Inflammation is Draining Your Energy : Secrets to Boost Productivity w/Victoria and Oksana
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Can you explain to the audience like inflammation, its role in the body? Because it's not always bad too, right? We do need to have some inflammation in the body because when we get an injury, your immune system comes in to create that inflammation to heal from an injury. However, when somebody has an autoimmune disease, they're in a state of chronic inflammation. How do people test this and know if they have it and how do they fix it if they do have inflammation?

The early signs of symptoms usually just having fatigue, muscle weakness, or you have no energy even though you sleep for 10 hours a day. And you can reverse that before it becomes chronic. And that's a big cause of poor energy, right? Any other quick tips or tricks to become superhuman or have super energy? There's four main ways and actions that people can take to improve their energy levels and their health.

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What's up, guys? Welcome back to another episode of Living the Red Life. I'm here with two of my great, amazing clients that are all about health, focus, and energy, Victoria and Asana. And today we're going to talk about how to become a superhuman entrepreneur, how to have more energy, better health, more productivity, so you can impact more lives and get more stuff done. Welcome to the show, guys. Good to have you here. Thanks for having us, Rudy. Thank you.

So just for the audience, let's do a one minute intro. Firstly, who's who, right? And what do you guys do? And how do you guys divide your business? Because I know you're a powerful couple duo, but you clearly divide what you do in a business sense too. Hi.

My name is Oksana. I'm an immunology scientist and I'm here with my twin sister. My name is Victoria. So you guys obviously have been working with me a long time. And one thing that, you know, we share in common is we both came from the health space and, you know, both scientists, right? And I got a master's degree and did research and so did you. And, you know, I'm excited for you to be here today because we've not had a great episode on optimizing human performance.

And I know a lot of what you do is helping with disease and people with chronic disease. And then obviously what some of you know, you're doing around nutrition, supplementation and human performance optimization for entrepreneurship too. So how did you get here? And what's your like one minute journey to becoming entrepreneurs in the health space?

I think I worked as a research scientist for 10 years. And when I started working, a lot of people who were like PhD scientists, they moved on to other careers. So I ended up actually owning the lab and became an entrepreneur and figuring things out on my own. Just felt like it was in a blood.

And then what led you to like, you know learning marketing and joining our programs and and kind of starting to scale the business online I think as much as I know we have different skills She's very logical and very creative and that's how we started doing things together because I'm all about Just thinking outside of box and coming up with ideas and my sister is really good at taking actions and making it happen

Okay, and you guys obviously I know audience if you're listening or watching, you know, these guys are a power pair, right? And you guys divide and conquer in the business space. So how do you kind of delegate between each other and build that collaboration because you live together, you work together, you know, you finish each other's sentences. So let's talk a little about that.

Yeah, so I think we have strengths in different areas. And when we started our business, I was constantly going to tell her what to do, and then she would tell me what to do. And then we realized that she's good at marketing and video and creative because she's very creative. And I'm more good at taking action, sales, as well as doing everything behind the scenes and client fulfillment. So we decided to divide our roles based on the strengths that we have.

Great. And then you guys came into our program a while ago and I assume you were like a lot of health professionals that I know. And the reason I got into this is passionate about helping people, but hadn't figured out the marketing, how to reach people, how to get more clients. So can you talk a little about like that and kind of your journey and what led you to focus on marketing and business versus just the health side?

Yes, because we always want to have bigger impact and reach more people and as you know marketing is always changing and we met you we saw that you are doing things that others were not doing we want to grow and innovate but we don't know how to do it ourselves. And also I think the biggest issue that you have to stand out. There's a lot of competitions in every industry and what we like about your program that you stood out. You do things differently.

And that's what we wanted to do with our branding as well, with our offers. Just how do we stand out from everyone else? Sure. And I think you're not there yet, just like I'm not. There's always work to be done. But I think you're starting to understand how to separate yourself and what you stand for and your unique selling point and all of those things. So talking of what you guys do and the reason you're here today is to talk about entrepreneurship and how to maximize your opportunities

own productivity, your own focus, energy levels, and hopefully become superhuman in the process. So what would you say to people listening? As we know, as entrepreneurs, we work hard, right? We're always go, go, go. We're taking energy drinks or caffeine.

you know, coffee or whatever. What are some really key important base overall tips for like increasing productivity and focus and energy? - Yeah, absolutely. We worked with several entrepreneurs. We saw that their business was affected, but the way that they were feeling, whether they got sick with Lyme disease or they started experiencing fatigue. And we found that there's four main ways and actions that people can take to improve their energy levels and their health.

