle. And you know, you wake up

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the night, go to the bathroom

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<v Speaker 1>and next thing you know, it's like, oh damn, I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta do this, that and the other tomorrow should I

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<v Speaker 1>opened my phone and put this in a note to

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<v Speaker 1>our mind myself. But if you look at the phone,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's game over. You can't really go back

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep for a while. And they have a section

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<v Speaker 1>UM called sleep quality in twenty three and Me that

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<v Speaker 1>says that I am less likely to be a deep sleeper,

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<v Speaker 1>so to me thought it was me. It was my

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<v Speaker 1>issue that I just could not stay asleep. Well, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three and Me kind of cleared that up a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, just a little and no, no, fully

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<v Speaker 1>definitive one cent. But it's pretty clear that this is

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<v Speaker 1>like a problem that's kind of genetic, not I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to say a problem that might be too strong,

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<v Speaker 1>but this is something genetic in me that I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to deal with. UM And you know, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three and Me has a section on sleep, which is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of cool. They have a wellness section on gaining weight. UM. Fortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm predisposed to weigh about average, which is always nice

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<v Speaker 1>to hear. UM And I gotta say it was just

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<v Speaker 1>a great experience to be able to dive into the

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<v Speaker 1>health and wellness and UM kind of helped me try

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<v Speaker 1>to be the best version of me that I can

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<v Speaker 1>from a health perspective. You guys already know I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be prepared for sports and to talk about Aaron Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>and the Packers and Tom Brady and the crumbling Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>and Ken Lebron win one more title in the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be able to do all the homework

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<v Speaker 1>on that but to do the homework on my health

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<v Speaker 1>and background and wellness, I needed twenty three and me.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's it kind of was an invaluable tool that

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<v Speaker 1>helped me diet, exercise, sleep. Um, it was really an

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<v Speaker 1>outstanding decision. And uh, I think if you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>interested in trying to be the best you, I would

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<v Speaker 1>give the recommendation to twenty three and me and that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>On another dope show, did this episode inspire you to

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<v Speaker 1>take a closer look at your health history, your genetic makeup.

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<v Speaker 1>Who new DNA could reveal so much about our past

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<v Speaker 1>while also holding the keys to certain health insights that

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<v Speaker 1>may impact our future. I continue to be inspired by

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<v Speaker 1>these stories, and I hope you do as well. Catch

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<v Speaker 1>you next time. Listen to Spit, an original podcast from

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