Good Morning, everybody, and welcome to the Balancing Act.
We're so glad you're here.
I'm Julie Moran.
And I'm Olga Villaverde.
Alright, lots of good things on the table today, literally.
Healthy meals for the entire family.
And when it comes to our skin, we certainly want to rejuvinate.
Absolutely.
And replenish...
For sure!
our youthful appearance, right?
Okay.
So we're going to find out how one skin care line is using their medical expertise in treating
an healing accute burns to improve our looks.
And then I'm heading into the kitchen.
You know I love going into the kitchen.
And you're getting better.
You're getting better.
Oh my gosh, I'm the best cook.
She just can't deal with it.
Alright, we're going in there for some quick and easy meal solutions.
Everything you need, all in one bag.
That's for you.
It's healthy.
It's nutritious and delicious.
This is a fabulous show.
The Balancing Act starts right now.
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I want to know how to keep my skin as youthful as I am.
I really need some hydration for my skin.
I would love to do something about these dark circles under my eyes.
I wish my skin was a little bit smoother right in here.
I would love to wake up every day looking radiant and refreshed.
Wouldn't we all?
I mean, really.
Who doesn't want healthy beautiful skin?
Hello.
Here to help us achieve that dream are Uber Skincare experts, Barbara Klein, President
of the luxury skin care cosmetics company Brevena Laboratories, and plastic surgeon,
Dr. Debra Reilly.
Good morning.
Now, doesn't that resonate with so many women out there what we just heard.
Well of course.
Everybody wants healthy skin and beautiful skin, but as we age we do the best we can.
And the best we can is hydrate.
And as we age, doctor, I mean let's be honest, oh my gosh.
Oh no.
Yes.
I'll wake up in the morning, and I'll say "Where did that come from?".
Well, it comes from you genetic profile.
But, we can always helps what's going on with everything else.
And like Barbara said, hydration is key.
So, what factors are making our skin change during these years?
Well, a lot of it is just plain old environment.
I mean, you go out.
You've got smog, you've got sun, you've got wind.
And whether you're in summer, or whether you're in winter, all of that is going to affect
your skin in different ways.
And then, what do we do every day?
We go out and put makeup on to look more beautiful, and then at the end of the night, you take
it off and now you have this dry makeup damaged skin.
So, again, we need something to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate our skin.
So, when we look for something to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate our skin, Barbara, what makes
your product something where you say "This makes a difference."
What makes a difference in this product is the Macro B Complex, and it comes from the
cell wall of an oat.
So, it's very natural in its base.
We pull that out of the oat plant, and we refine it, we purify it, and we put it into
our creams and lotions.
And, what sets us apart from others, is that we have been doing this for over 20 years
in burn centers, where we've had it in medical devices treating skin loss.
And that's what I want to talk about also because the history of how Brevena came to
be is a lot because of what you were exposed to.
You were a farmer rep, like me, and you were selling products.
Tell me the story so our viewers know that this is just not something that came out on
the whim.
Right.
Well, 35 years ago, I started selling to the burn community, and with these fine burn surgeons,
and the whole team associated with burn care.
And over the years you get to know that community.
And 20 years ago I identified the substance that I really felt would make a difference
in healing burns and helping to hopefully improve burn care.
We submitted this to the FDA.
They cleared it as a device which we've been selling into the burn centers for over 20
years in dressings and creams, and they've been successfully used in the burn centers.
And, Doctor, you have spent so many years helping so many burn victims in terms of healing
and making them feel better.
But, you as a result of this, then started using it?
Sure.
Why not?
If it's going to heal my patients and make them look and feel better as well and get
that burn skin healed, what's is going to do for me and my damaged skin from my surgical
face mask or washing my hands all the time?
I started using it on myself as well, and when Barb started to put this out as a luxury
skin cream line, I'm the first one to get a product.
And what did you notice?
I've noticed that my skin is no longer dry and scratchy.
And I have to be honest, you look amazing.
Let's talk about the creams.
This is the day cream?
This is the day cream.
Alright, so how would I use this?
Can I open it?
Absolutely.
Please do.
Okay.
Apply it every morning and more frequently if you'd like to.
It's a very rich luxurious cream.
It penetrates into the skin.
You can apply makeup very easily over it.
It's very light.
So it doesn't stay greasy.
