Dr. Oz Podcast - Digestion Type Quiz For Bloating Relief | Dr. Oz | S9 | Ep 167 | Full Episode
Aired: 2026-03-11
Duration: 42:43


=== Gut-Brain Axis Explained (15:10) ===

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[00:00:14]  The exclusive intervention with Caitlin Baltiera and her husband Tyler.
[00:00:19]  Plus, I want you all to get tongue selfie.
[00:00:21]  The Oz quiz.
[00:00:22]  So you can find out what works for you.
[00:00:24]  Coming up next.
[00:00:25]  Take your tongue out.
[00:00:26]  Ready to say some lies today?
[00:00:34]  Yeah!
[00:00:39]  I love you, Dr. Oz.
[00:00:50]  We know that when you have personalized solutions for your health, it's easier to stay on track.
[00:00:54]  So all month long, we're bringing you the Oz quiz so you can find out what works for you.
[00:00:59]  And now, the Oz quiz, what's your digestion type?
[00:01:02]  We're doing brand new insights into your biggest gut problems.
[00:01:05]  And for the first time ever, we are marrying the best of what we know from two schools of thought in gut health.
[00:01:10]  We've got the modern cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs in Western medicine, right?
[00:01:15]  This stuff.
[00:01:16]  And then we've got the ancient healing wisdoms of Ayurvedic Eastern medicine, this stuff.
[00:01:20]  And you put them all together to find out what's really going on with your digestion.
[00:01:24]  So you can conquer bloating, stomach pain, and cravings, all that stuff.
[00:01:28]  Bringing you this revolutionary approach to gut health and a personalized plan to eliminate the guesswork based on your digestion type is our power duo.
[00:01:36]  Gastroenterologist, Dr. Roshini Raj, an integrated medicine practitioner, Dr. Chini Parikh.
[00:01:43]  Dr. Raj, you came together with Dr. Parikh to bring East and West together.
[00:01:47]  Why do you think that's so important for our gut health?
[00:01:49]  Well, so I'm a gastroenterologist and I'm really rooted in traditional Western medicine.
[00:01:53]  So I love my studies, my evidence-based medicine.
[00:01:56]  But Ayurveda really means the science of life or that common sense science.
[00:02:00]  And this has been going on for centuries and many of their theories are things that we now understand in traditional medicine to be very important, particularly how important the gut is.
[00:02:09]  It is the epicenter of our overall health and really requires a personalized, tailored approach to each individual digestion type.
[00:02:17]  I really love what's happened in medicine because as it's gotten smarter, we begin to appreciate how other traditions work.
[00:02:22]  So Dr. Parikh, digestive ailments in your tradition, medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, have to do with something called Agni.
[00:02:29]  Yes.
[00:02:29]  What is that and how do we understand how that applies to us?
[00:02:32]  So Agni is a Sanskrit word that stands for fire.
[00:02:35]  So think about it as your digestive power or your metabolism.
[00:02:39]  So in Western medicine, we think a lot about what type of food we eat, what our diet is, but Ayurveda puts an equal emphasis on not just what you eat, but actually what you digest, what you absorb, and what you eliminate.
[00:02:52]  So a balanced Agni is the key to good health.
[00:02:55]  That's why it's so important to know what your Agni is so you can eliminate things such as constipation, diarrhea, gas, and bloating.
[00:03:02]  They sort of burn away.
[00:03:03]  Is that the concept?
[00:03:04]  Exactly.
[00:03:04]  You all interested in finding out your digestion type?
[00:03:07]  I'm going to learn my Agni and figure it out from both sides.
[00:03:10]  So I'm going to go through a quiz.
[00:03:12]  You're going to keep track of how many A's, B's, and C's you have.
[00:03:15]  We're also going to put this whole quiz on draj.com.
[00:03:17]  Dr. Raj, you have the first question.
[00:03:19]  We'll bounce back here.
[00:03:20]  Yep.
[00:03:20]  You're up on the board.
[00:03:21]  Ask it away.
[00:03:22]  Okay, so question number one.
[00:03:24]  It's been an hour since your last meal.
[00:03:27]  What best describes how you feel right now?
[00:03:30]  The A's will answer, oh, I'm stuffed.
[00:03:33]  I just unbuttoned my pants.
[00:03:35]  I don't want to move.
[00:03:36]  We've all been there, but the A's will often feel like this.
[00:03:39]  The B's are going to say, I'm ready for a snack, man.
[00:03:42]  I better get one quack, real fast, because I'm going to get hangry if I don't get my snack.
[00:03:46]  I'm sort of like that, by the way.
[00:03:48]  Okay.
[00:03:48]  And the C's, some days you're satisfied, other days you're bloated.
[00:03:52]  It depends.
[00:03:53]  You'll see these themes coming up again.
[00:03:55]  So A, B, C, figure out where you are.
[00:03:57]  Dr. Raj, the next question.
[00:03:58]  Okay, the next question is, what is the trigger food that gives you the most digestive upset?
[00:04:04]  All right, you got three options.
[00:04:04]  Again, the A's are going to say anything dairy.
[00:04:07]  It's one of the reasons dairy can be great for some folks, not so good for others.
[00:04:10]  The B's are going to say, yeah, very hot stuff, spicy foods, I can't get with those.
[00:04:16]  I'm not too, by the way.
[00:04:17]  Okay.
[00:04:17]  So there's a pattern here.
[00:04:19]  And the C's, I haven't been able to pinpoint any trigger foods.
[00:04:22]  I just don't know.
[00:04:23]  Okay, Dr. Preak's got the next question.
[00:04:25]  This has to do with a very different element of how your gut affects you.
[00:04:28]  Take it away.
[00:04:29]  So what emotions do you struggle with most often?
[00:04:32]  So, are you mostly, if you're an A, sad and depressed, sort of down, right?
[00:04:38]  The Bs, on the other hand, they're just angry.
[00:04:41]  People say you have a hot temper.
[00:04:43]  You ever hear that phrase?
[00:04:44]  So that would be that acne, I guess, used in a different way.
[00:04:47]  And the C's, they have insecurity.
[00:04:50]  They have anxiety.
[00:04:52]  Again, find yourself in these.
[00:04:54]  Getting towards the end here.
[00:04:55]  Dr. Prick, what do emotions have to do with that digestion?
[00:04:58]  So let's talk about the gut-brain axis.
[00:05:00]  So the serotonin, which is very commonly known as the happy hormone or happy neurotransmitter, 90% of it is made in the gut, not in the brain.
[00:05:09]  Yeah, so you want the gut to work for you.
[00:05:11]  Exactly.
[00:05:11]  All right, come on over.
[00:05:12]  We've got a question for the audience here.
[00:05:13]  This is interesting.
