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Katie: Hiya. Welcome to “The Wellness Mama Podcast.” I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com and wellnesse.com, that’s wellnesse with an E on the top, which is my new line of private care merchandise, like hair care, hand sanitizer, and toothpaste.
This episode is about all issues olive oil, which is a big staple in my food regimen and my principal dietary supply of fats since discovering that I’ve genes that make me not accomplish that properly with saturated fats. So, I’ve been limiting saturated fats and specializing in a variety of seafood and a complete lot of olive oil, like, to the tune of a liter per week to get sufficient energy most weeks.
I’m right here with a very good pal of mine, Tony Kasandrinos, who’s the co-founder of Kasandrinos Olive Oil, which is a single-sourced olive oil by means of household farms in Greece. And we delve into all issues about the advantages of olive oil, in regards to the Mediterranean food regimen, tips on how to supply a very good olive oil, and a lot extra. You’re additionally going to wish to take a look at the present notes at wellnessmama.fm for some particular low cost codes the place it can save you as much as 50% on their olive oil. He was capable of give a tremendous low cost for you guys as listeners. You might additionally discover that by going to wellnessmama.com/go/olive-oil, however that hyperlink can even be within the present notes at wellnessmama.fm, so it’s most likely simpler to search out it there. However be sure that to seize that low cost of as much as 50%, relying on the way you order.
And with out additional ado, let’s leap in and study all issues olive oil.
Tony, welcome again. Thanks for being right here.
Tony: Oh, thanks. It’s my pleasure.
Katie: I’m excited to have you ever again since you had been a extremely enjoyable visitor the primary time round, and in addition I’ve discovered a lot extra since our first interview about olive oil and its many advantages. And it has turn out to be really my major fats supply in my food regimen, which I can speak about just a little bit later within the episode. However I’m excited to have you ever on to be taught extra about this and particularly as a result of you could have a really direct experience. So, to begin, I’d like to delve into some issues that individuals don’t know or perceive in the case of olive oil.
Tony: So, we’ll contact on a couple of issues. I feel one of many large misconceptions is olive oil is like wine as a result of they arrive in good bottles, and so they come from the identical area of the world. However olive oil is definitely a fruit juice, and it doesn’t get higher with time like wine does. So, the bottom line is to essentially eat that olive oil as rapidly as potential. That’s actually form of what units us other than most olive oils on the market. We form of regarded on the entire trade as a complete.
As we had been beginning, we talked within the final podcast how we obtained our begin, and it was actually simply sharing our household’s olive oil with our household and mates which are right here within the States. And because it grew and grew, we actually had to take a look at, “Okay. Will we wish to put our olive oil into shops the place we form of lose the standard management of how that olive oil is saved and when it’s bought?” We got here to a choice that, “No, we don’t wish to” as a result of we wish to actually provide our clients probably the most recent fruit juice potential.
Now, that being stated, it is going to keep lengthy for a couple of…it’ll keep good for a couple of years, however it is going to degrade over time. And there’s a couple of different little elements like, when did you really crack the seal on that bottle? Did you seal it correctly as soon as it was opened? What temperature was it saved at? Was it saved within the gentle, or was it, like, in a darkish cupboard the place it ought to be? So there’s fairly a couple of different elements that go into how lengthy and the way recent an olive oil will keep. However that’s positively a false impression out there’s that it’ll keep good for, you already know, years, and, sadly, it doesn’t. All of the constructive properties contained in the olive oil, they are going to degrade. In order that’s positively one of many large subjects in the case of the olive oil and the olive oil trade is how lengthy is that olive oil good for.
Katie: That is sensible. So, give us a fast refresher of what are a few of these helpful properties in olive oil. I do know there’s been so many research completed about the advantages of olive oil. However what are a few of these principal elements which are vital to find out about?
Tony: Yeah. So, you already know, being that olive oil has been round for actually hundreds of years, and in lots of nations, that was your principal…major supply of fats outdoors of animal fats, there was a ton of research completed like actually hundreds. A number of the actually key advantages to it’s, you already know, it has been confirmed to scale back irritation. It has been confirmed to be, you already know, very heart-healthy meals to ingest. It’s been confirmed to spice up mind well being. You already know, like, we mentioned offline, the individuals of the Mediterranean, particularly of their older years, of their ’60s and ’70s and ’80s, you’ll positively see a distinction of their high quality of life and the way energetic they’re and the way they reside. I’m personally a agency believer that that comes from the meals that they eat and the way energetic they’re together with dwelling a way more stress-free life than we do. And in the event you have a look at, you already know, Spain or Italy or Greece or Tunisia, principally all over the place across the Mediterranean, olive oil is the bottom of principally each single meal from…I imply, every little thing is principally cooked in it or slathered in it after it’s been cooked or it’s eaten uncooked. So, yep, the olive oil is unquestionably, like, simply the muse of well being and of every little thing you do eating-wise in the case of that area of the world.
