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You know, if I told you that your body
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is essentially run by tiny invisible
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chemicals with names that sound like
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terrible Wi-Fi passwords, I'm talking
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B12, K, D3, you probably laugh. But
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without them, your skin cracks, your
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blood thins, your bones snap, and your
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brain literally misfires. Today, we're
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diving into the 13 microscopic
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chemicals, the vitamins, that act as the
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invisible workforce keeping your body
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corp from totally falling apart. Think
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of your body as a massive corporation,
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and these vitamins are the everyday
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employees quietly deciding whether your
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company thrives or goes completely
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bankrupt. What we have here is the great
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logistics divide. On the left, we've got
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the VIPs, vitamins A, D, E, and K. These
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are your fat-soluble executives. They
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actually require dietary fat just to get
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in the front door, but once they're in,
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they get a long-term lease securely
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stored in your liver and fatty tissues.
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Because they have this built-in savings
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account, you don't need to hire them
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every single day. But watch out, because
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hoarding them can actually cause a toxic
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HR nightmare. Now, over on the right, we
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have the commuters, vitamin C and the B
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complex. These are water-soluble. They
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dissolve right into water and to the
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bloodstream, and they have absolutely
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zero savings account. If they aren't put
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to work immediately, your kidneys just
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flush them out at the end of the day,
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which means you've got to hire them
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fresh every single morning. Let's head
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upstairs to meet those fat-soluble
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workers managing your company's biggest
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shifts. When the lights go out in the
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office, vitamin A clocks in for the
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night shift. This is our visionary night
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watchman. It produces the pigments in
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your retina that literally keep you from
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tripping over the coffee table in the
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dark. It's also the project manager for
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your skin and mucous membranes, making
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sure they repair overnight so they don't
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dry out like old leather. Historically,
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a lack of this specific worker caused
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severe childhood blindness in parts of
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the world. That crisis actually led to
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the invention of golden rice, a
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genetically modified rice packed with
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vitamin A, which sparked some intense
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debates that are still raging today. But
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whether you source it from liver, egg
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yolks, or carrots, this visionary keeps
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your company's defenses rock solid while
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you sleep.
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Next up is vitamin D, the architect. And
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here's a crazy fact, it isn't even
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really a vitamin. It's a sunshine
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synthesized prohormone.
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During the day, it acts as the
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incredibly strict bouncer at the calcium
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club. See, calcium can hang around your
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bones all day long, but it absolutely
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cannot get inside to strengthen them
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unless vitamin D opens the door. Back in
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the day, in these smog-filled industrial
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cities where the sunlight was totally
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blocked out, a lack of vitamin D caused
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rickets, leaving kids with bowed legs
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and soft bones. The fix was as simple as
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letting them play outside in the sun or
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giving them vitamin D-rich cow's milk
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and cod liver oil. Now, every office has
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its workplace hazards, right? Well, in
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Bodycorp, it's free radicals. These are
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highly unstable molecules generated
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throughout your busy day that basically
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act like rust. They're constantly
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attacking and aging your cellular
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membranes. To fight off this daytime
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destruction, the company brings in
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vitamin E. This is your quiet,
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behind-the-scenes bodyguard, found
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mostly in nuts, seeds, and vegetable
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oils. Vitamin E literally takes the hit
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from these free radicals so your cells
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don't rust or suffer from nerve and
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muscle damage. Rounding out our VIPs is
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vitamin K. This is the first responder
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on call 24/7 managing coagulation.
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That's the emergency patch kit process
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that activates proteins to turn liquid
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blood into a solid scab. Without it, a
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tiny paper cut at the office could
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literally bankrupt a company.
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Scientists actually figured out how
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important this was back in the 1920s.
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They were feeding chickens a completely
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fat-free diet. And because the chickens
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couldn't absorb vitamin K without fat,
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they just started bleeding internally.
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No way, right? You can easily find this
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essential, on-call worker hanging out in
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leafy greens like kale and spinach.
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Let's head down to section three, the
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energy power plant, to meet the daily
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commuters powering your morning rush,
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the B complex crew. Every single
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morning, the B complex crew clocks in to
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start the physiological work day. And
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this isn't just one worker, it's a whole
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extended family with super specific
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jobs. B1, thiamine, is the spark plug
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starting your energy engine at 8:00 a.m.