[00:05:14]  I want you all to take a tongue selfie.
[00:05:15]  So get your phones out.
[00:05:17]  I'm going to borrow this one for me.
[00:05:20]  Take your tongue out.
[00:05:20]  It's not rude today.
[00:05:22]  Ah.
[00:05:25]  All right, so what do you think of my tongue?
[00:05:27]  Yeah.
[00:05:28]  Be honest now.
[00:05:29]  So when we look at the tongue, there's three things we look at.
[00:05:32]  The color is the first and foremost.
[00:05:33]  Whether it's lighter in color or more like beefy red.
[00:05:36]  But before you run into them specifically, just looking at mine, do I fit into a category?
[00:05:40]  Yes, I do.
[00:05:41]  Don't tell me yet.
[00:05:42]  Now I'm what you teach me.
[00:05:43]  I'm going to figure it out.
[00:05:44]  Okay, come on over here.
[00:05:45]  So explain whether you're an A or B or C what to look for.
[00:05:47]  Yeah, so with A category, often what happens is you look at the paler color of the tongue.
[00:05:53]  And you also notice a white, thick coating of mucus on the tongue that's harder to scrape off.
[00:06:00]  And the B type, where you notice a hot, red, beefy tongue without much of a coating, or you might have a clear coating.
[00:06:06]  Okay.
[00:06:07]  And in C, what you notice is the markings.
[00:06:10]  Oh, yes, do you notice these cracks?
[00:06:12]  Or you also notice a little bit of the indentations on the side?
[00:06:16]  Well, yeah, you see these things you're talking about.
[00:06:18]  Exactly.
[00:06:19]  Oh, my goodness.
[00:06:20]  So what am I?
[00:06:22]  So you'll fall between B and C.
[00:06:25]  And is it your belief this is a window into our intestines?
[00:06:28]  Absolutely.
[00:06:29]  So I cannot take a look at your colon, but I can take a look at your tongue.
[00:06:33]  Remember, when we talk about the GI tract, everything between your mouth and your anus is your GI tract, right?
[00:06:39]  So this is a window and gives me an opportunity to figure out what's going on with your agni and your digestion.
[00:06:44]  All right, so let's try and tally up your answers.
[00:06:46]  I want you to keep track.
[00:06:48]  How many A's are there here?
[00:06:49]  Hands up?
[00:06:50]  How many B's?
[00:06:53]  And how many C's?
[00:06:54]  Oh my goodness, there are a lot of C's.
[00:06:57]  All right, so those who answered mostly A's, let's be clear about this.
[00:07:00]  You're the slow digestion type.
[00:07:02]  Dr. Priek, Dr. Priek, you'll explain that.
[00:07:04]  Yeah, so when you have slow digestion, you have a weak Agni or weak digestive fire.
[00:07:08]  So your body is just not able to process foods as quickly.
[00:07:12]  So your digestion is slow.
[00:07:14]  You're more prone to things like constipation.
[00:07:16]  It's almost like you're trying to cook your Thanksgiving turkey on a hot plate.
[00:07:19]  Got it.
[00:07:20]  Okay, so mostly B's.
[00:07:22]  These are the guys who have the fast digestion type.
[00:07:25]  That means, well, things just keep moving and you get a lot of that fire.
[00:07:29]  So Dr. Priek, explain this one.
[00:07:30]  Yeah, so this is, again, too much fire.
[00:07:32]  It's like trying to cook your eggs in a bonfire, right?
[00:07:35]  You're overcooking these things and you're producing acid all the time, not just when you're eating, even when you're sleeping.
[00:07:41]  So people tend to develop more heartburn, acid reflux, and a lot of diarrhea.
[00:07:46]  Oof, it's not pleasant.
[00:07:47]  And how about the C's?
[00:07:48]  The mostly C's are the inconsistent digestion type.
[00:07:52]  So the C's are really all over the map.
[00:07:55]  So one day you're constipated.
[00:07:56]  You're too slow.
[00:07:57]  Things are moving too slowly through your system.
[00:07:59]  The next day you have the runs.
[00:08:01]  You may not be absorbing your nutrients properly because the food is going so quickly through your system.
[00:08:05]  You're digesting it too quickly.
[00:08:07]  And many of these people do fall into the category of irritable bowel syndrome or IBS.
[00:08:11]  All right, so when we come back, we have a personalized plan for your specific digestion type that is backed by both modern science and centuries-old wisdom.
[00:08:19]  Stay with us.
[00:08:20]  The best of both.
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[00:08:36]  All nuances.
[00:08:37]  That's coming up tomorrow.
[00:08:44]  We just gave you the Oz quiz to find out your digestion type, rooted in centuries-old Ayurvedic wisdom, but back in modern science.
[00:08:51]  Now, if you missed the full quiz, it's on drozz.com.
[00:08:53]  Check it out right now.
[00:08:54]  But to recap, if you answered mostly A's, you're the slow digestion type.
[00:08:58]  You tend to suffer from constipation and bloat.
[00:09:01]  You feel really uncomfortable, lethargic, sort of full after a meal, and you have trouble losing weight even when you're dieting.
[00:09:07]  A lot of folks are in this category.
[00:09:08]  If you answered mostly B's, that means you're the fast digestion type, which is sort of interesting.
[00:09:13]  You tend to get hungry just an hour after eating.
[00:09:15]  You often suffer from a loose stool and diarrhea, and you experience acid reflux.
[00:09:19]  You don't have to have all those things, but that's basically the fast digestion type.
[00:09:23]  If you answered mostly C's on our quiz, that means you're the inconsistent digestion type.
[00:09:28]  That was the most common type today, but all these are sort of equally spread around the population.
[00:09:32]  This means your bowels are confused, as you are, alternating between constipation and diarrhea and back and forth, and you often bloat, but you can't figure out the source.
[00:09:40]  So now that you know the digestion type that you have, Dr. Raj and Dr. Parikh have the personalized plan to help heal your gut.
[00:09:47]  So Dr. Parik, how is this plan going to help all of us?
[00:09:50]  So what we've done is taken the best from modern medicine and combine that with the Eastern traditions of Ayurveda.
[00:09:56]  In Ayurveda, it's not just about what you eat.
[00:09:58]  It's also important to know when are you eating the food, how often, and how much.
[00:10:03]  So what we've come up with is a personalized plan based on your digestion type.
[00:10:06]  Perfect.
[00:10:07]  So we're going to start off with the plan for the A's.
[00:10:08]  This is the plan for the slow digestion type.
[00:10:11]  And Shantae is in our audience today, and she happens to have filled up most the A's.
[00:10:16]  The key here is to eat easy to digest probiotics in three meals a day.
[00:10:20]  So Shantae, explain why you thought you have a slow digestion type.