Katie: Yeah. I learn the stat that was fairly wonderful to me that in Greece, an individual eats on common 26 liters of olive oil per 12 months, which is actually a liter each couple weeks, which is a reasonably wonderful statistic. And I’ve additionally had Dr. Gundry on this podcast, and he really recommends greater than that. He says he consumes and recommends a liter per week of olive oil, which was actually staggering to me. However such as you talked about, there are such a lot of research about the advantages of olive oil, which as a monounsaturated fats doesn’t have a few of the points that different varieties of fat have. So all of us most likely heard, in the event you’ve listened to me for some time, you already know that polyunsaturated fat, particularly processed polyunsaturated fat like vegetable oils, may be actually problematic for most individuals.
I’m nonetheless an enormous believer that saturated fat can completely be wholesome however with the caveat that some individuals don’t do properly with them based mostly on genes. They usually can both elevate glucose, which appears counterintuitive or result in doubtlessly different issues. So individuals with ApoE4 genes, as an illustration, usually wish to keep away from sure varieties of saturated fats. Olive oil being a monounsaturated fats is exempt from a variety of these issues. So it makes it a fats that you could eat in giant quantities from what the research say very, very safely. And so it’s my principal supply of…most likely my principal supply of energy apart from fatty fish in my food regimen but in addition one thing I eat near that price that Dr. Gundry recommends. I’m curious each on a private degree and simply from what you’ve seen within the information how a lot olive oil you eat and the way a lot you suggest.
Tony: It adjustments truthfully throughout what time of 12 months are we at. And that is simply one thing I’ve seen in myself. Once I’m in Greece, I positively, which is often a month or two out of the 12 months, eat much more simply due to the continuous recent greens, and we simply pour a ton of it on these. And even right here within the States, principally, after I’m consuming Greek salads, which is summertime and early fall right here in Nevada, I’m most likely consuming I’d say near a liter per week. I imply, I’ve obtained, like, a reasonably large supply of olive oil. Within the wintertime, I don’t eat as a lot. Now we do cook dinner with it. I bake with it, however I do love ending with it as properly. So, like, if I cook dinner lamb chops, I’m most likely placing some olive oil on after the very fact…after it’s cooked. It adjustments. I imply, I’d say perhaps like half…perhaps 500 milliliters, half a liter per week through the winter months after I’m not consuming as many recent greens.
And simply so individuals know precisely how a lot that’s, your common tree produces about 4 to eight liters of olive oil a 12 months, which solely occurs annually. Should you’re doing a liter per week, you’re just about consuming near a whole olive tree. So, one individual can very simply eat 10 timber value of olive oil a 12 months. So, it’s simply an fascinating little enjoyable reality. And, you already know, actually, what I attempt to clarify to individuals when they’re consuming olive oil, particularly our clients that undergo quite a bit as a result of, you already know, we now have some clients that they’ll simply have, like, one bottle each few months, and I’ve obtained some that undergo three-liter cans which are fairly large. You already know, they’re going by means of one or two of these a month. So it’s actually, like, that is what goes into that bottle. And we had been speaking about this earlier than.
However if you actually are linked with the method and see, “That is what goes into making this bottle of olive oil that we’re, you already know, bringing right here to the States and sharing with our clients,” you actually see, “Okay. That is actually what I’m consuming.” It’s not simply liquid in a bottle, however it’s every little thing that went into creating that olive oil. That basically is a whole 12 months course of as a result of they solely do fruit, you already know, one time a 12 months, and that’s it. So, simply an fascinating factor about what really goes into making that olive oil.
