#i believe pineapple goes on pizza but I am very allergic to pineapple

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Guys do you think a delicious piece of pineapple pizza is worth the potential allergic reaction

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Ooh would you mind transcribing the bonus episode for those of us who can’t listen? Like literally can’t listen, not because we won’t pay haha

Ok here’s what I transcribed for the bonus episode...I did not transcribe some of the dialogue between Zetty and Indy that I felt wasn’t that important. Also Indy’s got a little doggy crush on Pedro it seems lol So here you go...sorry if there are any typos!

Zetty: So, you’ve been on so many big movies and television shows. What’s it like being on those sets? Like do you just have beautiful assistants that feed you grapes and fan you all day at the palm fronds?

Pedro: Um I don’t insist on the grapes but the palm fronds are a must, um I think you both know what I’m talking about…how good it feels.

Indy: It’s amazing.

Zetty: Life of a celebrity is just mind boggling.

Pedro: You just wouldn’t believe it.

Zetty: What’s like the weirdest thing that anybody has ever done to you on set or in real life? Like I’m sure people like Indiana are super nervous when they are around you. Have you ever had anybody like faint or anything in front of you?

Pedro: You know weirdly people faint in front of me on a daily basis. It isn’t exclusive to a set experience; it happens in life. Maybe it’s my smell. I’m not sure.

Zetty: You do smell really good, we can totally smell you through the microphone. It’s amazing.

Indy: I’m a little dizzy just smelling you myself. So Mr. Just Pedro, you’ve played so many types of characters before. Good guys. Bad guys. Which ones do you prefer?

Pedro: Uh I like the bad guys.

Indy: Why’s that?

Pedro: It’s just so much more fun being baaaad.

Zetty: Don’t I know it.

Pedro: It’s not the same when doggies are bad. It’s different.

Zetty: Did you ever think that you were gonna play a bad guy? Like did you always go ‘Oh I am always...I’m gonna be the bad guy’? Or did you ever think about it or did you just accidently fall into playing bad – well you played good guys too but have you played more bad guys than you have good guys overall in your career?

Pedro: That is a good question. I think I would have to do the math on that, um it might be balancing out.

Indy: You’re more kind of like the middle road kind of guy.

Pedro: Yeah. I guess the bad guys neutralize the good guys and at the end of the day I am just somewhere in the middle. Indy: If you had to choose another profession other than acting what would you do and why?

Pedro: Hmm I’d like to find a way to help people and be of service, maybe in counseling or teaching. That kind of thing.

Zetty: You come from a family of Doctors, do you think you could ever be a doctor if you weren’t an actor?

Pedro: I don’t think I’m smart enough to be a doctor.

Indy/Zetty: Oh come on!

Pedro: It would take a lot of studying you know…

Indy: You’re a pretty sharp tool in the shed you know. You’re not one of the dull ones.

Pedro: Well there’s different kind of smarts I guess you know. I don’t know if I would have the stamina to go through all of that medical school.

Indy: Isn’t like being a doctor kind of what the ultimate aspects of that?

Pedro: Well you can also be a counselor or you can be a teacher. You can save dogs.

Zetty: Yeah! Have you ever had a dog and if so what kind of dog have you had?

Pedro: I have had a dog, I guess I kind of had a dog for most of my life. My first dog was a German shepherd named Rocky and then there was a Labrador named Amarillo and in my adult life I had a dog named Gretta and she was a pit bull mixed and her brown was so dark it looked purple.

Zetty: You didn’t dye her hair?

Pedro: I didn’t.

Zetty: And out of those dogs that you had, which one was your favorite?

Indy: What an awful question! How is he supposed to answer that?! Mr. Just Pedro, please don’t answer that. We know that’s a terrible question to ask.

Pedro: I have to say I loved all of them and it would be literally impossible to choose...but Gretta was my favorite.

Indy: How do you feel about you know being with a black dog, I mean half of a black dog?

Pedro: I loved my black dog and she I guess wasn’t technically black but she was very very very dark brown, almost like a dark roast coffee and she shined like a seal. She was the most beautiful thing. She stopped you know she turned heads; other dogs were jealous. Did you guys meet her? You guys never met Gretta.

Zetty: No, we weren’t around I don’t think. But did you get her at the pound? Or how did you find her?