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B2, riboflavin, is the transformer. And
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side note, that's the one that makes
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your urine turn neon yellow. B5 is
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logistics, shuttling fats straight to
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the fire for morning energy. B6 is the
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translator, turning amino acids into
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brain chemicals like serotonin so you
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can actually focus on your emails. B9 is
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the blueprint architect, copying DNA for
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new cells, making it absolutely crucial
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for pregnant women. And B12, that's the
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heavyweight engineer, insulating your
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nerve wires so signals fire lightning
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fast all day long. And right in the
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middle of all that chaos is B3, niacin.
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B3 is our quality control manager. This
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one worker oversees over 400 enzymatic
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reactions throughout the work day,
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heavily focusing on DNA repair, and
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fueling your metabolism. Without this
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crucial manager on the floor, the
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company faces a horrific condition
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called pellagra. Historically, this was
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known for the terrifying 3Ds:
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dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia. So,
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what happens when these workers just
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walk off the job mid-shift? Well, if B1
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strikes, the company collapses from
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beriberi, a disease that completely
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halts your nerves and heart. It used to
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wipe out sailors who were eating nothing
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but polished rice. If B12 goes missing,
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your nerve wires short circuit. Your red
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blood cells deform, and at 3:00 p.m.
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fatigue hits you like a freight train.
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This is a huge risk for vegans, by the
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way, since B12 is mostly in animal
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products. And here's a weird one. If
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your morning routine includes drinking
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raw egg whites, you're introducing a
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protein called avidin. It's an
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anti-nutrient that completely locks out
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B7, your metabolic stylist. Let's step
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out of the power plant and meet the most
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famous commuter of them all, vitamin C.
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Bodycorp has faced some major historical
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bankruptcies. For centuries, pirates and
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sailors on long voyages literally fell
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apart. We're talking bleeding gums,
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rotting teeth, fragile bones. Then, in
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the 18th century, someone figured out
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that citrus fruits were the cure.
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British sailors started eating limes to
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survive, which is actually how they got
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the nickname limeys. Today, we know
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exactly why this worked.
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The thing is, everyone hires vitamin C
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today thinking it's this magic cold
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prevention pill. Actually, scratch that.
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Research shows it really isn't. Though
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it might slightly shorten a sneeze, its
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true non-negotiable daily job is being a
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powerful antioxidant and an essential
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collagen builder. All day long, it's out
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there producing the protein that keeps
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your skin firm, your blood vessels
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strong, and your wounds healing. Your
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body can't make it, and it can't store
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much of it either, so you absolutely
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need a steady daily supply from your
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diet just to keep the building standing.
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Finally, payroll and synergy. We know
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who the workers are, but how do we
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actually hire them?
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You recruit this entire workforce
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directly from your plate. You need a
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highly diverse hiring pool. You're
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sourcing vitamin A from carrots, sweet
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potatoes, and liver. You pull vitamin D
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from sunlight and fatty fish. You get
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your bodyguards, vitamin E, from nuts
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and seeds. Your emergency responders and
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power plant workers, they come from
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leafy greens, meat, eggs, and dairy. And
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remember, vitamins are only half the
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story. Your body also relies on
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microscopic metals and minerals. Think
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iron, zinc, magnesium to power
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everything from your heartbeat to your
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brain.
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And this brings us to a really vital
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company policy, synergy. While it's
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super tempting to just grab a
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multivitamin pill and call it a day, the
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body corp strongly prefers the synergy
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of real food. Isolated supplement pills
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often lack the supporting crew needed to
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actually absorb the nutrients. Think
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about it. When you eat a bell pepper,
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you aren't just getting the celebrity
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contractor vitamin C, you are getting
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the bioflavonoids that specifically help
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your body absorb it. It's like hiring a
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manager who comes with their own perfect
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support staff. So, I'll leave you with
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this provocative thought to chew on
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today. As the CEO of your own body corp,
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are you actively hiring the diverse
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workforce you need every single day
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through a synergy of real whole foods?
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Or by relying on heavily processed diets
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and ignoring your internal workforce,
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are you secretly driving your cellular
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company toward physiological bankruptcy?
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Take care of your workers and they will
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absolutely take care of you.
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