[00:10:23]  I think the biggest thing is after I eat, I'm just full.
[00:10:27]  I still feel full and I'm not hungry for a while.
[00:10:32]  So you start unbuttoning stuff.
[00:10:33]  Yeah, just kind of having that heavy feeling.
[00:10:36]  And then when it comes to that elimination that you're talking about, oh, no, no, no.
[00:10:40]  Yeah, that's slow.
[00:10:41]  That's really slow.
[00:10:42]  Dr. Raj, as a medical doctor, what kinds of foods might help with the slow digestion?
[00:10:46]  Well, definitely for slow digesters, you want to focus on fiber.
[00:10:49]  So here we have some great fiber-rich foods.
[00:10:51]  We have beans, we have the vegetables like broccoli, the fruits that have the skin on.
[00:10:56]  But you also mentioned probiotics.
[00:10:57]  They're so important.
[00:10:58]  Probiotic-rich foods, things like miso and yogurt and sauerkraut.
[00:11:02]  Those healthy gut bacteria really will help your intestine function more regularly and get things moving along.
[00:11:09]  Dr. Prick, you have foods that we can put these to work in that actually could taste great.
[00:11:14]  And explain that to us.
[00:11:15]  Absolutely.
[00:11:15]  So when you have slow Agni or slow digestion, you want to take it easy.
[00:11:19]  You want to eat foods that are almost partially digested.
[00:11:22]  So that's why soups and smoothies work beautifully.
[00:11:25]  And the last but not the least, you want the right balance between the fat, carbohydrates, and proteins, right?
[00:11:30]  Because your stomach produces different digestive enzymes depending on what you're eating.
[00:11:34]  So you don't want to overdo on just one type.
[00:11:36]  You want a more balanced meal.
[00:11:38]  Shante, is this a plan you could follow?
[00:11:40]  It is, it really is.
[00:11:41]  I'm going to try.
[00:11:42]  Especially the smoothies.
[00:11:44]  My husband and I love smoothies in the morning.
[00:11:46]  I think that's one of the things that we're going to try to incorporate.
[00:11:49]  All right, good luck with that, Shantae.
[00:11:51]  Let's move on to the fast digestion type.
[00:11:53]  This is, Karen in our audience had this.
[00:11:56]  You want to eat cooling, binding foods.
[00:11:58]  These cooling binder foods have to be eaten five times a day.
[00:12:01]  So, first off, you're self-identified as a bee.
[00:12:03]  Yes.
[00:12:04]  You taught those symptoms.
[00:12:05]  I feel the symptoms, and usually after a meal, shortly thereafter, I usually feel hungry again.
[00:12:10]  And then I also develop a sour stomach, symptoms of acid reflux.
[00:12:14]  Pretty classic from I guess.
[00:12:15]  Dr. Raj, what does modern medicine say about this?
[00:12:17]  So, the fast digesters, the problem is you may not be absorbing as many nutrients.
[00:12:21]  So, you do want to frequently eat like smaller meals, but throughout the day, you don't want to get the hangry feeling too quickly after you finish a meal.
[00:12:28]  And you want to eat foods that tend to bind you or slow you down.
[00:12:31]  So, we talk about the brat diet, right?
[00:12:34]  The bananas, the rice, apples, the toast.
[00:12:36]  These are things that are going to really bind up in your intestine and slow things down a bit so that you're not going to the bathroom so frequently, so quickly after a meal.
[00:12:44]  Dr. Parik, you want this to be a cooling diet.
[00:12:46]  Exactly.
[00:12:47]  So, with the fast digestion, you're producing too much acid.
[00:12:51]  And not just when you're eating, the acid is turned on all the time, even when you're sleeping.
[00:12:55]  That's why some people develop symptoms of acid reflux or heartburn when they're going to bed, and also diarrhea.
[00:13:01]  So, that's why it's important to incorporate cooling foods, which actually reduce the amount of acid in the stomach.
[00:13:06]  So, we have some delicious recipes over here.
[00:13:09]  So, right here, we have our banana pancakes with cardamom.
[00:13:12]  So, cardamom is one of those cooling spices.
[00:13:15]  So, it's a great way to incorporate some of these spices with the foods that are going to be very easy to absorb.
[00:13:20]  So, if you don't mind, give that a little taste, that smoothie.
[00:13:22]  Sure.
[00:13:23]  Because we made a video to show folks how to make it.
[00:13:25]  And if you like it, I'll show the video.
[00:13:26]  If you don't like it, we're going to skip it.
[00:13:29]  This is fantastic.
[00:13:30]  You like it?
[00:13:30]  Very soothing, very refreshing.
[00:13:32]  All right, watch the video.
[00:14:13]  Up next, type C, the Ayurvedic trick to make your inconsistent digestive trouble a little bit better, consistently better.
[00:14:19]  Plus, the delicious digestion aid that every type can have to soothe their stomach.
[00:14:22]  Find out what it is when we come back.
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[00:14:38]  No, not at my house.
[00:14:40]  All nuance.
[00:14:41]  That's coming up on Monday.
[00:14:48]  We're back revealing your personalized diet for your digestion type.
[00:14:51]  Plus, we got the ancient secret drink that helps you de-bloat and digest that everyone ought to be trying right now.
[00:14:57]  Dr. Gini Raj and Dr. Shini Parikh are back with a plan for those who answered mostly C's, which is a lot of folks in the audience.
[00:15:04]  This is the inconsistent digestion type like Meganir.
[00:15:08]  So, why is your digestion so inconsistent?

=== Routine for Inconsistent Digestion (03:28) ===

[00:15:10]  I'm always on the go and busy.
[00:15:12]  So, some days I'm really starving, some days I'm bloated.
[00:15:15]  I have no idea why.
[00:15:16]  And sometimes you're going a lot of the bathroom, not so much the other days?
[00:15:19]  Yes, exactly.
[00:15:20]  Okay, so this is inconsistent.
[00:15:21]  I get it.
[00:15:22]  All right, so Dr. Raj, why has this happened?
[00:15:24]  And give it a little background.
[00:15:25]  Right, so this irregularity is quite common, and we're not exactly sure why certain people get it.
[00:15:30]  Probably the balance of bacteria in your intestine could be thrown off, it might be stress-related, but this is quite a common condition where it's inconsistent.
[00:15:39]  And the most important thing you can do is to be consistent and get that regular routine going.
[00:15:44]  So, even though you're on the go, you might not mind changing your sleep time or when you exercise or when you eat, but your colon likes, it's a creature of habit.
[00:15:51]  It likes things to be regular, same time every day.
[00:15:54]  So, if you can do that with your diet, your sleep, and your exercise, your colon's going to thank you.
[00:15:58]  All right, so let's give you some more concrete advice.
[00:16:00]  That's perfect.