Pedro: I did, I got her from a shelter.

Indy/Zetty: Yay! Way to go rescue!

Pedro: That’s right!

Zetty: If you could be any kind of dog what would you be?

Pedro: What kind of dog would I wanna be or what kind of dog would I be?

Zetty: Answer both of them.

Pedro: Um I don’t wanna choose what kind because the only thing that would matter is that I had a good sense of smell and I could run fast. I guess I would like to be mixed!

Zetty: So you’re like a big dog guy right? Oh but you had a little dog before?

Pedro: I did have a little dog.

Zetty: Have you ever had a cat?

Pedro: I am allergic to cats unfortunately.

Indy: That’s why you are a god! Zetty: I can smell you were a badass but now you just confirmed it! Pedro: Well I like cats but can’t live with them that’s all.

Zetty: Ok just don’t be ridiculous, you don’t have to be politically correct and say you like cats. No one in their right mind has ever liked cats.

Pedro: What is your problem with cats?

Zetty/Indy: They practice witchcraft!

Pedro: I don’t think that’s true [laughs]

Zetty: What is your favorite smell?

Pedro: My favorite smell would be dirty dogs!

Zetty: Oh really? That’s amazing. Like you mean from the streets of New York City?

Pedro: Any kind of dog smell. Smell of a dog, you know what I’m talking about! Don’t make me get specific.

Indy: Mr. Just Pedro, would you rather be a ghost or a clone?

Pedro: Be a ghost or a clone? I would like to be a ghost.

Indy: We have been in a very deep debate on whether or not the rainbow bridge exists –

Zetty: He doesn’t care.

Pedro: I do care, what do you guys think?

Zetty: Well I think it’s all bullshit…I believe personally that when the light goes out, that’s it. Darkness. Blackness. It’s over.

Indy: Pay no attention to Zetty’s bleakness. As for me, it’s too deep of a question to ask when I am sooo deep into you right now. If you wanna leave your personal phone number with me, I would be happy to call you back directly with my answer.

Pedro: Oh my gosh, I love that.

Zetty: Ok careful, this bitch is gonna call you and then she’ll just start sleeping so she’s a complete snore.

Pedro: [laughs]

Indy: If you can eat one thing right now, what would you eat?

Pedro: PIZZA!

Indy: Straight cheese or do you get toppings?

Pedro: Sometimes I’m a real basic bitch and I like pepperoni only or you can just put anything on it, anything as long as there’s cheese and tomato sauce.

Zetty: But not pineapples?

Pedro: Uh I don’t love the pineapple pizzas. I don’t love them but I respect them.

Indy: Yeah, it’s a good stance on the pineapple debate.

Pedro: Who doesn’t like pizza?

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New year, new you

Because my post on sustainable living tips was popular (by the standards of someone that has 200 followers and only posts once a year) I decided to do one of tips for healthy living. I suspect its a sad fact that a lot more people are concerned for losing weight this new years than the fact our environment is probably in more need of a life style change. Despite this there is still a positive here, a healthy you is more capable of dealing with the problems the world faces.

As someone that has been cooking nearly every night for years. i have been working on this idea of what i call good for bad, and bad for good. What this means, besides the fact I need to work on that title, is the following. There is good (healthy food) and then there is unhealthy food. The easiest way to cut out the bad, is to not make it not as bad. It sounds a little unoriginal but there is more to it. I will explain this using examples.

- I love fried food, who doesn’t. But its amazing that we fry the worst possible things. Fried broccoli is delicious, blanched then covered in tempura batter and friend. Rather than using nasty potatoes that have little nutritional value, try frying something healthy. Then cover it in parmesan because you only live once.

- I am lucky i enjoy fruit, but a lot of other people don’t. The best way to get it in your diet is to mix it with something healthy, like yogurt. You can make pineapple curry and stir fry. As much as i enjoy it on pizza, the hatred of it is because pizza is already bad for you, a bit of pineapple isn’t going to change that. Though my food philosophy does work in that direction also. But if you make something healthy like a stir fry, and make it easier to eat with fruit, then you are on the right track.

- Chinese food is based on the concepts of yin and yang. The idea is that anything bad has to be balanced out, to make a complete meal. You can see this in a lot of dishes. This is probably another example of good for bad, and bad for good. If you have to eat confectionery, buy the really good stuff (usually hidden in the health food section), the type of sweetner can make a big difference.