So the first way is drinking enough water. And most people recommend just to drink eight ounces of water per day or maybe 64 ounces. But what we found when working with clients is that's barely enough to be able to maintain optimal health.

So based on our research and the results we see with people is that when they increase their water intake to at least 100 ounces a day, they see that their energy improves. And one thing we want to add about water is that one of the main symptoms of dehydration is fatigue and migraines and digestive issues. And also lack of thirst. So the first sign of dehydration, you're not thirsty.

Yeah, yeah. We used to teach, you know, I came more from the sports science space, but there was a famous saying in our industry, by the time you're thirsty, it's too late because you're already dehydrated at that point. And yeah, I mean, I've drank about double the recommended intake of water for the last 10 years, especially when you live in hot climates, you exercise a lot.

You know, just a couple of percent levels of dehydration can impact sport performance, cognitive function, everything like that. And water is an interesting one 'cause it's easy for me, but like my wife, she struggles to drink enough, you know? Like she tries buying the bottles and then she tries something else and then setting reminders and then getting the app. She's tried everything to try and figure it out. Do you have any tips for clients or anyone listening that struggles with water?

I think other thing that people can do, like make a smoothie. So if the water you add to your smoothie includes as your total water intake. If it tastes good or you can make flavored type of water if you add fruit to your water so it tastes, it adds flavor. So that's some of the reasons people can enjoy actually the taste of it. Totally. And what about, you know,

I mean, we're talking a lot about energy performance and that side, but what about disease? Like water has a big role in overall health, right? And it helps transport nutrients around the body and all of those things. So do you see that a lot of your clients that come to you with diseases, their water intake and stuff's bad as well or? Yeah, because dehydration actually leads to destruction of your cells.

So, decafration comes from not drinking enough water and also the food they consume. So, if the food is really dehydrating, they can get sick and as well as water helps you hydrate your whole body and hydrates the food you're eating. Yeah, and I think a good example of that is most people on a bad diet have way too much sodium intake and sodium is not a bad

nutrient by any means, but it has to balance out with water, right? And if you're having a lot more sodium than most people, you need to make sure your water intake matches that, right? So water, easy one to start out with, guys. Hopefully you can all achieve that. And I'm sure some of you are listening going, yep, that's me. I don't drink enough

water and it's like it's one of the biggest swings it's one of the most easiest things to do and just build a system around it right like whether it's a big bottle on your desk where it tracks it whether it's an app whether it's a reminder whether it's you know I do flavored water because it just helps me stay hydrated so whatever it takes it's very important okay good what about what else for anything else for optimal performance that you found an energy for entrepreneurs

Yes, absolutely. The second part is important that people don't think about is how your anxiety and stress can affect your energy. Because most people who are chronically stressed out either due to business, they feel fatigued. So that's another reason that really affects the energy. It's important to, as an entrepreneur or business owner, to schedule time for either self-care or have breaks when you work. Because sometimes you get in a rut where you're constantly working non-stop and you can burn out.

and you get anxiety and stress and you're going to feel fatigued. Yeah, I think the anxiety and stress, like I've done podcasts on this, like I think one of the blessings of building a strong mindset is you can work through that anxiety and stress much better. And if you can't, it's going to eat away as an entrepreneur, it's going to eat away at you. So is there anything you see with clients that you coach them on on how to lower stress and anxiety? Do you have any tips or tricks for that?

Yeah, absolutely. So we focus more on self-care and scheduling the activities that help them with anxiety and stress and having good recovery periods if they're working long hours. And also we focus more on

Getting that dopamine other than from eating junk food cuz it increases dopamine levels your body focusing on activities that bring you joy and happiness That's what do you have any like any go-to's for clients you recommend or is it just as simple as personalizing it to you? What do you know that people can do exercise or they can go to picnic or they can spend time in nature? Yeah, this also helps you release your stress and

and just do activities with people then reason happiness like hang out with their friends not not to stay at home too much and just be more spend time in nature and i think yeah with covid and everything it's probably increased a lot of people

spent more time at home, they stopped going out, they stopped doing things they loved and maybe they were working harder too because business was all over the place during COVID. So I'm sure stress levels went up, anxiety went up and we're fortunate here in Florida, we're pretty free during COVID and we can go out into beautiful nature. But I know in England and

you know, many Northern European countries, there's much higher depression levels because they don't get the sun as much and they don't get outdoors as much, right? So I like that about, yeah, really structuring, you know, a lot of entrepreneurs, I think, structure their day. Hey, I'm doing this meeting, then this, then I'm filming here, then I'm gonna review this sales page, then I'm gonna work with these clients.

but they don't structure in maybe the gym time or, you know, taking a 30-minute walk or doing other things that can help outside of work. I think that's great. Good. What else? Yeah, so that brings us back to the next point is oftentimes when people are tired, they want to preserve their energy, so they exercise less.