Katie: That’s actually fascinating and wonderful to suppose that a few of us are consuming many, many timber value of olive oil per 12 months. I do know one factor I do typically is that if I ever get a headache, I discovered that simply, like, a sip of olive oil virtually at all times breaks the headache. I’d guess perhaps due to the antioxidants. I don’t actually really know the rationale, however that’s a enjoyable trick I discovered. However you’re proper. We all know from the research…I really feel like really, most sources agree on olive oil, it’s a kind of few meals that doesn’t take a variety of warmth from any supply, however we all know that it’s very excessive in sure antioxidants. They usually suppose that might be the rationale it’s correlated with lowered danger of issues like coronary heart illness and stroke, even kind 2 diabetes, which is fascinating. I feel all of these share the commonality of being inflammatory ailments in a sure approach. However they suppose that sure antioxidant compounds in olive oil even help in glucose metabolism. So, that may be perhaps another excuse for the headache connection. One factor I do know that comes up in the case of olive oil, there’s a variety of form of combined opinions on if it’s good for cooking due to the warmth…smoke level and the warmth level. What are your ideas on that? Is it a very good cooking oil?
Tony: Speaking about that is like speaking about politics or faith. I get this query on a regular basis. And I’ve seen research that say it’s advantageous to cook dinner with it. I’ve seen different research that say, “No, you don’t cook dinner with it.” I’ll simply offer you Tony’s opinion. I’ve been cooking with it my complete life since…or my dad and mom, since after I was just a little child. My grandparents and all people in my household positively does cook dinner with it. That being stated, I don’t, you already know, get it to some extent the place it’s so sizzling the place it’s smoking. However we positively cook dinner meat in it, we cook dinner greens in it, and we additionally eat it uncooked. So, so far as what we do, we positively cook dinner with it.
Katie: I do as properly. Once I learn by means of all of the analysis, I felt nonetheless very snug cooking with it, and I additionally usually add it to meals after cooking as properly only for further wholesome fat however, yeah, identical factor on our finish. One factor I do quite a bit is use it in baked items rather than like butter or coconut oil, which I’ve discovered really appears to increase the shelf life of those, and I’m guessing due to the polyphenols in olive oil. However it additionally simply offers it a a lot richer style. Another cooking ideas you’d give since I do know you’ve…this has been a part of your tradition and your cooking because the very starting?
Tony: Yeah. I imply, it’s actually…it’s limitless. Really, I be taught new issues on a regular basis, which is absolutely cool, and really, generally I be taught them from my clients. I used to be really on the telephone with one in every of our clients yesterday, and she or he was telling me that her daughter places it in her oatmeal within the morning. I used to be like, “Okay. That’s a primary” and even, like, on ice cream. So, the very best factor that I actually like to inform individuals, simply attempt it out with new various things even when it’s form of, like, completely off the wall otherwise you wouldn’t suppose you’d eat it like that. However for me, truthfully, like, my favourite…it’s not even a trick, however it’s my favourite factor to do. And I’m simply gonna give individuals, like, the recipe as a result of it’s easy, and it takes two seconds. However it’s a prototypical… It’s a Greek salad. It’s tomatoes, cucumbers, some olives, some onion, and oregano and salt, after which simply drown it in olive oil and really let it sit for a very good hour after which eat it. And it’s, like, actually my staple day by day through the summer time, which is a good, refreshing, wholesome, nice meal.
However with that…with the olives, I assume this can be a little secret or trick, and it’s just a little time-consuming however we really…and we’re gonna be bringing these to America most likely subsequent 12 months however is the olives themselves, we really take a really advantageous, like, little razor blade and slice the olives often one or two slices in every olive, after which we’ll marinate these olives in olive oil and spices for a couple of months. After which if you eat these olives, they’re gonna be a lot better tasting than had they been simply in brine. So, that’s I assume my little trick with olive oil.
Katie: Good. That’s an amazing one to know. Okay. So I additionally wish to speak about olive oil topically as a result of…that is one thing I’ve initially used, however I haven’t really delved into the analysis very a lot. However I’ve discovered that olive oil is the very best moisturizer for my pores and skin, and I take advantage of it earlier than going within the solar as properly. However is there any information that you simply’ve seen on the advantages of olive oil topically?