- Kitchen sink salads are the new norm. If you have a bunch of ingredients, just make them in to a salad. More often than not it works because greens are pretty neutral flavor wise. Left overs work will in this, which brings me to my next point:

- Make really big side dishes. Roasted vegetables, grilled eggplant, etc. These are great for a salad the next day. So you should always make more of them, so its easier than skipping a meal all together.

- Some people will say, intermittent fasting is also good. This can work well also provided that you are eating enough in general. Google about this if you are interested in the benefits of skipping meals every now and again. I won’t cover it here.

- Whatever works for some people, may not work for you. I have seen the Atkins diet fade away, only to come back as the keto or paleo diet. Which are the same thing. Infact keto means ketosis, which is the process your body goes through when you don’t eat enough carbohydrates, you smell terrible, that is the point. But what needs to be said here, is the inventor of this diet, Mr Atkins actually died of a heart attack. So while some people without a history of heart problems can cope well with eating large amounts of animal products, it doesn’t work for everyone. (This is the same with my diet tips!)

- Be scientific. Just because you read something in a book, as i just said it won’t work for everyone. So see what works best. These are all tips that worked for me, but not everyone will be the same.

- Drink fresh vegetable juice before you go to bed. This is the problem with western diets we eat too much and then sleep it off. What i found works best is actually drinking fresh vegetable juice. Your body performs all kinds of necessary functions while sleeping. It turns out that if given the proper energy, it can also burn fat pretty well. But if you fill up your body with fat before you sleep, it doesn’t do this so well.

- Mediterranean lifestyles. Based on that previous point, having live in Europe, i can not speak highly enough of big lunches and small sandwich based dinners. The countries that practice this are winning on the life expectancy scale. They are also going to have the oldest people alive very soon. Its just healthier even if our routines don’t allow it, to eat a lot during the day, that way you have time to work it off. Our western life styles don’t allow for this, as most people probably need a rest after eating a 3 course meal. But i really do miss the many restaurants that would offer a lunch menu, you could choose from a first and second plate, dessert and coffee for a fixed price. It was cheap, and convenient, and my sleeping routines were much better. Because then i would eat a sandwich at night which made me tired. Its also a lot easier to wake up on an empty stomach.

- The modern diet. While i could say many things about what is wrong with a modern diet, one of the things that has changed the most over the past 200 years is what people do with their time. Previously, everything we did involved physical activity. Now we are actually paid money, to sit at a desk and use our heads without moving. This requires energy, but it doesn’t burn it in the way that we have spent our entire evolutionary history doing. I believe this is actually contributing to the number of obese people. Its not just the diets, its what we do all day to. Sitting at a computer requires a lot of energy, more than moving. But its a very artificial life style. Our bodies are struggling to catch up with this trend.

- Avoid grains, this includes sugar. This is probably a very broad statement, but the more processed a grain is, the more you should avoid it. Don’t eat any flour for a week. Then eat the worst white bread you can find. See what it does to your energy? Its because most of the grains we eat these days aren’t anything like what we used to eat. Gluten free is a big thing now, because it gets people to eat healthier less manufactured grains, and this agrees with everyone, not just people who have an intolerance. Obviously if you are allergic to gluten its one thing, but for most people they feel like they have an allergy to gluten because our bodies are struggling to process this stuff, it becoming more like poison than food. I am sort of allergic to it. But i find eating healthy, organic, grains makes a big difference. Again its just as much to do with the strains we grow, the chemicals and pesticides we use, and finally the processes in which it is converted in to the products we eat that make it so bad rather than people being allergic to it.

- Preservatives. There is starting to be research now that suggests that preservatives in bread are what makes it so difficult for some people to digest. Not only does it not agree with our bodies, it turns out those preservatives get in to our fat stores. In there they preserve our fat also, making it much harder to burn. Some people are more predisposed to this than others. But i suspect this is the same with so many on the shelf products, such as condiments, confectionery, packaged foods. They all contain these same products which make it so hard to digest. I had suspected this theory since the days of trans fat, which is now banned in so many places. It was just caused by corporate greed, because it made products last longer. The catch was, that the fat, once in your system, would never leave or break down. It is part of the very growing body of evidence of what is so bad out our supermarket based diets.