[00:16:00]  So, you want to, for inconsistent bowels, you need a consistent lifestyle.
[00:16:04]  Right.
[00:16:04]  So, Dr. Prik, for example, give us a skeleton schedule, which is your treatment of choice for this.
[00:16:11]  Absolutely.
[00:16:12]  So, with inconsistent digestion type, it's very important to follow a routine.
[00:16:16]  It's a little known fact, but our GI tract also has a bedtime.
[00:16:19]  And the other thing is, you want a more regular mealtime.
[00:16:22]  And you mentioned something about skipping meals, right?
[00:16:24]  So, with inconsistent diet type, that's often what happens.
[00:16:27]  You go all day running around, skipping meals, and then at night time, you're famished and you end up eating more than we need to, right?
[00:16:34]  So, that's why having consistent meal times is very important.
[00:16:37]  Consistent meal times will lead to regular bowel movements and a happy colon.
[00:16:42]  How does that sound to you?
[00:16:43]  I could definitely do that.
[00:16:44]  I could definitely make time to eat regular meals and stop skipping meals.
[00:16:48]  Then, let us know how it works.
[00:16:50]  I will.
[00:16:50]  In the meantime, Dr. Prik, what kind of foods might help the most if you've got an inconsistent bowel problem?
[00:16:57]  Yes, so with the inconsistent digestive system, it's very important to tap into the power of herbs and spices.
[00:17:04]  So, here we have one of my favorite butternut squash soup.
[00:17:07]  So, butternut squash is very rich in fiber and nutrients, and also we're adding some cinnamon.
[00:17:12]  So, cinnamon increases the amount of digestive enzymes in your stomach, and ginger, one of my favorite things to fight off gas and bloating, which is the hallmark of the inconsistent digestion type.
[00:17:22]  All right, so now I promised you an ancient Ayurvedic secret.
[00:17:25]  It said to fix digestion issues ranging from bloat to constipation to even diarrhea.
[00:17:30]  And it is called a lassi, which I've seen in restaurants, Indian restaurants, but I never understood that had medicinal value.
[00:17:37]  So, explain this to us.
[00:17:38]  Yeah, in Ayurveda, lassi is often referred to as the nectar.
[00:17:41]  It's often a treatment for all sorts of digestive conditions, anything from you know, constipation to bloating and even diarrhea.
[00:17:48]  So, the way we make lassi, we start out with just you know regular yogurt.
[00:17:52]  You're a good whisker?
[00:17:53]  No, okay, not really.
[00:17:54]  All right, you pour that, I'll whisk.
[00:17:56]  Okay, this is warm yogurt, though, right?
[00:17:58]  Yes, so Ayurveda doesn't like anything cold because we believe that anything cold will kind of knock out the fire, the digestive enzymes.
[00:18:06]  So, that's why it's important to take in food at room temperature or warmer.
[00:18:10]  So, we're using room temperature water, filter water with the yogurt, and now we're gonna add in some spices.
[00:18:17]  So, this is cardamom?
[00:18:18]  So, this is cumin.
[00:18:19]  Cumin.
[00:18:20]  Cumin, yes.
[00:18:21]  Cumin is very nourishing for the digestive tract.
[00:18:24]  So, it's very important to add the cumin.
[00:18:26]  And now, we have a little bit of ginger, and we all know ginger does amazing things.
[00:18:31]  And then we add a little bit of cilantro.
[00:18:33]  You can also add some mint for that cooling property and a little bit of rock salt for taste.

=== Adoption and Mental Toll (15:10) ===

[00:18:39]  A little bit.
[00:18:41]  Oh, my goodness.
[00:18:42]  I know you're just playing on it.
[00:18:46]  All right, and this is a lassie.
[00:18:47]  This is it.
[00:18:48]  So, give it a taste, babe, and see what you think about it.
[00:18:50]  Now, I must say, let me toast you guys on this because this advice that you're giving today is brilliant and what I like the most.
[00:18:56]  You like it?
[00:18:57]  I do.
[00:18:59]  I knew you'd all like it, but here's the thing: you guys have done a brilliant job combining the best of the East and the West.
[00:19:05]  And when we do that, and it's finally starting to happen more comfortably, the average American says, you know what, I get it.
[00:19:10]  I understand that there's some intestinal issue going on here.
[00:19:12]  I got some treatments that people because you know what?
[00:19:14]  Diarrhea, bloating, gas, these things have been around for thousands of years.
[00:19:17]  We just didn't talk about that, but they've been there.
[00:19:19]  So, you've got solutions that are thousands of years old, try them.
[00:19:21]  A toast to y'all.
[00:19:23]  Back to ours, Dr. Prik.
[00:19:24]  Thank you.
[00:19:24]  Be right back.
[00:19:27]  Coming up, Teen Mom OG, Katelyn is here, and she's opening up about what really goes on when the MTV cameras stop rolling, and the truth about her battle with mental health.
[00:19:43]  Today, we go behind the headlines of one of the most enduring reality shows out there, MTV's Teen Mom, with an exclusive intervention with Katelyn Baltierra and her husband, Tyler.
[00:19:54]  Splashed across your TV screens and tabloids, we followed them through the emotional aftermath of placing their daughter for adoption at just 16.
[00:20:03]  Subsequent battles with depression and most recently, a heartbreaking miscarriage.
[00:20:08]  Today, Caitlin and Tyler are here.
[00:20:11]  Come on out.
[00:20:22]  Hey, how are they?
[00:20:23]  How I'm doing great.
[00:20:24]  Hi.
[00:20:25]  It's a pleasure.
[00:20:26]  Thank you for coming on.
[00:20:27]  Yeah, thanks for having us.
[00:20:28]  You want to go here?
[00:20:29]  Hey, listen.
[00:20:30]  I just said over here.
[00:20:32]  This is an old habit I picked up, but it's one that works.
[00:20:35]  It's easier to see you're both together.
[00:20:37]  Oh, yeah.
[00:20:38]  Yeah.
[00:20:39]  Actually, let's start with that topic.
[00:20:40]  So the world knows you from how MTV cuts your lives up in the clips that we can digest.
[00:20:46]  So when the series first launched, you guys were 16.
[00:20:49]  It was almost 10 years ago.
[00:20:51]  Yeah.
[00:20:51]  And you're unique in a bunch of ways.
[00:20:54]  You stayed together.
[00:20:56]  You placed a child for adoption.
[00:20:58]  As you look back on it, do you think that was the right decision, Caitlin?
[00:21:02]  I mean, I do think it was the right decision, especially from what our life looked like then.
[00:21:09]  You know, just like with unstable households and addict parents, and we weren't graduated, like there was a lot of different reasons why we chose that.
[00:21:19]  But does it come with like emotional consequences and stuff too?
