(MUSIC) GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE
BALANCING ACT.
WE JUST HELD HANDS.
WE DID.
THAT WAS VERY CUTE.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
I'M JULIE MORAN.
AND I'M OLGA VILLAVERDE.
ALRIGHT.
ARE YOU THINKING OR HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL?
ALWAYS.
WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT A GREAT ONLINE OPTION FROM SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY.
I'D LIKE TO GET MY MASTERS.
THESE DAYS, WE SEE FOOD THAT SAYS GLUTEN FREE EVERYWHERE.
WE DO.
BUT DO WE TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW GLUTEN AFFECTS THE BODY?
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS BREAK THROUGH BLOOD TEST FOR GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
GREAT STORY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
ALRIGHT.
THE BALANCING ACT STARTS, YOU GOT IT, RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GO.
(MUSIC) ONLINE EDUCATION AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL IS
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER THANKS IN A LARGE PART TO WOMEN.
I LOVE THAT.
IN FACT, THEY MAKE US CLOSE TO 70% OF THE TOTAL ONLINE COLLEGIATE POPULATION.
NOT ONLY DO ONLINE EDUCATORS GIVE A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT BUT THE CONVENIENCE OF
ATTENDING CLASS FROM PRACTICALLY ANYWHERE FITS THE NEEDS AND SCHEDULES OF TODAY'S BUSIEST
GOAL ORIENTED WOMEN.
AND WITH US TO DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE COLLEGE EDUCATION IS DANA G. HOIT.
PRESIDENT OF SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FROM ITS MAIN BRICK AND MORTAR CAMPUS WHERE
IT'S LOCATED IN HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS.
DANA WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO THIS MORNING.
WELL, JULIE, I'M SO PLEASE TO BE HERE.
I'M FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION.
I LOVE THAT ACCENT.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
IT MAKES ME FEEL AT HOME AS A GEORGIA GIRL.
OK.
I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT EXPLAINS THE METEORIC RISE OF THE POPULARITY OF ONLINE EDUCATION?
WELL, IN TODAY'S WORLD EVERYBODY'S LIFESTYLES ARE CRAZY BUSY.
SO WHAT YOU GET WITH ONLINE EDUCATION IS ON DEMAND EDUCATION.
AT THE TIME AND PLACE THAT IT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
AND THE WORKFORCE NEEDS MORE EDUCATED PEOPLE SO THE TWO WORK TOGETHER EXCELLENTLY.
THAT IS SO TRUE.
AND SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN EDUCATING PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN 135 YEARS.
SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS HOW SAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED NOT ONLY A RICH TRADITION IN HUNTSVILLE, BUT
HOW IT'S CONTINUING THAT TRADITION GLOBALLY ONLINE.
WELL, I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW OUR FACULTY AND STAFF HAVE EMBRACED ONLINE EDUCATION AS
JUST AN ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD FOR EDUCATION.
SO, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME TRADITIONS, THE SAME SUPPORT STRUCTURES, THE SAME EMPHASIS
ON QUALITY AND ON THE ACTUALLY THE FACULTY CONNECTION TO THEIR STUDENTS IN AN ONLINE
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE DO IF YOU TAKE A CLASS IN ONE OF OUR CAMPUS SETTINGS.
LET'S EXPAND ON THE FLEXIBILITY FACTORS.
WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS?
WHY SHOULD A BUSY WOMAN CHOOSE YOUR ONLINE SCHOOL, YOUR ONLINE PROGRAMS?
SAY AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS OUT THERE.
WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A FOUR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE
ALMOST 25 GRADUATE MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS A DOCTORAL DEGREE YOU CAN DO ENTIRELY
ONLINE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT VARIETY THERE IS SOMETHING THAT FITS YOUR NEED OR YOUR SCHEDULE AS WELL.
BUT I WILL THINK THE FLEXIBILITY, I WILL TELL YOU, I'M A CPA.
FOR YEARS, I HAVE DONE ALL OF MY CONTINUED EDUCATION ONLINE.
AND SO I'M DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THAT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS CHANGE THAT REALL
MANY WOMEN FIND FITS THEIR SCHEDULE SO WELL.
THAT'S SO TRUE AND IN THE INTRO THAT NEARLY 70% OF THE ONLINE POPULATION IS WOMEN.
WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT?
WELL, I THINK FIRST, OVER 50% OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM TODAY IS FEMALE.
SO, WHAT YOU ALSO SEE THEN, IS THAT THE DEMANDS FOR THEIR LIVES ARE SO, YOU KNOW, WITH WORK
AND CHILDREN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, MEANS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ONLINE EDUCATION
REALLY FITS THEM EXTREMELY WELL.