Yes, it's very light.
But very moisturizing.
And this is the evening - the night - cream.
Now, some people like to use the night cream during the day.
Oh?
Just because they like a little richer.
It's a little richer, a little thicker.
But not oily.
No, they're not oily.
You can apply these as often as your skin needs it.
Usually it's in the morning and at night, but if you need more hydration.
If you've been out swimming, out skiing, out airplane...I think is very drying, and your
office environments and car riding.
So anytime, if you have dry skin, moisturize and this will really help.
And then we have a foot and heel repair?
Oh yes.
This is good for me.
I'm a runner.
You're a runner.
Good for you.
I have a niece that's a runner, too, and you want to keep your heels nice and soft because
if they're not soft, it adds a little cushion to it when you're running.
So, if you put this balm on, it's a real intensive balm, but you will notice that the fissures
will heal up and the dry cracked skin, it will feel real good.
It will actually happen almost over night.
And, Doctor, you use the hand lotion?
I use the hand lotion a lot.
I wash my hands 100+ times a day, and I use all those hand sanitizers to keep clean for
the patients.
But that just really dries my hands out.
So, I use that hand cream constantly.
Great on cuticles when you want your cuticles not to dry out.
But, remember, these are skin creams.
So, any part of your skin you need to use it on - is it your elbows that you have trouble
with, is it this part of your neck what you have trouble with - you need to use it where
you need it.
So, for our viewers who'd like more information on Brevena, where do they go Barbara?
brevena.com brevena.com.
Now, you know why I opened and touched these, right?
So you can have them.
Of course.
Because we can't discard them now.
Now I have to take it home.
I'm going to give it a trial run for, what do you think, a month?
No, just a couple of days.
You'll notice a difference really quickly in the hydration.
And once you make it a habit, by the end of the month, you'll have beautiful skin and
you'll be using it on a routine basis.
Anything to look younger.
Always.
Thank you so much.
And for more information on loving your skin again, visit brevena.com.
Go to our website TheBalancingAct.com for a special offer from Brevena just for Balancing
Act viewers.
Check it out.
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Busy moms and dads, when it comes to meal time, who has the time to make delicious and
nutritious lunches and dinners every time?
Well, our next two guests came up with a culinary solution that's not only tasty but quick and
easy.
Joining us from Modern Table is Gulbin Hoeberechts, affectionately known as Cheif Mom, and Jennifer
Eiseman, Modern Table's markesting Maven.
Welcome guys.
We're so excited to be here.
And this is going to be so much fun.
Alright, I'm going to go right to your website, and this is your quote: "Life gets crazy sometimes,
and when it does, we don't want to compromise."
I love that about you guys.
You don't want to compromise.
You want to give us the best.
Tell me about your food philosophy.
We are busy moms ourselves, and we know, as moms, how busy life gets.
We know dinner is very hard.
You have to figure that out every night.
It's the job that never gets done.
And you want to give your family healthy food, but it's not always that easy.
Sometimes you actually make a healthy meal, and if you have a kid like mine - I have a
five-year-old who throws himself on the floor and protests - and if he doesn't eat it, it's
not healthy.
Right.
For those situations, we want to be able to give moms another option that's healthy, so
they don't have to revert to the empty calories.
Yes.
So, for that, we came up with Modern Table Meals that are naturally nutritious, delicious,
and super easy to make.
Even our husbands can make them.
We are moms on a mission.
Well, starting this business seems like a leap of faith, but it's not your first big
leap, I understand.
No, Julie, actually it's not.
Gulbin and I have known each other for a long time, pre-kids.
The pre-kid era, we say.
Awe, that's a bond.
And we actually ended up in New Zealand together on top of a 150 foot bridge, and next thing
you know, we were bungee jumping off of it with nothing more than a rope.
Tied to each other.
Oh!
Then you're good friends.
Yes.
Close friends.
So, we knew we could trust each other.
So, we were pretty sure going into business together would work out.
You know, what I want to talk to you about is, these look amazing, and what I was so
impressed and just floored by is that the staple of all of this is beans.
Bean-based pasta is truly a revolutionary breakthrough in the food world.
So, everybody knows and loves pasta, but we're not really feeling that great about eating
something made from wheat.
Well, beans are an amazing vegetable.
They also are a protein.