[00:21:23]  I mean, yeah.
[00:21:25]  We'll talk about that in a second.
[00:21:27]  But I think a lot of it comes back to how the situation was handled all those years ago.
[00:21:31]  For example, the adoption was a little unorthodox.
[00:21:33]  It's open adoption.
[00:21:34]  Yeah.
[00:21:35]  Well, help us understand what an open adoption is.
[00:21:37]  And you do maintain some relationship.
[00:21:39]  Does that make it more painful?
[00:21:42]  I mean, I think it would be more painful not knowing because the unknown, your brain will just kind of like come up with crazy scenarios.
[00:21:51]  Right, like where is she at?
[00:21:52]  You know, does she know about me?
[00:21:54]  I think that the unknown would be more difficult.
[00:21:56]  I agree.
[00:21:57]  But I think that there is.
[00:21:58]  I mean, like with any relationship, it's their first adoption and our first adoption.
[00:22:03]  So learning how do you navigate this?
[00:22:05]  How do you keep a positive relationship for the children?
[00:22:10]  And yeah, I think.
[00:22:11]  respect each other's boundaries right two sets of parents you know just kind of trying to yeah i could see that being difficult I mean, who's really mommy?
[00:22:18]  Who's really daddy?
[00:22:19]  Even though they're taking care of your biological child every day of the year and you're only visiting once in a while.
[00:22:25]  But you now are a mom, right?
[00:22:27]  Nobody.
[00:22:28]  A beautiful baby girl.
[00:22:29]  Yes, thank you.
[00:22:30]  So what's motherhood like?
[00:22:31]  Is it what she expected?
[00:22:33]  I think it's hard.
[00:22:34]  It's stressful, but it's really fun.
[00:22:37]  It's rewarding.
[00:22:38]  It's a rewarding.
[00:22:39]  Very rewarding.
[00:22:40]  Very rewarding.
[00:22:41]  That's why parents do it, but it comes with something hard.
[00:22:44]  Yeah, it's definitely hard too.
[00:22:46]  I don't know if you either expected the cultural phenomenon that teen mom has become to.
[00:22:51]  No way.
[00:22:52]  So since the start, when we've been covering it, I've followed the effect of the phenomenon.
[00:22:57]  And it's interesting because economic experts actually studied the effect of MTV's 16 and pregnant and teen mom, both series.
[00:23:04]  And they actually showed they had an effect on teen birth rates.
[00:23:07]  But did they go up or did they go down?
[00:23:09]  The results were surprising.
[00:23:10]  Take a look.
[00:23:12]  So this study was something I worked on with my colleague Phil Levine.
[00:23:16]  And we were interested in the potential impact of the media on youth outcomes, in particular on the effect of MTV's very popular and widely viewed 16 and pregnant program on teen childbearing.
[00:23:27]  What we found was really striking.
[00:23:30]  In the places where more young adults were watching MTV, we see significantly larger declines in teen childbearing in the period following the introduction of this show.
[00:23:42]  We attribute 5.7% reduction in teen childbearing to the introduction of 16 and pregnant in June 2009.
[00:23:50]  So to be clear, that's a third of the decline in overall teen childbearing we've seen for this period.
[00:23:55]  We looked to see if there were changes in the rate at which individuals were searching for terms like how get birth control, how get birth control pill, how to get abortion.
[00:24:07]  And what we saw is when an episode aired in the following day, there were large spikes in the rates at which people were searching for those terms.
[00:24:17]  Wow.
[00:24:18]  Yeah, it's surprising.
[00:24:19]  Yeah, so it's amazing.
[00:24:21]  Yeah, it is really amazing.
[00:24:22]  People are learning, they're being educated.
[00:24:25]  And I think it's great.
[00:24:26]  It's awesome.
[00:24:26]  And I mean, that's like one of the main reasons why Ty and I even decided to continue to do this show is because of things like this, educating, talking about, you know, teenage pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, all of those things.
[00:24:42]  Like, if it was fake or it was scripted or anything like that, we would not continue to do it.
[00:24:48]  So.
[00:24:50]  As a doctor, I'm so surprised how big of an impact you had.
[00:24:54]  I would have thought just finger wagging, telling people that it's a problem, that you can get into the cycle of poverty and all the things we know as parents would work.
[00:25:01]  It doesn't.
[00:25:02]  No.
[00:25:02]  Showing what it actually does and the habit they can reach in your life, and sometimes people survive it, but that's a testimonial to your strength more than anything else, had a bigger impact.
[00:25:12]  So kudos to you.
[00:25:14]  Thanks.
[00:25:14]  So since you're good at that, at reducing childhood pregnancy, we're going to talk about Middle East peace and other things.
[00:25:20]  But maybe we'll start with some teen mom fans in the audience.
[00:25:23]  We've got some pretty deep questions.
[00:25:24]  Is that okay?
[00:25:25]  Absolutely.
[00:25:26]  All right, let's start off.
[00:25:27]  We've got Alyssa first.
[00:25:28]  What's your question?
[00:25:29]  Hi.
[00:25:29]  So I read online that Farah Abram was recently fired from Teen Mom for working in the adult film industry.
[00:25:36]  Do you guys think that was the right choice?
[00:25:38]  I think, you know, if it's going against what MTV believes in and that's what they feel like they had to do, then that's what they feel like they had to do.
[00:25:49]  We have no choice in it or are part of it, but.
[00:25:52]  I think it's great.
[00:25:55]  I think it's awesome.
[00:25:55]  You think it's great that she's off?
[00:25:57]  Yeah.
[00:25:57]  Yeah, I do.
[00:25:58]  Why?
[00:25:59]  I just think that it just doesn't really mesh with the rest of the case of the cast and I guess of what we're trying to kind of, you know, educate about and all that.
[00:26:09]  It just doesn't work.
[00:26:10]  It doesn't work very well together.
[00:26:12]  And she's not a very nice person to be able to do that.
[00:26:16]  No, and I mean, and I give huge, I give huge kudos to, you know, they even like this showed on it, Morgan Freeman, and, you know, going and talking to her about it and saying, like, you know, this is just something that we don't agree with.
[00:26:29]  We actually had a lot of respect and admiration for the way that our production company went and handled it because they kind of made a stand with the voice.
[00:26:37]  And yeah, it was a good way to get it heard and just, you know, do what they did.
[00:26:42]  So that's reassured.
[00:26:44]  Up next, Caitlin and Dallas Therapist are here.
[00:26:47]  He's actually, he's here.
[00:26:48]  And they're ready to open up about their battle with mental health.
[00:26:50]  It's a big one.
[00:26:51]  It's an important one.
[00:26:51]  Stick around.
[00:26:56]  Over-the-counter pain relievers.