SO, YOU'LL SEE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN THAT ENVIRONMENT THAN YOU DO MEN.
OK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW COST AND FUNDING AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE IF YOU WERE AT THE BRICK
AND MORTAR CAMPUS.
ARE YOU PAYING A SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT TO GO TO COLLEGE?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.
AND SO ARE COSTS STRUCTURE FOR ONLINE EDUCATION IS VERY VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE FOR OUR
BRICKS AND MORTAR CAMPUS SO THAT THE COST STRUCTURE MAKES IT VERY COMPETITIVE FOR YOU
TO GO TO SAM HOUSTON VERSUS MAYBE A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
AND WHERE CAN WE FIND OUT MORE IF I WANTED TO LOOK AT SAM OR SAM HOUSTON ONLINE WHERE
DO I GO?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE.
OK.
WHICH IS DISTANCE.SHSU.EDU.
OK.
REPEAT THAT FOR YOU.
DISTANCE.SHSU.EDU OR YOU CAN LOOK AT US ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO TO THE WEBSITE.
THAT'S SO GREAT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ENLIGHTENING US TODAY BECAUSE SO MANY
WOMEN ARE SITTING AT HOME, THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, AND THEY REALLY IF YOU DON'T
KNOW IT'S OUT THERE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
THIS IS REALLY BEEN GREAT.
NOW, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, GO BEAR CATS.
(LAUGHS) DANA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY THIS
STUDIO.
WE LOVED HAVING YOU TODAY.
WELL, THANK YOU JULIE.
ALRIGHT, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ONLINE EDUCATION YOU CAN ALSO
VISIT US AT THEBALANCINGACT.COM
OR EDUCATE US SHARE THOSE SOCIAL SKILLS AND YOUR QUESTIONS, EVEN YOUR ONLINE EDUCATION
EXPERIENCES AT FORWARD SLASH THE BALANCING ACT FANS.
(MUSIC) I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS SCENARIO.
YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, HE TELLS YOU YOU NEED AN IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT COULD PREVENT
MULTIPLE ISSUES.
SO, YOU TAKE THE TEST AND THE RESULTS COME BACK CLEAR.
GREAT.
BUT BEFORE YOU BREATHE THAT SIGH OF RELIEF YOU NEED TO HEAR WHAT MY GUEST DR.
CHAD LARSON HAS TO SAY BECAUSE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE VERY IMPORTANT BLOOD TEST THAT CAN
GENERATE A FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT.
LEAVING YOU WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND AT RISK FOR SEVERAL SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
GREAT SEGMENT THIS MORNING.
DR.
CHAD LARSON.
I WELCOME YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, YOUR SPECIALTY I READ HERE IS AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND DIAGNOSIS
SO TELL ME DOCTOR, WHY ARE WE SEEING SO MANY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES TODAY?
ESPECIALLY TODAY?
AS OPPOSED TO WAY BACK WHEN.
YEAH.
I'LL ANSWER THAT WITH AN EXAMPLE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IS CELIAC DISEASE.
CELIAC DISEASE HAS A WELL KNOWN TRIGGER THAT FIRES UP THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN AN INAPPROPRIATE
WAY AND THAT'S GLUTEN.
SO, IN A PERSON WHO HAS CELIAC DISEASE GLUTEN TRIGGERS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO GO ON HYPERACTIVITY,
IT'S LIKE THE GAS PEDAL IS STUCK ON.
SO, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM STARTS TO ATTACK GLUTEN TREATING IT AS A BAD GUY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT STARTS TO DESTROY THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK.
AND THAT'S WHEN AN AUTOIMMUNE CONDITION MANIFESTS.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A BROTHER CONDITION TO CELIAC DISEASE AND THAT'S NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
AND THEY KIND OF HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF SYMPTOMS.
AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO DETECT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT FOR?
YEAH, SO WITH CELIAC DISEASE, THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS ARE MALABSORPTION BECAUSE IT'S A
GASTRO INTESTINAL PROBLEM SO THE NUTRIENTS AREN'T BEING ABSORBED AND THE PERSON USUALLY
GETS FATIGUES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE NUTRIENTS TO HELP MAKE ENERGY IN THEIR SYSTEM.
USUALLY HAVE GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS LIKE DIARRHEA AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN THERE IS NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY WHICH CAN MANIFEST IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT CAN AFFECT THE BRAIN.
IT CAN AFFECT THE TYROID.