- Eat seasonally. This was in my last posts, but its cheaper. The problem is supermarkets sell the same products all year round. You have to go to a farmers market or a good green grocer to have access to different seasonal goods. Honestly you save a lot of money, and you are exposed to many things you wouldn’t even see elsewhere. you will see that what is in season is usually cheaper at a supermarket, but trust me you are missing out on so much.

- Organic is better, in all cases, its not cheaper, but even just on taste alone it is worth it. The catch is, that i suspect if everyone on this planet was to eat organic, there wouldn’t be enough space on this planet to do so. So if you are lucky enough to be able to buy organic, enjoy it, its a privilege. And by organic when it matters. So if an ingredient is the center of a meal, then buy it organic. If its not, and its going to be mixed with other foods, its not worth it.

- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but not the easiest for some.Regardless, eat something, even if its coco pops, eventually you will get used to it, and you can start moving on to healthier things. I was a big fan of smoothies,  and i would find ways to make them fun, even if it meant a little bit of ice cream. I am also of the belief that protein is best enjoyed in the morning, as it wakes up your metabolism for the rest of the day. So if you really want to, bacon and eggs are actually better enjoyed in the morning.

- Go vegan, even if you lift bro. Surprisingly, up until recently the idea of a vegan body builder was unheard of, now its actually a thing. There is a benefit because, they actually have more energy, and suffer less from muscle pain the following day. This benefit actually outweighs any negatives provided that you do it the right way. Which is more the problem and why it has such a bad reputation, its possible, just so many people don’t do it the right way.

- Variety is healthy. We are always exposed to the same foods, but i really enjoy finding new varieties. Recently i bought a bunch of organic carrots from a farmers market. They were in so many colours and types. They were delicious. 100 years ago, there were almost 1000 types of potatoes farmed. Now there is about 1% of that. Its sad, because the health benefits are lost when you eat the same thing over and over again. But the different varieties, help to give you what you need while keeping it a new experience for your digestive system. This is the same for everything, breads, meats, it doesn’t matter what it is, even a good thing can be bad if you expose yourself to it for long enough.

- Its worth remembering, that we don’t eat vitamins, or anything else. If you paid attention in high school you will remember, the food we eat, actually is used as energy for bacteria in our digestive tract that creates the necessary nutrition for our bodies. So eating protein, doesn’t actually mean that protein will go in to our bodies. After all its protein from a cow for example. We still need to convert that in to a protein that our body uses. Which also requires energy. So while i’m pretty sure it can’t create vitamin c without fresh fruit or vegetables, and vitamin c tables are better than no vitamin c, its more complicated then just that.

- Building on my first point, it takes energy to eat and digest. Part of the reason fast food feels good, is because it triggers a chain reaction between our taste receptors and our brain. It actually gives us pleasure, its sort of like drinking a glass of wine. So in that sense, it is good for you, chocolate is the same, there is lots of things that fall under this category. But the food itself, gives you no energy, in fact in a lot of cases it requires more energy to process than it gives you. However, if you are to drink a green smoothie after a cheeseburger. The negative effects are almost gone, because you give your body the ability to digest this food properly. It also balances out the salt, and the sugar which is so common in fast food. If you don’t, it runs out of energy and just starts storing the fat because its to complicated. This is an over simplification, but the idea is justified.

- This same chain reaction of feel good chemicals, is part of the reason we become addicted to unhealthy foods. In terms of how your brain stores such information. Water is really healthy, but if you drink soft drink, the taste is designed to really go to work on your taste buds. So your mind will remember a bottle of coke better than it will remember water. This is how people become addicted to food, because pretty soon thirsty = coke. Because its been influenced by a product that you would have no craving for otherwise (as it will actually make you more thirsty due to the large amount of sugar). So much of the globalized food products we eat do this. The salt in chips. The sugar in sweets. The booze in beer (which when you think about it, taste wise alcohol is anything but a tasty experience) obviously there is more going on there than taste alone.

- Balance. Not just in every aspect of your life, but what we eat needs to be balanced. If you have indigestion, poor bowl movements, just about anything that causes you discomfort. We all seem to be aware that this is caused by bad eating habits. But there is probably something missing in your diet. If you get indigestion, eat a lot more greens. All of our bodily functions have these “compensators”. If you experience something, don’t just accept it as a passing thing. Actually google what can be done to compensate it. Because i am convinced these things happen for a reason. Its the start of what will eventually become a sickness, a cold or a short life expectancy, etc. If we ignore this, then eventually it will be a problem.