[00:26:58]  There's a surprising ingredient in them that may be contributing to your anxiety and depression.
[00:27:04]  I've got five warning signs you need to know about.
[00:27:07]  All nuances.
[00:27:08]  That's coming up tomorrow.
[00:27:11]  There's alcoholism haters on Twitter.
[00:27:13]  Yeah.
[00:27:14]  So how do you deal with all that?
[00:27:16]  I don't read them.
[00:27:17]  Honestly, I try to stay off of Twitter, but I just know that it comes from, you know, the ignorance of being uneducated.
[00:27:23]  And those are the people that are keeping that stigma of mental illness still around.
[00:27:31]  Stars of MTV's Teen Mom, OG, Caitlin, and Tyler Baltiera aren't afraid to get candid with their viewers.
[00:27:37]  We watched them both battle depression and follow Caitlin as she decided to check into an inpatient mental health treatment program to deal with her suicidal thoughts for the third time.
[00:27:51]  It's super hard for me to tell you this thing.
[00:27:57]  So just like keep it open mind.
[00:27:59]  Okay.
[00:28:00]  Like I started having really bad anxiety in the morning.
[00:28:04]  I guess I'm just kind of hiding it.
[00:28:06]  Gotta be something with me.
[00:28:08]  No, it's nothing to do with you.
[00:28:09]  Tyler.
[00:28:10]  Yeah, but if I had to take it.
[00:28:10]  It's my inner child.
[00:28:12]  I'm telling you right now, it's nothing to do with what you do.
[00:28:15]  It's me being a 12-year-old in my dad sleeping.
[00:28:21]  Or me being like eight and my mom drinking all the time and not being there.
[00:28:25]  Like it's my own.
[00:28:27]  It's just coming out when things go on in life.
[00:28:30]  That's how trauma works.
[00:28:31]  So it's nothing to do with you.
[00:28:33]  You are awesome.
[00:28:33]  You're supportive.
[00:28:34]  No, I know, but I just want to make sure that I'm doing whatever I'm supposed to be doing.
[00:28:40]  I'm going back.
[00:28:50]  I didn't even want to tell you that I thought about going back to training because I was like, I wouldn't blame Tyler.
[00:28:54]  Like, seriously, if you wanted to just divorce me.
[00:29:03]  It's heavy stuff.
[00:29:04]  Caitlin and Tyler are back alone with their personal therapist, Dr. Mike Dow.
[00:29:09]  Caitlin, you're pretty raw there.
[00:29:12]  I mean, I want to know how bad it got.
[00:29:16]  You started having suicidal thoughts after you miscarried.
[00:29:20]  So something tragic really did happen and then it led to that spiral.
[00:29:23]  Yeah.
[00:29:25]  I mean, I'm really glad that I'm like super self-aware because I think a lot of people aren't.
[00:29:31]  But as soon as I know of like, I noticed that I was like picturing myself driving into the ditch and hitting a pole.
[00:29:39]  Or I was like walking around my bedroom one day and there was a belt and I'm like, I could use that and like literally just, it could be over with.
[00:29:46]  You know, like I'm thinking of every way possible that I can kill myself and I know this isn't right.
[00:29:52]  Tyler, in that little clip, Caitlin used the word divorce.
[00:29:55]  Yeah.
[00:29:57]  Big word.
[00:29:58]  Big word.
[00:29:58]  Have you either of you ever considered that?
[00:30:00]  You're the only couple that sort of stuck it out.
[00:30:02]  Yeah, I've never considered it.
[00:30:04]  No, it's just not really on our, not even close to our radar.
[00:30:07]  Dr. Dow, you've been their therapist for quite a few years.
[00:30:10]  Yeah.
[00:30:10]  And you argue the loss that they're experiencing has multiple layers.
[00:30:14]  It's deeper than what we're seeing on the surface.
[00:30:17]  Why is that?
[00:30:17]  Yeah, so Caitlin and Tyler, I've known you for years, been with you here.
[00:30:21]  And, you know, there are so many layers that started with both of your families, your parents.
[00:30:26]  And then there was the adoption, the miscarriage.
[00:30:29]  And this is a trauma.
[00:30:30]  This is a loss.
[00:30:32]  And Caitlin, I want you to take your husband's hand and I want you to look at him.
[00:30:37]  I think, correct me if I'm wrong, because I know the two of you, look at each other.
[00:30:43]  You have a family of three, right?
[00:30:46]  I think that when you see your husband, sometimes you think that you should be a family of five.
[00:30:51]  Am I right?
[00:30:53]  Yeah.
[00:30:54]  And it's hard for you.
[00:30:55]  For sure.
[00:30:55]  Is that where some of that sadness comes in?
[00:30:58]  Definitely.
[00:30:58]  Like, I'm learning about that now.
[00:31:00]  Like, I told you in the green room, like, I never really thought of like adoption being a trauma until recently.
[00:31:07]  So yeah, I think it's definitely hard sometimes.
[00:31:09]  And Tyler, what I've learned about myself is tell him something that you've learned that has helped you to deal with that loss.
[00:31:16]  Something that I've learned about myself, honestly, is that I am definitely resilient.
[00:31:21]  And I'm very good at bouncing back at things.
[00:31:26]  Yeah, and that I love you.
[00:31:28]  That's important.
[00:31:29]  Yeah.
[00:31:35]  Tyler, while Caitlin was going through her treatment, you were also struggling with your dad and his issues.
[00:31:42]  So I'm going to read you a tweet that caught a lot of people's attention for a reason you'll see in a second.
[00:31:50]  Laying in bed next to my peacefully sleeping wife, I can hear my daughter snoozing away through the monitor in her room.
[00:31:57]  My dog is cuddled up on the floor next to me.
[00:32:00]  It sounds so beautiful, picturesque.
[00:32:03]  Then you go on to say, and yet I feel so empty, so alone.
[00:32:10]  Hashtag the cruel irony of life.
[00:32:14]  There are millions of people who feel that way.
[00:32:16]  Everything seems like it should be good, but I don't feel good.
[00:32:21]  I mean, how does it affect you, Caitlin, to hear those words?
[00:32:25]  Well, I woke up in the morning and I was like hanging out with Nova and stuff.
[00:32:28]  He was sleeping, and then I read it on Twitter.
[00:32:30]  And instantly, my first reaction goes to my trauma of like, what did I do?
[00:32:36]  And then I was like, no, like, you know, I talk to myself, though.
[00:32:39]  That's my trauma stuff where, and then I'm automatically like, it has nothing to do with you.
[00:32:43]  You know, just go in there and ask, is there anything I can do for you?
[00:32:45]  Is there anything you need?
[00:32:47]  Because I'll be there.
[00:32:47]  But Tyler, what's the answer to that?
[00:32:49]  I mean, speak to Caitlin.