IT CAN AFFECT THE LIVER.
IT CAN AFFECT THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK, MUSCLES, JOINTS.
IT COULD AFFECT THE BODY IN MULTIPLE WAYS BUT A VERY INTERESTING THING IS THAT ONE THIRD
OF PATIENTS THAT PRESENT TO THEIR DOCTORS AS CELIAC DISEASE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NEUROLOGICAL
SYMPTOMS ONLY.
WITH OUT ANY GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS IS NOT CAUGHT EARLY?
CAN THERE BE REPERCUSSIONS LATER?
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN, IF THERE IS NO BREAK FOR THAT IMMUNE SYSTEM STUCK ON IT'S GOING TO START TO CAUSE
TISSUES DESTRUCTION ON THE WAY TO A COMPLETE ORGAN FAILURE.
SO, IF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM KEEPS CHEWING UP THESE TISSUES IN OUR SYSTEM IT WILL TURN INTO
YOU KNOW CATASTROPHIC PROGRAMS.
AND OBVIOUSLY TESTING HERE IS CRUCIAL.
WHICH WE BRING IN THAT BLOOD TEST.
WHERE DO WE STAND WITH THAT?
WELL, THAT IS THE KEY THING IS THAT FORTUNATELY, LABORATORY SCIENCE HAS PROGRESSED AND THE
TRADITION TEST UNFORTUNATELY DOING IT STILL SOMEWHAT COMMON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T QUITE KNOW ABOUT THIS YET.
IS THAT THE OLD WAY OF TESTING GLUTEN IS WHAT IT'S LOOKING AT ONE PROTEIN OF GLUTEN BUT
THERE'S MULTIPLE PROTEINS OF GLUTEN SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO, AND THIS COMES STRAIGHT
OUT OF THE RESEARCH, WE WANT TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE GLUTEN PEPTIDES WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING FOR
GLUTEN SENSITIVITY, CELIAC DISEASE, AND NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
SO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT MULTIPLE GLUTEN PEPTIDES FOR FORTUNATELY THERE'S TESTS
TODAY THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
I'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT LOOK AT THESE MULTIPLE GLUTEN PEPTIDES
TO REALLY DECREASE THE CHANCE OF A FALSE NEGATIVE.
THAT'S THE KEY THING.
BECAUSE THERE ARE PRACTICALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO GOT THE GREEN LIGHT,
GO AHEAD EAT GLUTEN AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE TEST WAS THE WRONG ONE.
YEAH. 50% OF PEOPLE WITH CELIAC DISEASE DON'T TEST POSITIVE TO THE OLD WAY OF TESTING.
SO, WHAT THEY NEED IS THEY NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROTEINS OF GLUTEN TO REALLY GET
A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION.
STAY RIGHT THERE.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS TEST THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S GREAT NEWS SO WHEN WE COME BACK WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO DOCTOR LARSON AND TELL US
ABOUT THIS NEW BREAKTHROUGH.
THIS NEW BLOOD TEST THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT.
BE RIGHT BACK.
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WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.
WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH DR.
CHAD LARSON ABOUT GLUTEN AND WHEAT REACTIVITY.
AND ABOUT A NEW BLOOD TEST THAT CAN BETTER DETECT IT.
DOCTOR, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NEW BLOOD TEST AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THERE IS A NEXT LEVEL CUTTING EDGE LAB CALLED CYREX LABORATORIES.
AND THEY DEVELOPED A TEST CALLED ARRAY 3 WHICH IS A MULTI GLUTEN PEPTIDE ANALYSIS.
AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE PEPTIDES OF GLUTEN SENSITIVITY BECAUSE IF YOU ARE ONLY
LOOKING AT ONE, IT INCREASES THE CHANCE OF A FALSE NEGATIVE.
BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A WHOLE GROUP OF GLUTEN PEPTIDES IT REALLY HELPS TO INCREASE
THE CHANCE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP GLUTEN SENSITIVITY IN THAT INDIVIDUAL.
ALSO, WITH THE ARRAY 3 DOES IS IT HELPS YOU TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CELIAC DISEASE AND
NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
THEY HAVE OTHER PARTS OF THEIR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA BUT THIS COULD ONE IMPORTANT STEP
IN COMING UP WITH THOSE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS.
AND ALSO, THERE'S A FEW OTHER MARKERS ON ARRAY 3 THAT HELP YOU TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS SOME
AUTOIMMUNE ACTIVITY.
SO, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE VERY THROUGH EVALUATION.
SO, IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT THIS IS PRETTY BIG MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO PREVENTION.