Tony: Yeah. I imply, there’s been a bunch of research on how individuals use it, you already know, actually on their pores and skin, whether or not it’s for dry pores and skin or for eczema or for…you already know, individuals use it of their hair as a moisturizer. I do know like Andy over at Alitura makes use of it in his skincare merchandise, you already know. It’s been getting used on pores and skin for actually hundreds of years. The good factor is there’s no chemical substances in it outdoors of simply, you already know, the compounds that make up olive oil. You already know, there’s no fragrances in there. There’s no just about something however the juice of the olive. And customary sense-wise, you already know, in the case of placing issues in or on our physique, I’m going with a pure product 10 out of 10 occasions, you already know. However, yeah, individuals have been doing it ceaselessly. It’s actually limitless what you are able to do with it. Even in the event you go into, like, oil pulling with olive oil or simply placing it in your hair, in your face, over your physique, it’s actually fairly limitless what you are able to do with it, and even together with your pets. I do know my mother, her Shih Tzu was having some pores and skin points, and she or he began placing olive oil on it, and some weeks later, it was gone.
Katie: That’s fascinating. I hadn’t even thought in regards to the pet makes use of, however I do know we now have lots of people with pets who hear. And that’s nice to know. I additionally wanna circle again. So, you talked about the Mediterranean food regimen which I’m certain everybody has heard of that like many, many sources level to this as a really long-term, sustainable, balanced strategy to vitamin that appears to scale back the chance of a variety of issues and enhance a variety of longevity elements. Elements of Greece are generally known as blue zones, and normally, Greece has a fame for having a variety of wholesome and as you talked about energetic individuals. So, I’d like to delve into that just a little bit extra. In order somebody who grew up partially there and who has been there greater than most likely most of us listening have, stroll us by means of what the precise Mediterranean food regimen seems like.
Tony: So, it is going to alter just a little bit based mostly on the precise area, and regardless that Greece is a tiny, little nation, I imply, it’s in regards to the measurement of New Jersey, relying on the place within the nation you reside, the food regimen is definitely gonna be very completely different like in the event you’re up within the mountains or alongside the coast. However it’s positively very excessive in fruit and veggies and the fruits extra within the summertime like figs. That’s really one in every of my favourite elements of Greece is the figs. Yeah. So it’s gonna actually consist round a variety of recent fruit and veggies. Meats, you’re actually not consuming a lot beef there like we eat right here. It’s extra gonna be lamb or goat or pork so far as your land animals. After which recent seafood is at all times very plentiful and quite common in meals, particularly alongside the coast. Now, in the event you’re up within the mountains, you’re not gonna be having an excessive amount of fish. And a variety of nuts as properly and a variety of beans.
The actual factor, you already know, it’s actually simply actual pure meals. You’re not having a variety of processed meals, though that’s beginning to trickle its approach into the nation as issues simply turn out to be simpler. However if you get into your villages and form of your actual conventional Mediterranean food regimen, on the finish of the day, it’s a variety of greens. I hate to, like, make it sound so easy, however it actually is straightforward. It’s fruits, greens, nuts, legumes, and a few meat and seafood with a number of olive oil. You’ll have cheeses as properly. Feta is unquestionably at each meal in Greece. However apart from that, that’s actually, you already know, what we’re consuming over there. After which you should have your desserts and pastries, however that’s it, now and again, and wine. I can’t overlook about wine. Wine is quite common even at lunchtime to have. And we’re not speaking like glasses of wine however to have a small glass of wine at lunch is quite common.
Katie: That’s so fascinating. I’m so curious in regards to the concept of blue zones and, you already know, simply locations on the earth the place we’re seeing the next focus of wholesome individuals, and it’s on my checklist to go to a variety of these locations. However I additionally marvel if…as a result of Individuals, we love to search out, like, the only strategy and simply attempt to systematize it and do this one factor and double down on it. And I’ve at all times questioned if we simply utilized those self same elements right here within the western tradition if it will even have the identical impact. As a result of I think that it’s additionally a part of what’s constructed into the tradition that makes these issues so helpful. So in different phrases, it appears, like, from what I’ve learn, and you can know a lot better than I’d clearly, that in Greece, in locations like Italy, individuals eat in group way more typically. And it’s way more sluggish and calm and centered on relationship than this fast-paced I’m simply gonna eat actually fast on the go. So, I’m wondering, you already know, if we ate the identical meals however we had been in that very same sympathetic state, rushed on a regular basis, nonetheless wired, if it will have the identical impact. How a lot of a task do you suppose group performs over there?