[00:32:51]  What do you need from her?
[00:32:53]  Just to continue to be supportive.
[00:32:55]  I mean, she does a great job.
[00:32:56]  I mean, as far as being, you know, just, she kind of like, she trusts me that I'll go do my therapy and kind of take care of my, you know, mental health stuff.
[00:33:06]  So.
[00:33:07]  What's something she doesn't know?
[00:33:08]  So, Caitlin, one thing that you may not know about the way I feel is what?
[00:33:16]  Probably that it was way harder than you think I think it was when you were, you know, gone and dealing with business and kid and dad and all that kind of stuff.
[00:33:27]  So it was intense.
[00:33:29]  Yeah.
[00:33:29]  So.
[00:33:30]  And what do you need from her?
[00:33:32]  A little bit more of.
[00:33:34]  With that being the case.
[00:33:38]  I guess maybe I would maybe just need a little better understanding, I guess, of the toll it did take on me, my mental health, I guess.

=== Coloring to Reduce Anxiety (04:50) ===

[00:33:49]  Yeah.
[00:33:50]  What does that look like?
[00:33:53]  You know, maybe like starting out the little questionnaire thing that we had from our therapist watching some of the past season, I think would be good to get some insight.
[00:34:02]  So.
[00:34:03]  Dr. Dah, how do you take these needs and turn them into action?
[00:34:07]  Yeah, I think it really is doing what he just did.
[00:34:10]  It's like taking these general statements and asking for positive and specific requests.
[00:34:17]  So now it's not just your needs, it's your needs and your needs.
[00:34:23]  You know, so I think it's really important that both of you are taking care of your mental health and thank you for being advocates for treating mental illness because it is treatable.
[00:34:32]  So thank you for that too.
[00:34:34]  Oh, no problems.
[00:34:35]  It's important.
[00:34:36]  When we come back, the new science-based tricks Caitlin and Kylie are using to boost their mood and shut down anxiety attacks.
[00:34:42]  And it actually could help you.
[00:34:43]  Find out what they are, what those secrets are when we come back.
[00:34:50]  We're going to have you set up with the Athos Dem machine that you will be demoing.
[00:34:56]  So what does that actually like do?
[00:34:58]  How does it feel?
[00:34:59]  Like what is it doing?
[00:35:00]  Oh my god, I don't want to say like you took a shot of alcohol.
[00:35:03]  It's like you do kind of feel like it's really calm and really just zen out and just like, so if you find your right dial, then you just let it go.
[00:35:12]  I use it.
[00:35:13]  A lot of people do.
[00:35:14]  You can clip it in and do work and watch TV.
[00:35:18]  I do it.
[00:35:19]  I clip it in and then do like a lot of meditating.
[00:35:21]  So just a lot of breathing, eyes closed kind of thing.
[00:35:26]  We're counting down the top new foods of the year.
[00:35:29]  Latte, energy drinks, snacks, the favorites, veggie jerkies, the fluffs, noodles are green.
[00:35:36]  No, not at my house.
[00:35:37]  All nuance.
[00:35:38]  That's coming up on Monday.
[00:35:45]  We're back with the Stars Net TV's teen, Mom, OG, Caitlin, and Tyler Baltera, and their therapist, Dr. Mike Dow, who introduced them to new science-backed tricks that boost your mood and stop down anxiety attacks.
[00:35:57]  And they are obsessed with them, for what I understand.
[00:35:59]  Taylor's doing his here.
[00:36:00]  Tyler says, cranial electrotherapy stimulation, or CES, has helped.
[00:36:05]  Oh, God.
[00:36:05]  How so?
[00:36:06]  It's life-changing.
[00:36:07]  I use it to meditate usually, but you can plug it in, do work at your computer, watch TV.
[00:36:14]  Yeah.
[00:36:15]  Dr. Duck, explain this to us.
[00:36:17]  You like this thing so much, you actually saw it on your website.
[00:36:19]  So what makes it so interesting to you?
[00:36:21]  Yeah, well, first, it's natural.
[00:36:22]  It's a drug-free FDA-clear treatment for anxiety, for insomnia.
[00:36:26]  We know that electricity works.
[00:36:28]  We've known this for a long time.
[00:36:30]  Remember, shock treatments?
[00:36:31]  Well, guess what?
[00:36:32]  This is a little tiny bit of electricity.
[00:36:34]  It doesn't cause any side effects like memory loss, so you don't have to be afraid.
[00:36:37]  It's just a nine-volt battery.
[00:36:39]  It sends a tiny little electrical signal through the ears.
[00:36:42]  It gets into your brain.
[00:36:43]  This actually boosts levels of serotonin, also endorphins.
[00:36:46]  And you know, you also mentioned doing it while you're meditating.
[00:36:49]  That's what I recommend.
[00:36:50]  So it has a timer.
[00:36:51]  You put the timer on, you get this little tingly sensation, then you close your eyes, you meditate while you're doing it, and it's just a wonderful, natural way to relieve anxiety.
[00:37:00]  I tried it before the show.
[00:37:02]  You can feel it.
[00:37:03]  Oh, yeah.
[00:37:03]  Oh, yeah.
[00:37:03]  If you really crack it, then you really feel it.
[00:37:06]  Yeah.
[00:37:07]  Yeah.
[00:37:07]  And everyone's got different levels and stuff, so you kind of got to figure out what, you know, what voltage level you lose.
[00:37:13]  So more is not better.
[00:37:14]  It's just.
[00:37:14]  Right.
[00:37:15]  Everyone's different.
[00:37:16]  Yeah.
[00:37:16]  You don't want to go too high.
[00:37:17]  You'll feel it.
[00:37:18]  Yeah.
[00:37:18]  Right, Caitlin, you do something else that helps with your anxiety.
[00:37:20]  Yeah.
[00:37:21]  Which is, again, something that it goes like a Mandela.
[00:37:25]  But does it matter what you're crayoning?
[00:37:27]  Coloring?
[00:37:28]  Not really.
[00:37:29]  No.
[00:37:29]  Any type of just an adult coloring book.
[00:37:32]  Is there science behind how coloring helps with anxiety?
[00:37:35]  Absolutely.
[00:37:36]  So, Dr. Oz, when I was researching Heal Your Drain Brain, my book, and I've talked to Tyler and Caitlin about this.
[00:37:42]  We need alternatives.
[00:37:43]  Xanax is not the only thing that works for anxiety, you know?
[00:37:46]  And they did a study where they divided subjects into groups.
[00:37:50]  Some just colored blank pieces of paper.
[00:37:52]  Some colored other things.
[00:37:53]  But the group who colored this, the mandala, which sort of represents the universe and oneness, you know, sort of, you look at it, it sort of looks like a flower to me, sort of this nature sort of theme.