Nothing else can claim that.
So, we found a way to take a really healthy ingredient and put it in a very familiar format.
Oh my gosh.
So it looks like pasta, cooks like pasta, tastes like pasta, but you get all the protein
and fiber of beans.
So, tell me what options we have here.
It looks great.
So, you have Southwest here.
This is the Southwest, this one.
And then you have Italian, which is roasted tomato sauce.
And you have Mediterranean as well as Teriyaki.
The other neat thing is that there's actually a little customizable seasoning packet that
comes out.
And here's, actually, the little seasoning that comes out of it.
And that's customizable.
So, you can put it on yours and you can hold it off from your kids.
And for those who are vegan or want gluten free, what are your options?
Well, we have, they're all vegetarian.
We have two that are vegan, and we have three that are gluten free.
So we have something to meet all dietary needs.
And I heard something about mac'n'cheese.
What?
That's right.
It's coming.
Modern Table Homestyle Mac'n'Cheese Bean Pasta and Veggie Kit.
That's right.
With 24 grams of protein per serving.
Oh my.
It's new, brand new.
Next month we'll be rolling out nationally.
We're incredibly excited.
We've heard from people who love Modern Table.
They keep asking us "Why don't you have Mac'n'Cheese?
When are you going to have Mac'n'Cheese?"
So, we're thrilled.
And for like my 16-year-old who comes from volleyball and wants to make something herself,
it's not just empty calories.
I mean, this is good for her.
Not at all.
It's nutritious.
Oh my gosh.
I'm taking this right now.
Alright, where's Modern Table?
Where can we find you?
So, you'll be able to find us at Target and Whole Foods, and you can buy us at ModernTable.com
as well.
So how easy is it?
Show me.
It's super easy.
So, here's what you do.
You buy this bag, and everything you need is in here.
Everything?
Everything.
So, you open it up and you have a sauce packet.
This we're going to mix up.
Here's the most important part.
This is that bean-based pasta with veggies.
So, you've got pasta and veggies that go into boiling water, and they boil together at the
same temperature.
And you boil it for eight or nine minutes, drain it, and then you get this.
Voila.
You add the sauce.
And then the sauce is really easy to make.
All you need is water and oil and whisk it, and this one is a Southwest flavor.
And so then you can just take this?
Oh, you're going...Oh, wow!
And then you just pour it right over.
Alright.
And then you just toss it a couple times, and then you have this other seasoning packet
that came in here.
And this one happens to have our Southwest, is one of our spiciest flavors.
So this has got extra heat on here.
So use accordingly, and then this serves a family of four.
But if you want, as we call it, jazz it up.
So, you know, if you have a husband like mine who has to have meat, then you can add a protein.
We make recommendations on the back of the panel what goes well.
So Southwest pairs really nicely with steak.
Okay, you just solved dinner for me tomorrow night.
I know what I'm doing.
This is fabulous.
I want to just thank you guys for coming in.
This is like a revelation to me.
I'm like so excited about this segment, and I'm taking it right to my kitchen.
Awesome.
Great to have you.
Thanks for having us.
Thank you.
And if you'd like to learn more about healthy eating that's quick and easy and flavorful,
visit us at TheBalancingAct.com.
We're also on Facebook.
Let us know what meals you're preparing from Modern Table or your table.
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Try to digest this.
More and more scientists believe that everything from anxiety and depression to obesity to
rheumatoid arthritis to chronic fatigue spectrum - the list of diseases goes on and on - are
all connected to our gut.
You know, our stomach.
The belly and what's inside.
Our guest, Dr. Zach Bush is an expert on healthy guts and has lots of insights for us this
morning.
He is founder CEO of Revolution Health Center and Biomic Sciences.
Good morning.
Thanks for having me.
Thanks for being here.
This is so appropriate for the morning because I know, especially my husband, he's probably
having a cup of coffee right now.
He's probably dipping his donut or his toast into that coffee and he's in pain.
And I know a lot of people that wake up every morning, Doctor, in pain.
Yes, this has become an epidemic in our environment.
We've got over 60 to 80 percent of Americans now identifying with the concept of gut problems,
and most Americans right now are eating diets that are full of processed foods which are
rich in GMOs, antibiotics, herbicides, and pesticides that are used in the farming industry,
and this can really damage the frontline of health.