PREVENTION REALLY IS THE KEY.
HUGE.
THAT IS REALLY THE MAIN THING AS DOCTORS.
IF WE CAN HELP PREVENT A CONDITION FROM MANIFESTING IN THE FIRST PLACE, I THINK, ULTIMATELY WE'VE
DONE OUR JOB BECAUSE IF A PERSON IS GLUTEN SENSITIVE OR IF THEY HAVE CELIAC DISEASE AND
THEY KEEP CONSUMING GLUTEN IT CAN MANIFEST INTO THYROID PROBLEMS.
IN TO NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
INTO LIVER PROBLEMS.
TYPE ONE DIABETES HAS BEEN TIED TO GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
SO, THERE IS MULTIPLE CONDITIONS THAT CAN BE COMPLETELY PREVENTED IF A PERSON JUST GETS
TESTED EARLY TO FIND OUT IF GLUTEN IS A TRIGGER FOR THEM.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, GLUTEN FREE DIET.
IT ISN'T A FAD ANYMORE IS IT?
IT'S NOT A FAD.
THE GLUTEN THAT WE ARE EATING TODAY.
THE WHEAT CONTAINING GLUTEN THAT WE ARE EATING TODAY IS DIFFERENT THAN DECADES AGO.
THE WHEAT TODAY IS IT'S SO HYBRIDIZED, ITS CREATED A VERY HIGH GLUTEN CONTENT BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THE FOOD MANUFACTURES WANT, THEY WANT A LOT OF GLUTEN IN THE FOOD SO WE ARE
EXPOSED TO A MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF GLUTEN AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEPTIDES THAT ARE
DEVELOPED FROM THIS HYBRIDIZATION PROCESS HAS MADE IT MUCH MORE REACTIVE IN OUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
AND GOING BACK TO THE ARRAY 3.
SIMPLE BLOOD TEST.
FOR ANYBODY?
CHILD, ADULT?
YEAH.
IT'S A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST.
IT JUST REQUIRES A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD.
YOU CAN ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR IT.
IT WILL GIVE YOU A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF IF YOU'VE GOT SOME KIND OF GLUTEN
SENSITIVITY.
I KNOW YOU SEE MANY PATIENTS EVERY DAY.
CAN YOU THINK OF ONE, I'M SURE YOU HAVE SO MANY STORIES, THAT REALLY HONES IN ON WHY
THIS TEST IS SO IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIFE.
YEAH, THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR.
I HAD A PATIENT.
SHE WAS A MARATHON RUNNER.
IT WAS HER PASSION TO GET OUT THERE AND RUN.
AND THE FIRST DAY THAT SHE CAME INTO MY PRACTICE, SHE WAS BUMPING INTO THE WALLS.
SHE WAS COMPLETELY UNSTABLE ON HER FEET.
HER BALANCE WAS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.
SHE HAD WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE MEDICAL SYSTEM, THEY CHECKED FOR THINGS LIKE MULTIPLE SCLOROSIS
AND PARKINSON'S AND SIGNIFICANT NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD EVER TESTED GLUTEN.
WHICH THEY HAD NOT.
SO, SAID LET'S DO THIS COMPREHENSIVE GLUTEN EVALUATION AND AS CHANCE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE
WAS VERY REACTIVE TO GLUTEN AND SO WE TOOK GLUTEN AWAY AND --
DIFFERENT PERSON.
SHE WAS ABLE TO GO RUN HER MARATHONS AGAIN AND IT COMPLETELY CHANGED HER LIFE.
DOCTOR, GREAT INFORMATION.
NOW, FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ARRAY 3 BLOOD TEST.
WHERE WOULD THEY GO?
JOINCYREX.COM JOINCYREX.COM
THANK YOU DOCTOR SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AND DOCTOR LARSON I KNOW YOU ARE COMING BACK TO BALANCING ACT SOON TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT MEDICAL TOPIC OF PROPER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN HEAD TO THEBALANCINGACT.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ARRAY 3 TEST.
AND OF COURSE, DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
CHECK US OUT.
(MUSIC) SO YOU THINK YOUR COMPUTER IS SAFE BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT VIRUS PROTECTION, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT RIGHT?
WELL THINK AGAIN, WITH US TO DISCUSS A LEVEL OF COMPUTER PROTECTION THAT GOES ONE STEP
FURTHER, JEFF BERMANT, CEO OF VIRTUAL WORLD COMPUTING.
WELCOME!
IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
THANK YOU, JULIE.
YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE'RE SAFE FROM VIRUSES AND MALWARE BUT WE'RE NOT.