And actually lack of exercise leads to more fatigue over time. So exercise is also very important to keep your energy high. And it also, when people are exercising, we notice that they recover faster from illness and you're able to absorb more nutrients into your cells when your blood is pumping harder. Yeah, so I think...

That's always, you know, I see as a challenging one, especially like I travel a lot for business, right? And I try and stay in a regime and work out even when traveling, but it's sometimes hard when you're jet lagged or you didn't sleep well the night before, or you were busy. It's easy to say, I'm gonna skip today.

But one thing I've always done is I kind of have this like five minute workout rule that if I just go to the gym for five minutes, it's fine. But then whenever you go to work out for five minutes, you end up spending 20, 30 minutes because now you're already there. So I thought that's always done me well is like just trying to go for five minutes because I know I'll stay if I can just go for five minutes.

And yeah, I think even walking, right? Like traveling jet lag. I think just even if you can walk for 30, 60 minutes, get the fresh air and the sun. And, you know, if you're on the beach, the grounding effect can be super beneficial.

What about, you know, we talked a lot about, you know, hydration, environment, walking, exercise, activity, and scheduling your day to balance work and obviously managing stress. What about nutrition?

Yeah, that's a really big part because a lot of people who come to us for help, they feel like they're eating healthy, but there's healthy food that are causing inflammation in the body. They're not realizing it. And then when we tested our clients for deficiencies, we found that most people were not deficient in vitamins, but they were deficient in minerals. Yes.

And minerals like antioxidants and phytonutrients are very important for our organ function, our brain function. And that's what we're focusing on the clients, how they can improve the nutrients that they're getting from the food that they're eating so their cells and their whole body can function better.

Yeah, and what would you say, you know, obviously everyone's different and that's why you do blood work and different tests, right? But in general, have you seen like most people are deficient in certain areas? Is there any key areas you kind of can... Most people are actually deficient in magnesium. Okay. It's an important mineral that's...

responsible for different biochemicals in your body like for your heart for your muscles and for your brain function so that's the most important one that people deficient in they're just not consuming enough from they're not getting enough food what about a zinc think as well or just magnesium we haven't seen zinc and the blood work as much as the magnesium but also if people are low in magnesium they also have difficulty sleeping which we also see a lot with our clients so

But yeah, zinc is also an important mineral, but we make sure our clients are getting enough of everything that they need not only perform basic functions, but also be able to heal from a disease. Yeah, so magnesium is a big one. What about vitamin D levels? Yeah, so vitamin D is an important one. We do talk a lot about that.

with with our clients or other podcast that we have done and Because it's a hormone and even if people are on the Sun they still not getting enough vitamin D and people who tend to be dark skin actually tend to be more deficient in vitamin D So that's very important vitamin that we recommend to everyone supplement with Regardless where they live and also your body uses up vitamin D if you have inflammation sure a lot of our clients who come to us they do have inflammation in the body and they tend to have low

low in vitamin D. Yeah, when I was in the UK I took vitamin D for years, right, 5000 IU, for many years and then I got out here and I think one thing that people don't know too is depending on the time of the year and your location, relation to the sun, you absorb it differently too, so

It's to me that's like a easy no-brainer, super cheap. The tablets are small. If you don't like tablets, they're easy to swallow. And especially if you live in Northern states and states that don't get much sun, if you're English listening to this, you probably should take vitamin D. It's like a no-brainer. Tons of health benefits.

One thing we skip past that I think is so important is inflammation, right? Because inflammation, when I was a sports scientist, it became, you know, I think I was around in the time where inflammation became the big thing, the big enemy, right? And a lot of people don't understand what inflammation is and they don't really understand its impact. So inflammation

Can you explain to the audience like inflammation, its role in the body? Because it's not always bad too, right? Inflammation is needed to actually recover in acute doses. It's when it's chronic and elevated that it becomes bad. So what's causing inflammation? What's the impact of inflammation?

Yes, so we do need to have some inflammation in the body because when we get an injury, your immune system comes in to create that inflammation to heal from an injury. However, when somebody has an autoimmune disease, they're in a state of chronic inflammation when it causes health symptoms and problems in the body.