Tony: Enormous. I imply, every little thing is, you already know, household, mates, and actually every little thing. Nearly your entire day revolves round consuming, however it’s not such as you’re consuming the whole time. However the precise means of sitting down at a desk and being with your loved ones and mates and sitting there for most likely, like, three to 4 hours, it’s not unusual. I don’t suppose you’d ever actually go to dinner in Greece, like, in a village setting and be completed inside three hours. Like that’s virtually unparalleled, and it’s very uncommon the place you’ll see individuals simply consuming alone or in entrance of a TV. Like, they’re simply issues that we do right here in America the place it’s like, “Okay. I gotta eat. I gotta cook dinner one thing actually fast and eat it after which go do no matter.” Like that’s not how it’s over there. It’s a really completely different course of. Now, we’ll say breakfast is often a fast meal. Lunch is the most important meal of the day. And then you definately often within the summertime you could have siesta after lunch, which is cool.
After which dinner is often very late in comparison with our requirements. Should you had been to go to dinner at 7 p.m., you’d discover that almost all eating places are nonetheless closed outdoors of Athens. You already know, when you get into, like, the non-touristy elements of Greece, most eating places don’t even open till 8:00, and so they’re probably not…individuals aren’t actually going there till about 9 p.m. After which they’ll keep there till, like, 1:00, you already know. It’s a way more relaxed, slower course of than it’s right here. And, you already know, there’s a couple of different issues that come into play there, whether or not it’s…it’s a way more stress-free surroundings simply being there. So we would be capable to replicate it right here within the States, however, I feel, there’s simply a variety of different elements that come into play that must be taken under consideration from, you already know, individuals are strolling much more, and so they’re usually strolling vertically as a result of every little thing’s very hilly or mountainous over there. So that you’re getting much more motion and also you’re additionally getting…most often, not in all, however you’re getting more energizing meals. Typically in the event you’re consuming fish in Greece, it was caught the day earlier than or that morning.
The greens and the fruits are usually grown within the yard of many eating places. That entire actually being linked to your meals, it’s often proper there in entrance of your face. Most locations outdoors of Athens, and I say Athens as a result of Athens is a really giant, large metropolis, and it’s completely different than down within the villages… However in a village setting, it’s a way more sustainable, nearer to your meals surroundings and, I feel, between dwelling a extra stress-free life, between being much more energetic and being energetic all day lengthy and day by day, and simply actually taking your time to arrange meals and to sit down down and eat meals and actually have that social expertise that over there’s actually regular however over right here appears it, like, it actually solely occurs at holidays, so, yeah, that’s form of the distinction that I see from my expertise of being in America and being in Greece.
Katie: That is sensible. It makes me wanna transfer to Greece, too.
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This podcast is delivered to you by Wellnesse, my new private care firm that’s based mostly on the recipes I’ve been making at residence in my kitchen for many years. Many “clear” merchandise merely don’t work and for this reason I’ve spent the final decade researching and perfecting recipes for merchandise that not solely remove poisonous chemical substances however comprise components that work higher than their standard options and that nourish your physique from the skin in. I’m so excited to lastly share these merchandise with you and needed to inform you about our model new dry shampoo! It may be used numerous methods. You may sprinkle it in clear hair so as to add quantity and to increase time between washes, sprinkle it in hair that has not been washed in a day or two to soak up oil or sweat and you’ll work in to paint handled hair to keep up color-treated hair by not having to scrub as typically. It incorporates oil-absorbing kaolin clay and volume-boosting tapioca which work collectively to refresh hair on the roots. Lavender oil and cactus flower assist to stability scalp and strands’ pure pH. We even added hibiscus for wholesome hair development. You may test it out and take a look at it at wellnesse.com and my tip is to seize a bundle to save lots of or subscribe and save as properly!
I like that you simply introduced up a pair occasions the thought of being in contact together with your meals and the way vital freshness is. And, I feel, that’s one factor actually we will and may be taught from within the U.S. is all of us have the flexibility to be extra in contact with our meals ultimately, whether or not it’s rising sprouts in our kitchen or having a yard backyard or procuring at a farmers market. And, I feel, that’s a simple step that not solely makes meals way more scrumptious but in addition offers us that relationship with our meals. And I do know this was a driving pressure for you guys as properly. Are you able to clarify why freshness and single supply is so vital in the case of olive oil?
Tony: No, positively. It’s really for my part by far a very powerful factor. And, I feel, we talked about it the final time, however actually how we began our firm was actually simply sharing our household olive oil with household and mates after which creating an internet site the place our mates can go and purchase it. We by no means had the intent of beginning a enterprise, however that’s what it changed into. And we actually attempt to preserve that on the forefront at present. We do that firm as a result of we actually find it irresistible, and we love sharing our olive oil with individuals. And, you already know, it’s a approach that we will form of offer you Greece in a bottle, I assume.