I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT.
NO, IN FACT, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.
HMMM...
A LOT OF VIRUSES AND MALWARE WILL ATATCK YOU.
YOU DON'T EVEN...YOU CAN BARLEY TOUCH THE INTERNET, BASICALLY, AND YOU'LL END UP WITH
A VIRUS OR MALWARE.
YOU KNOW YOU HAD AN EPIPHANY MOMENT, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE THIS CAME TO YOU.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT MOMENT.
YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING.
ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, I REALIZED THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT THE INTERNET
WAS BASICALLY SAFE, WE JUST WENT ON AN HAD A GOOD TIME AND THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT BEHIND IT, NOT SO GOOD.
YOUR PRIVACY IS INVADED, YOU CAN GET MALWARE, VIRUSES LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO I HAD THIS EPIPHANY WHERE IT'S LIKE WELL WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
SO I ACTUALLY WASN'T IN THE BUSINESS..IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT DECIDED I WAS GOING TO CREATE
A SAFER WAY TO BROWSE THE INTERNET AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, IS YOUR PRIVACY
ON THE INTERNET.
THAT IS SO GREAT.
SAY I WANT TO SHOP FOR PURSES, SHOES, JEWELRY, DOES USING THE CLOUD, YOUR COCOON BROWSER,
DOES THAT MAKE IT BETTER FOR ME?
SURE, IT MAKES YOU MORE PRIVATE, AND SAFER FROM MALWARE, SO IF YOU CONNECT THROUGH CUCOON
WE ACTUALLY PROTECT YOU FROM THE MALWARE ACTUALLY OCCURRING ON YOUR...WE ALSO GIVE YOU CLOUD
PROTECTION FOR YOUR PRIVACY.
WOW.
SO NOTHING IS ACTUALLY STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER, IT'S ALL STORED AWAY ON THE CLOUD, YOU'RE
THE ONLY ONE WHOS HAS THE KEYS TO GET IN AND THEREFORE THERE'S NOTHING ON YOUR COMPUTER
WHEN YOU LOG OUT AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRACKING YOU, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THESE BIG PROFILES
ARE BEING MADE ABOUT YOU ON THE INTERNET, GOOGLE AND OTHER COMPANIES.
THEIR INTERESTED IN YOUR INFORMATION SO THEY WANT TO COLLECT THESE DOSSIERS, AND WE'RE
JUST THE OPPOSITE.
WE'RE A NEW MOVEMENT THAT DOESN'T WANT TOO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION.
WE WANT YOU TO BE PRIVATE.
GOOD.
IS THERE A COST FOR COCOON?
NOPE.
WHAT?
(LAUGHTER).
DID YOU SAY THERE'S NO COST?
NO, WE'RE A BROWSER.
WE DO HAVE A PAID PRODUCT, BUT WE ARE BASICALLY FREE, AND HOW WE END UP MAKING MONEY IS ACTUALLY
THROUGH SHOPPING.
WELL, HOW CAN I FIND COCOON?
YOU WOULD JUST GO TO getcocoon.com
THAT EASY.
(LAUGHTER).
JUST REMEMBER "GETCOCOON" AND YOUR THERE.
AND THER'S A KIDS' VERSION, I HEAR.
THERE IS, THERE IS.
WE'RE WORKING ON A KIDS' PRODUCT CALLED COCOON KIDS, AND ONCE AGAIN, OUT TO MAKE YOUR CHILDREN
SAFE ON THE INTERNET, AS WELL.
I'M ALL ABOUT SAFETY AND PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET.
OK, WELL I AM GALD YOU GOT OUT OF REAL ESTATE AND HAD THIS EPIPHANY.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS SO GREAT.
JEFF, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS GREAT INFORMATION FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO OUR SHOW
TODAY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME, JULIE.
OH, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS CUTTING EDGE ONLINE TOOL VISIT US AT
thebalancingact.com OR CONNECT WITH US ON facebook.com/thebalancingactfans.
(MUSIC) WE REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW TODAY.
AND WE HOPE YOU LEARNED A LITTLE SOMETHING.
ALRIGHT, YOU WANT TO GET YOUR MASTERS?
I CAN HOOK YOU UP.
ALRIGHT.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND WE WANT YOU TO FOLLOW US ON TWITTER.
AND OF COURSE ALWAYS FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION FROM TODAY'S SHOW ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT'S
THEBALANCINGACT.COM WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AGAIN.
AND REMEMBER EVERYBODY, FIND YOUR BALANCE.
SO LONG.
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