The immune system is really destroyed as these are consumed.
The wipeout of bacteria in the gut leads to a weakening of the gut lining.
So whether it's the coffee or the donut or whatever you're about to put in your mouth,
you have an opportunity now for that to pass inappropriate from the gut into your bloodstream.
And it's not just the food, right?
I mean it could be other factors, stress, I mean the list can go on and on in terms
of unhealthy gut?
It's a vicious cycle between external forces and internal stressors that lead to real severe
gut problems.
And then what's compromised here, which you just touched upon, and I'd like to hear a
little bit more about that is our immune system.
Because then we have problems, we get unhealthy, and diseases come about.
Why is it compromised?
Absolutely.
So, as you lose bacteria, you become vulnerable at that frontline of defense, which is the
gut wall.
It should be a firewall of defense against the outside world and your immune system.
But as it becomes leaky and you start to introduce inappropriate material into that immune system,
it gets overwhelmed, and the results is chronic inflammation, which is the primary cause of
all chronic disease.
And I know you're very passionate about this.
That's why your company, Biomic Sciences, is really leading the way in creating a supplement
that's good for - hence my husband and so many people out there - your supplement is
Restore.
Tell me how that is changing lives.
The effort with Restore is really to start to really figure out what is a healthy gut?
With Restore, what our discovery was, is that there are carbon molecules made by bacteria
when they digest food.
And those carbon molecules actually are bunches up and create a firewall of defense and support
to block the toxicity of our environment.
And we're seeing a picture right now, so if you could explain right here what we're seeing.
Yeah, and so in that upper right hand corner, you're seeing a control membrane that's ready
to absorb nutrients and food into the system.
Right below that, you're seeing an image of the amount of gluten seen in one slice of
pizza.
Now, what you see is gaps between the cells that have developed that are almost 25% of
the circumference of the whole cell.
See, this huge leaky sieve has occurred.
In contrast, to your left, if you take Restore on that membrane, you get a 60% increase in
those tight junction barriers, and then the gluten introduction with the Restore at the
bottom left hand corner is showing you no damage whatsoever.
So that person, who may be suffering from this and then also gets that bloating and
that horrible feeling, Restore can really help them and alleviate that a lot.
Yes, it's a stunning situation where not just gluten sensitivity but every condition that
we think of with chronic inflammation now, whether it's asthma and food allergies in
our children, eczema, even the autistic spectrum all the way to the adult where you're looking
at cardiovascular disease, cancer, the Alzheimer's dementia.
All of these are going to tie right back to that same tight junction injury in the gut
wall with that leaky sieve membrane.
So, Doctor, can Restore be used to prevent disease and maybe even correct issues that
we are currently battling?
It's an amazing thing.
When you have an intact immune system, you're capable of dealing with all kinds of adversity
out there.
And Restore is this new compound that's allowing for that frontline of defense to go back up
and really create resilience back in your organism of healing.
So this is the excitement that we get to see around clinic everyday.
Is upmost remarkable situations of healing not because we're healers but because the
consumer is really the healer.
Each of us are empowered with an incredible capacity.
Can you tell me a story of maybe someone who tried Restore and truly changed their lives?
So many of those, but there's a 17-year-old girl in my clinic that dropped out of college
because of her inability to really focus on her studies because she was suffering daily
discomfort in the gut.
Bowel problems, etc. etc.
It was an embarrassment to her.
She felt like she couldn't go into social environments and everything else.
Sure.
One day, two days on Restore and she comes down the stairs at home and tells her mom,
"Mom, I think I'm ready to go.
I'm cured and I'm ready to fly."
She just needed that frontline of defense back up, and then she was able to go and do
what she does best.
Great story.
Doctor, for our viewers out there who'd like more information on Restore, where do they
go?
Restore4Life.com.
That's Restore, the number four, Life dot com.
And you are restoring lives.
Thank you so much, Doctor.
And of course if you'd like more information, go our website TheBalancingAct.com.
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Such great information on today's show.
Everything from skin care to yummy meals.
And you know what, I love that bean pasta.
I know you're going to be afraid to try it.
Bean-based and so delicious.
Remember we have lots more on our website TheBalancingAct.com.
We're on Facebook and Twitter.
Until next time...
Remember to find your balance.
So long everybody.
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