That being stated, you already know, the primary most vital factor with an olive oil is getting it recent and getting it as quickly as potential after it has been harvested. And within the Northern Hemisphere, olive oil is harvested from about October to late February. We actually try to get it to our clients as quickly as potential. And we don’t deliver over tons and tons of oil after which promote it to shops the place it would sit on a shelf for, you already know, who is aware of how lengthy beneath the sunshine, which damages the polyphenols and the chemical properties of the olive oil, which take away a few of the well being advantages. So the important thing in the case of getting an olive oil, you already know, whether or not it’s ours or one other olive oil, is, one, form of figuring out your supply since you really need an natural oil.
As a result of, like we simply stated earlier, this can be a fruit juice, and pesticides are, you already know, sprayed on olive timber similar to some other fruit tree to supply extra olives and olive oil. So you actually wanna search for an natural supply that’s not doing that. In order that’s step one. After that, you already know, you actually wanna simply get it the freshest factor you may. Like with something, it’s finest to go proper to the supply. So in the event you can go on to an olive oil firm or, you already know, our olive oil firm or some other one, whether or not it’s native, whether or not in California or from Europe, is absolutely simply going proper to the supply so you may get the very best factor potential. As a result of, sadly, when it goes by means of the distribution means of getting on a retailer shelf, you’re including a variety of time onto that entire means of getting off of a tree and turning it into oil and getting it in your kitchen counter.
Now, over in Europe, you actually don’t have that downside as a lot simply because that’s the place over 90% of the world’s olive oil comes from is correct across the Mediterranean. So it’s very straightforward. However, you already know, coming over right here to the States and simply because, you already know, we’re so giant population-wise and other people do eat a variety of it, you already know, the precise age of the oil form of will get misplaced in what individuals are shopping for, you already know, and so they’re actually not even…lots of people aren’t even fascinated by it. It’s not their fault. They didn’t actually know, “Hey, I ought to most likely be getting the freshest stuff accessible.”
It’s actually one thing that once we’re speaking to clients or I’m on a podcast like this and simply making an attempt to inform individuals I used to be like, “That’s the primary factor you should be in search of.” And each bottle ought to have the harvest date or the manufacturing date of that product. If it doesn’t as a result of it’s not required to be on the bottle, I wouldn’t even contact it truthfully. So, simply actually making an attempt to get again to the supply of the place your meals is coming from.
Katie: Completely. And also you talked about you could have clients who undergo these three-liter ones month-to-month, and we really undergo a few these month-to-month as a result of it’s our principal cooking oil. However to that observe, earlier than we transfer on, I wanna be sure that I point out, and I’ll put the hyperlinks within the present notes with the precise at wellnessmama.fm, however I do know you guys have, like, a particular deal for brand spanking new subscribers, and that’s what we’ve completed as a result of then I don’t have to consider it, and we at all times have olive oil readily available. However are you able to speak about that?
Tony: Yeah. You already know, on our web site, you should purchase our olive oil, you already know, simply everytime you need whether or not it’s, you already know, as soon as a month or as soon as each six months or annually or you are able to do our subscribe and save choice as properly. We do this. It simply makes it simpler so that you don’t run out, particularly in the event you form of understand how a lot you employ. We’re very versatile with it. Individuals can get it delivered as soon as a month or each two months, each three months. These are the choices on the web site. Should you wanna do it each six months, simply shoot us an e mail. We will do it very simply. In order that’s, like, form of the profit to the shopper is hey, “I’ve at all times obtained my quantity of olive oil that I personally eat as a model.”
And we’re a really small firm. We plan on staying that approach as a result of we actually wish to give attention to high quality as a substitute of simply huge quantity. It helps us as a result of we do deliver our olive oil over to the States quarterly. So, if we all know, “Hey, that is how a lot we now have coming in from people who find themselves frequently subscription,” it permits us to essentially form of guesstimate how a lot we have to deliver over. The hyperlink you set in there, it offers clients a couple of completely different choices of what they’ll order, however the low cost code that you’ve got is sweet for something on our web site. So in the event that they do wanna get the large three liter cans and even the smaller little journey packets that we now have, it’s just about…it’s good for something on there.