- Antioxidants. building on that previous point. When you are sick, i don’t believe chicken soup helps. Fresh vegetable juice, sauteed kale, this actually works. Since i started being a little more scientific about my diet, i just don’t get sick, even when sick people are around me. Your body needs energy, the right kind of energy. Plants is our biggest alley in the struggle to be healthy.

- Green is better. We can see more shades of green than any other colour. This is due to our evolutionary history, as we needed to differentiate between shades of greens to spot predators in every part of nature (trees, grass, etc). But it also an example of why greens are an importance part of our diet, because it where we spent most of evolutionary history, around plants. But colour is also important. Not in food coloring, but in the plants we eat. Different colours mean different things. So more colours the better. Eating apples is good. But eating apples in every colour is better because they all have their own benefits. While one may be better for your weight (low GI red ones), another may be better for aging slower (green granny smiths for example).

- Exercise isn’t always good for you. The stereo types of jocks being stupid are exaggerated, but there is evidence to suggest that it does deprive your mind of vital blood. Like wise a lazy life style can affect your blood flow and have the same consequence. I have been of the mind set that if you don’t enjoy exercise, you may actually fall in to this category, but there is a reason for it, so you should actually address that reason. It has a lot of health benefits, and the right exercise can release endorphins. I’m sure you've heard this all before. At the same time, it can make things like depression and social anxiety worse. In fact it can cause mental illness problems, it can destroy the effects of some medications, it can make you more aggressive, overly confident. It also has long term health problems such as bone and joint problems, permanent damage caused by injuries and other complications. So its not essential to go to the gym, but that doesn’t mean you get off that easy.

- See everything as exercise. Its that simple, especially if you fall in the category of the reward doesn’t make it worth while. Park your car further away so that you have to walk. Carry as many of the groceries as you can. Turn everything that you do in to a way to stay fit which is part of what i do. There are so many opportunities to do this. Walk faster. Don’t use a trolley. Run with your dog instead of throwing a ball. Stand while you are working on something. Do easy exercise when you have a free moment. Use the stairs. Just about anything. All sports have a so called honey moon moment. This si when you notice the most gains. However one you past this period, gains can be pretty slow. If you do it this way, you never leave the honey moon period as its always new, its always a challenge. The only catch is you won’t get the same results as going to the gym, but i would wager you are actually healthier.

- Bigger isn’t always better. You will find a lot of really big gym people would struggle with repetitive tasks. People who are big, can actually be more healthy than you are because they have to carry a lot of extra weight. There are people I know who weigh more than me, but swim a lot faster than me. There is no universal rule to what is healthy, so don’t buy in to what the media sells you.

- The best way to stay fit, for me any way, is water aerobics. Annoying that it involves getting yourself to a pool. But you can do so many types of exerciser that you can’t do any other way. You have 360 degrees of movement, so you can exercise muscles in ways you can’t out of the water. I just find its the best way to grow mass on all sides, rather than in the most common places which is what happens at the gym.

- Doctors that work in this field will tell you, your bowl movements give you all the information you need for your health. while this is a public social media post i will spare you all the details. But our society during the victorian years made anything associated with being human as “gross”. Its still not very different unless you are talking about toilet humor, which is childish but it makes an interesting point that its “ok” to ridicule something we all do. This need to see our selves as anything but animals, that human is godly when compared to animals. It has pushed us away from vital functions that actually serve the very important purpose of keeping us alive. That doesn’t mean you should shout about it from the roof tops. But remember our bodily functions keep us alive, don’t be ashamed of them. We all have them. Because this shame has actually probably done more to hurt us than to make us healthy. Don’t let society do that to you.

- This doesn’t just apply to your bodily functions, but your body as a whole. While diversity is good, it sort of makes our differences in to a commodity (the current diversity trend resembles that more than anything else). Don’t let our society do that to you either, making you become an unhealthy stereo type, because you feel your difference has no benefit to society. Accept your differences and accept others to. Its healthy, just like everything else in this post is, based on current information that is subject to change of course.

I hope 2020 brings you closer to the you that you believe yourself to be.