So it's a chronic inflammation over time that leads to diseases and triggers genes for diseases. So that's the difference between just having inflammation that's important versus acute inflammation, which is chronic inflammation. Yes. Where? And I think most people, you know, you talked about inflammation for disease.

But what about inflammation? You know, because I think a lot of normal quote unquote healthy people that look healthy, they also have inflammation. They just don't know. So what are some signs and symptoms and what could cause inflammation to a normal, healthy entrepreneur?

I think some signs could be just brain fog, fatigue. That's the main symptoms. People might have like just achiness. They have either joint pain and the labs could still look normal for five to ten years before they get diagnosed that they have a disease. So the early signs of symptoms usually just having fatigue, muscle weakness, or you have no energy even though you sleep for ten hours a day. And then you start having memory problems, either brain fog or you start forgetting things.

And often doctors tell you just your age or maybe you're stressed out or you have some trauma, but it could be just something else going on in your body that you actually have a disease that's early stages of developing. And you can reverse that before it becomes chronic if you change your diet early on or start addressing your symptoms.

And that's a big cause of poor energy, right? Poor recovery and poor energy is often, you know, there might be some underlying inflammation. So how do people test this and know if they have it and how do they fix it if they do have inflammation? Yeah, so again, looking at the symptoms, like my sister mentioned, fatigue, hair loss, skin problems, joint pain, but this test

that people can do they can test for inflammation markers they can be high in the body to help them address but there's also immune markers that people can run to see how the immune system is functioning so for example if people have been deficient in vitamin D it also the immune system is not able to function optimally

So there's a different test people can do for inflammation markers, immune markers to see if they have inflammation levels in the body. And if they do have inflammation, like any supplements, antioxidants, you know, what are you recommending to lower inflammation?

Yes. So again, we're very big on helping people reverse their diseases with nutrition. So we're focusing on eliminating foods that are still keeping the inflammation levels high. So again, lots of processed foods, sugar, but adding things to their body to help them recover. Foods that are very nutrient dense and high in minerals, such as vegetables, dark leafy greens that people not eat enough of.

or they don't know which ones are good for them. Yeah, you know, during my nutrition years I, you know, learn a lot of this and one thing that I try and eat every day is berries. Like to me they're, you know, one of the best, I think, fruits and foods out there because of their antioxidant level and glycemic load is so low and packed full of nutrients and fiber. So I think

having a good understanding of how food can impact your energy as an entrepreneur is such a big deal. And then building a routine for you. I do really well on protein all day and then I have bigger meals in the evening when I actually want my energy levels to start slowly coming down. I wanna lower adrenaline.

And I think a lot of people in the last 10, 15 years, or I mean, I guess the last 30, 40 years have switched to lower carbohydrate breakfasts, for example, right? Where they see better stable energy, where they're having more healthy fats and proteins in the day, and then maybe more carbohydrates around the workout or at nighttime.

So do you have any overall tips for energy around macronutrients and how to structure carbs, proteins, and fats?

Yeah, we definitely see issues with processed carbs, but even vegetables have carbohydrates. So when we work with clients, we do focus more on getting more nutrients and vitamins rather than focusing on macronutrients. But if they're eating enough of the right things, they're getting enough of carbs, fat, and protein. But generally, we do see that if people are getting more vitamins, minerals, healthy fats that are important for our brain, as brain is mostly made of water and fat. So making sure that they're getting enough healthy fats.

as well as vitamins and minerals from the food that they're eating. Great. So just as we come towards the end of today, any other quick tips or tricks to become superhuman or have super energy? Victoria, what do you think? The quick tips? I think make sure you schedule time for self-care. Make sure you surround yourself with positive people because negative people can drain your energy and stress. And also make sure you take care of your nutrition before you get sick, before it's too late.

Great. Anything from yourself? Any other tips? I do agree with her. Just focusing on surrounding yourself with people who have high vibes. That's another reason we joined your program because we love your energy and all the people who work with you. And it gives us energy to do the work we want to do. And focusing on your nutrition and identifying when you start feeling...

symptoms, there's something you need to change in your lifestyle. Sure. Yeah, I think for me, you know, the big ones that I would always give and have implemented myself is exercise daily, right? Even if on rest days, I still try and walk, you know, a few miles. So,

uh... sunlight i think it's a massive one like my morning i don't have a big morning routine i don't do journaling and all this stuff but i get twenty minutes of sunlight right away like that has a big impact on your circadian rhythm and telling your body to release hormones to actually wake you up which you don't get in england and a lot of uh... uh... but also you know it actually helps release key hormones so in england i actually had a lamp that you know gave you the same effect because

you don't get, you know, some weeks you don't get any stuff. And then playing around with...