[00:38:04]  Subjects who, this is what they were coloring, reduced anxiety the most.
[00:38:08]  So isn't it cool, Caitlin, that you can get these sort of coloring books?
[00:38:12]  And, you know, we also know that people who have anxiety, they ruminate, right?
[00:38:14]  They get stuck in catastrophic thinking and they can't get out of it.
[00:38:18]  But if you just do something like coloring, and this is something that you could do with your daughter, it helps her.
[00:38:24]  She gets to do an activity with her mom, and you can get yourself out of that worst-case scenario, what I call that paralysis analysis.
[00:38:31]  You sort of get stuck in that thought.
[00:38:33]  Now you do something cool.
[00:38:34]  It's a natural, scientifically proven way to relieve anxiety without drugs.

=== Breakfast Ingredients Affect Mood (04:03) ===

[00:38:39]  Come on.
[00:38:40]  Tyler, come over here for a second if you don't mind.
[00:38:42]  Oh, me?
[00:38:42]  Okay.
[00:38:43]  Here I come.
[00:38:44]  I want to commend you guys because I've learned a lot.
[00:38:47]  Thanks, thanks.
[00:38:48]  Tell about how you get folks to change.
[00:38:50]  It's probably the biggest lesson I've learned during the show over the last nine years.
[00:38:54]  And when the show first started nine years ago, you probably had no idea what you're getting into either.
[00:39:00]  No.
[00:39:00]  But I want to commend you for your vulnerability, for your authenticity, and for showing your willingness to show that there's depression out there, there's anxiety, there's ruminations, and there's a path past that.
[00:39:13]  And just like you guys have been part of a change in how young people feel about teen pregnancy, I think you're doing the exact same thing, exposing a whole new generation to destigmatizing mental health, which is, I think, the number one thing holding us all back.
[00:39:25]  And we get past that, right?
[00:39:27]  We deal with the loneliness.
[00:39:28]  Yeah, I agree.
[00:39:29]  So God bless you for doing that.
[00:39:31]  These guys have a wonderful clothing line.
[00:39:33]  It's called Tiara Rain.
[00:39:35]  Dr. Dial, a good friend of the show's latest book, Heal Your Drained Brain.
[00:39:38]  You'll accomplish that and lots more to pay attention to these guys.
[00:39:40]  We'll be right back.
[00:39:44]  Over-the-counter pain relievers.
[00:39:46]  There's a surprising ingredient in them that may be contributing to your anxiety and depression.
[00:39:51]  I've got five warning signs you need to know about.
[00:39:54]  All nuance.
[00:39:56]  That's coming up tomorrow.
[00:39:58]  So what could ever top your favorite snack, Greek yogurt?
[00:40:07]  Nothing, right?
[00:40:08]  You can't top it.
[00:40:09]  It's healthy.
[00:40:09]  It's got everything.
[00:40:11]  There's a catch here.
[00:40:12]  You can top it off with delicious mixings that make it sound even better than imaginable.
[00:40:17]  You know that?
[00:40:19]  All right.
[00:40:20]  Now the foodies over at the Good Life Magazine have been hard at work tinkering with the very best new yogurt toppers to better your breakfast.
[00:40:26]  And my wife, Lisa, the editor-at-large, is here to reveal them.
[00:40:29]  Thank you, honey.
[00:40:30]  Thank you, darling.
[00:40:31]  So, welcome to Studies.
[00:40:33]  I can't even boil water, so this is what I get served in the morning when if I'm being a good boy.
[00:40:37]  So, we have lots of great recipes in this issue.
[00:40:39]  These are my favorites.
[00:40:40]  This is an amazing breakfast.
[00:40:42]  It is spicy and sweet.
[00:40:44]  So delicious and crunchy, which is with that smooth, creamy yogurt.
[00:40:48]  There's nothing better than a little bit of crunch.
[00:40:49]  So, it's toasted pecans, a drizzle of maple syrup, and chili powder.
[00:40:55]  So, it's fiery and just a touch of sweetness.
[00:40:59]  This one, I can tell you, is going to be your favorite.
[00:41:01]  This is a whole breakfast in a bowl.
[00:41:03]  It's called the ultimate bagel.
[00:41:05]  And what you do is you take chopped, chopped cucumbers, which add a little crunch, some sesame seeds for texture, also fresh dill, and smoked salmon.
[00:41:14]  And the last one, a tiny dash of horseradish.
[00:41:17]  It actually looks like a bagel.
[00:41:20]  And it tastes like one too, only with no carbs.
[00:41:22]  I don't get to taste these, but I do get to taste these because if you've got a bagel craving, you go here, you know what to do over here.
[00:41:27]  But if you take yogurt, which of course is part of our culture, right?
[00:41:30]  Oh, please.
[00:41:32]  Keep your day job, honey.
[00:41:34]  Part of the fun.
[00:41:35]  For all you love yogurt and you want the right top bottom, you take advantage of everything you have.
[00:41:39]  This is a banana cream pie.
[00:41:41]  And just look at the thing.
[00:41:42]  We're actually recommending this to you in the Dr. Ross show.
[00:41:44]  So I'll taste you explain.
[00:41:46]  Yeah, so you want to just help yourself here.
[00:41:48]  This one's sweet.
[00:41:49]  Those ones are more savory.
[00:41:50]  This one's a sweet breakfast yogurt that you can take.
[00:41:53]  And so easy.
[00:41:54]  All of these, all of these recipes, super, super easy.
[00:41:56]  This one, you just have some cocoa powder, or you can do cocoa nibs if you like a little burst of deeper chocolate.
[00:42:02]  We do some crumbled of these delicious graham crackers, and then you want to slice some banana in there.
[00:42:08]  This is not sliced, so you can just have a bite of banana.
[00:42:10]  What do you think?
[00:42:11]  First of all, it's as good as it looks.
[00:42:13]  But the part about this I like the most is that they're elegant, they're simple, and they're easy.
[00:42:18]  What you've done with the Good Life magazine, I gotta say, it's doing so well because of you, because you work so Tommy.
[00:42:22]  Oh, we have a great team, we really do.
[00:42:24]  But I want to take advantage of the hard work they put into making these things work.
[00:42:27]  They're practical, easy things.
[00:42:28]  So you can find this list of Greek yogurt toppers and lots more in this month's The Good Life magazine.
[00:42:32]  It's on newsstands now.
[00:42:33]  Enjoy it.
[00:42:34]  Share with your friends.
[00:42:35]  Remember, everybody's happy and healthy start.
[00:42:37]  Where's the start?
[00:42:38]  She won't say it.
[00:42:40]  Are you happy and healthy because I'm at home?
[00:42:41]  Always.
[00:42:42]  It starts at home.