Katie: Superb. After which a pair, not essentially associated to olive oil, questions I like to ask for the top of interviews, the primary being if there’s a ebook or plenty of books which have had a dramatic affect in your life, and if that’s the case, what they’re and why.
Tony: I’ve learn fairly a couple of completely different books, you already know, whether or not it involves, like, navy kind books or finance books, well being, and health. I’d say, like, the one ebook that I form of at all times preserve at a forefront and I’m going again to, I actually have, like, highlighters in there and tabs, could be a ebook by John Romelo…Romaniello, sorry, I mispronounced his title, referred to as “Engineering the Alpha.” It’s extra of a…geared in the direction of males. It’s form of a health ebook, however it’s additionally, like, a life ebook for my part. It form of breaks it down from a complete well being strategy to vitamin to coaching.
So I’ve learn a variety of, like, wonderful books, however I’d say that’s most likely been probably the most influential and the one which I’m going again to most likely, like, on a month-to-month foundation. You already know, I simply, like, learn little blurbs of it or, you already know, if I get to the place, “Hey, I gotta actually hit the fitness center exhausting,” I’m going again to, like, a few of the coaching in there. Yeah. I’ll say that’s most likely positively probably the most influential ebook and continues to be. It’s not, like, I learn it one time, and it modified my life or something. However it’s one thing I simply return to fairly often.
Katie: That’s an amazing one. My husband likes that one as properly. I’ll be sure that I hyperlink to that within the present notes, too. So perhaps that’s an amazing reward, for any lady listening, for the man in your life, in the event you’re making an attempt to, you already know, form of subtly get him on board with stuff, that might be a very good start line. After which lastly, is there any recommendation, it might be life recommendation, it doesn’t must be associated to well being, however it may be, that you simply wish to go away with the viewers at present?
Tony: It’s most likely the identical factor I stated final time however, like, transfer day by day and particularly stroll. You already know, like, I feel, we’ve actually gotten away from that. And the final time we talked, I used to be nonetheless on energetic obligation earlier than I retired, however it’s one thing I began years in the past, and each morning, as quickly as I roll off the bed, like, I’m going for a stroll, whether or not it’s half-hour or generally 60 minutes or generally I’m like, “I’m gonna stroll all the way in which to Effi’s home,” which is, like, two hours. Effi is my sister.
Yeah. I feel we’ve actually gotten away from that, and it’s one thing that form of has been a staple in my life. And I actually suppose the remainder of my day is best due to it. I’ll often observe it up with, like, a fast little 10-minute, you already know, body weight kind exercise, push-ups, sit-ups, simply form of combine it up, no matter. Yeah. I simply suppose, you already know, generally we get actually centered on work and children and simply all the opposite issues which are concerned in life and don’t take just a little little bit of time very first thing within the morning to essentially dedicate to ourselves and simply begin the day like that.
Katie: Such nice recommendation. I do know I discussed it earlier than on the podcast, however one in every of my finest life ideas could be very a lot in step with that and can be a free factor to do which is as quickly as potential after getting up, simply go outdoors and hopefully train. However even in the event you can’t train, simply spend time on the market as quickly as potential after you get up and let the sunshine hit your pores and skin and your eyes. That results in so many helpful hormone cascades all through the day, together with issues that enhance sleep at evening. And to your level, it’s bonus factors if you are able to do it whereas strolling or transferring or yoga or no matter is your type of motion. I feel anytime we will stack wholesome habits like that, it will get us to well being sooner.
Tony: Undoubtedly.
Katie: Superior. Nicely, Tony, I admire a lot what you do. I needed to have you ever again on as a result of your olive oil is, like I stated, very a lot a day by day a part of my life. And I do very a lot eat a liter per week at this level. I’m grateful for you and the sourcing that you simply guys have and that it reveals up in my home, and I don’t have to consider it. And for any of you guys listening, be sure you take a look at the present notes at wellnessmama.fm to get that low cost code and work out tips on how to get the low cost as a result of that’s been wonderful for our household, and we use it for every little thing. However, Tony, congratulations in your latest engagement. Thanks for all that you simply do and thanks for being right here once more.
Tony: Oh, my pleasure.
Katie: And thanks as at all times to all of you for listening and for sharing your most dear asset, your time, with each of us at present. We’re so grateful that you simply did, and I hope that you’ll be part of me once more on the following episode of “The Wellness Mama Podcast.”
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