calorie and and food consumption throughout the day like I think general America and the world has grown up where people have crazy big breakfast hundreds thousands of calories hundred plus grams of carbohydrates and I believe that that's great if you're an athlete and you're about to go work out for an hour an hour and a half but if you're about to sit at a desk for nine hours

I think playing around with, you know, try fasting and see if it works for you. Some people love it, some people hate it. I love it, right? It's given me the best energy. I have really high energy all day. Or it might be try reducing carbohydrates in the morning or, you know, having a lighter breakfast or skipping breakfast for the first couple of hours. Yeah.

Yeah, we definitely agree with that because we see also with people we worked with is that if they're eating really high calorie foods for morning or it's a lot of processed carbohydrates, the energy is very lost because it takes a lot of energy to digest that type of food. Well, and then insulin spikes, glucose spikes, and then it crashes down and then they, you know...

So what about caffeine? That's obviously, you know, from a research science standpoint, it has one of the biggest impacts on energy. But obviously, over time, you can become, you know, chronically dependent on it. So it's a double edged sword. Do you take caffeine? Do you not like caffeine? How do you see caffeine's effect on energy?

i think in uh if you don't drink too much of it because it influences your adrenal yeah yeah and you it can affect your sleep as well so over time you can fatigue but i think caffeine is fine as long as you don't like overdo it because then it can affect your dehydration too because it causes more urination and oftentimes people just drink a lot of caffeine or

instead of water, so they become chronically dehydrated and then they lose that symptom of thirst. So we always just see what kind of, how much caffeine you can tolerate without having it affect you negatively. - Yeah, I've always, I've kind of had a caffeine protocol for many years as an entrepreneur. So I do two caffeine doses morning. I try and wait 30, 60 minutes 'cause it's better for your circadian rhythm so it doesn't impact it.

And then I do it lunchtime. Caffeine, if you're listening, it has a six to eight hour half-life, which means after eight hours it is kind of gone from the bloodstream. So I cut caffeine by 2:00 p.m. Any time after that it impacts sleep. And also, I mean, it's very important based on energy levels and your adrenal function, thyroid health, right? If you have really high stress, you're like someone that's always on edge.

caffeine is probably going to ruin your adrenal glands or not help and thyroid function but I'm very I'm pretty calm I rest really well I sleep eight hours I have really good like stable energy and I think my adrenals and thyroid are pretty healthy so I think you can get away with it more if you are

an athlete and in a healthy place. So guys, great session. Hopefully you guys all enjoyed learning a little around health optimization and energy and stress management as an entrepreneur. Something we've not talked a lot about, but something that I've been passionate about for many years from my health days.

If anyone's listening and they have a chronic disease, maybe a family member with a chronic disease, or they're an entrepreneur and they want to learn how to maximize more of this and dial in their diet and their body, how do they find you guys? Well, we have a main website, which is victoriaandoxana.com. But if they want easier spelling, then they can just type autoimmunecellularhealing.com. Autoimmunecellularhealing.com. Cellular healing. Cellularhealing.com. Yes.

Or they can text our number, which is 586-588-1040 and we have a WhatsApp as well. Great. One more time for the number for people. So they can reach out to us using our number 586-588-1040 and it's a US number.

And that's just for business purposes, right? No dating. Business purposes. Business purposes. Okay, there you go, guys. Thank you for coming on YouTube. It's been an awesome time. I really enjoyed talking about optimizing health. And I think it's something entrepreneurs don't think about enough that like...

Optimizing your, you know, as an entrepreneur and a CEO, as arrogant as it sounds, you are the Kobe Bryant, you are the Tom Brady, right? You're like the MVP of the show. So if you're miserable, if your energy's down, if you're unhealthy, the whole company will fail and be impacted. So you have to stay ahead of the game. Like last, yesterday in the office, I had blood work, right? Every six months I have someone come in and takes my blood.

and I check all my biomarkers. So, and you know, I try and exercise every day and I'll change my flight and pay double the price just to not take a flight that will impact my sleep. Because for me, and we haven't really talked about that, but sleep is probably the number one energy creator that we didn't mention. But if you sleep bad, everything else we said kind of comes secondary to sleep.

So yeah, do what you can as an entrepreneur because you are the MVP and if you function like a high performing athlete, your business will follow. So guys, thank you and we'll see you guys soon. Keep living the red line. Thank you.