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Jun 22, 2025•1 hr 45 min
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: What's the difference between barista milk and regular milk? It's what gets added to it Sleep loss rewires the brain for cravings and weight gain Men Are Reporting 'Ozempic Penis' – But Experts Say It’s Not What They Think This item in your dishwasher is linked to ‘heart attacks and strokes,’ studies say Happiness: Doctor Gave Free Care to Patients for Decades–Now They’ve Raised $280,000 to Pay for His Cancer Treatment Dog waits outsid...
Jun 22, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 188
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: 6 Bad Fruits You Should Be Eating for Weight Loss, According to Dietitians Orgasms aren't the sole key to women's sexual satisfaction, study finds The Gluten-Migraine-Headache Connection Coca-Cola actually cures an uncomfortable health problem Happiness: Arizona Teen Returns Lost Wallet Containing $300, Receives Electric Bike He Had Been Saving for Texas Mail Carrier Rushes to Be 'First in Line' to Adopt Surrendered Dog from His Former...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 187
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Plant-Based Filter Removes Up to 99.9% of Microplastics from Water The MIND diet may help reduce Alzheimer's risk, a large study shows Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States Should You Use Epsom Salt? Benefits and Risks To Know Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought, study finds Happiness: Dog Thinks He's Having Best Playdate, 'Little Does He Know' the Real Reason Steve Perry Auctioni...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 186
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Doctors issue urgent warning over ingredient found in popular drinks that turbocharges CANCER Plant or Animal Protein? It Depends on Your Age, Study Finds This Type Of Food Was Just Linked To Heart Disease And A Serious Brain Condition—And It's Probably In Your Pantry This Common Over-The-Counter Medication Increases Dementia Risk, According To Doctors Happiness: Dry Cleaner Gives Away his Services to Unemployed Folks Headed to Job Int...
Jun 01, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 185
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research 6 Foods You Should NEVER Freeze, According To Experts How changing the way you breathe can improve your brain and body Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm—a psychologist explains why gestures don't always land as intended Happiness: 12-Year-old Taught Himself to Bake Fantastic Cakes–by Watching YouTube Videos" "12-Year-old Taught Himself to B...
May 18, 2025•3 hr 5 min•Ep. 184
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Are Runny Yolks Safe To Eat? Here's What Health Experts Say What to Know About 'Ozempic Feet,' the Latest GLP-1 Side Effect Gaining Attention These Two Household Ingredients Can Help Fight Inflammation And Support Weight Loss Should You Pee After Sex? Here's What You Should Know Happiness: They got married outside amid tornado warnings—the photos are everything Shelter Dog Gets 'Freedom Zoomies' When Seeing Her Backyard for the First T...
May 10, 2025•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 183
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Sleep's dual role: How it consolidates memories while preparing the brain for new learning US sees disproportionate increase in body mass index rates of more than 60 Household Plastics Raise Cardiovascular Disease Risk: 4 Ways to Limit Exposure Forget Cholesterol Screenings. This New Blood Test Is The Best For Decoding Heart Health Happiness: Child Born with Heart Outside Chest Becomes Solitary Survivor Thanks to Surgical Procedure Inv...
May 03, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 182
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: What's the deal with beef tallow? Cinnamon could affect drug metabolism in the body Proposed Food Dye Ban Affects More Than Candy—10 Surprising Foods You Need to Know About I’m a heart surgeon and gut health expert. Here are the 5 healthiest vegetables I eat every day—no matter what Happiness: After Son’s Death Woman Gives Part of Her Liver to His Best Friend’s Mom in Serendipitous Kindness Chain ‘It’s Fun Making a Difference’ Legions ...
Apr 26, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 191
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: We’re on the verge of a universal allergy cure Your Body ‘Remembers’ Being Fat—and That Makes Weight Loss Harder Leading Nutrition Experts May Have Falsified Consumption Data In Widely Cited Seed Oil Study The #1 Food to Limit to Reduce Your Risk of Dementia, According to Dietitians Happiness: Missing Toddler Who Walked 7 Miles Alone Through Wilderness Led to Safety by Rancher’s Dog 81-year-old Waitress Couldn’t Retire, so a Stranger R...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 180
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar Global study supports the immunity debt hypothesis for flu after COVID restrictions 7 Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar Before Bed A simple, science-backed way to sharpen thinking and improve memory Happiness: Tony Robbins’ 100 Billion Meals Challenge Secures First 30 Billion Meals, Redefining Global Hunger Relief Efforts Ambulances Gifted by India Have Helped Sri Lank...
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 179
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: RFK Jr. wants to stop people using SNAP benefits to buy soda. Will it help? Which Is Better: Working Out Only On Weekends Or A Little Bit Each Day? A New Study Reveals The Truth Avocado Oil vs. Olive Oil: Which One Is Better for Your Health? 212,268 Pounds Of Egg Products Potentially Containing Bleach Recalled Happiness: Neighbors Celebrate 101st Birthday On the Same Day–Living Next Door to Each Other For 4 Decades 49-Year-old Becomes ...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 178
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Wiirdo's GoFundMe Page Health: How Coca-Cola misled America about the science of sodas ‘Brain rot’: is TikTok causing brain abnormalities? Is it possible to prepare for hay fever season to reduce symptoms? Why Does Coffee Make You Poop? Plus, How To Reduce Its Digestive Effects Sinus Treatment In a bowl of 500ml (about 17oz) hot water, add three drops of rosemary, one drop of peppermint, one drop of thyme, and one drop of geranium. Tent head w...
Mar 29, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 177
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Wiirdo's GoFundMe Page Health: Is Natural Sugar Really Healthier Than Refined? Here's the Answer Melatonin shown to improve muscle energy efficiency, offering a potential therapy to combat 'diabesity' 8 Drinks to Help You Fall Asleep Faster Beef Sticks, Hot Sauce, and More: The 5 Biggest Recalls That Happened This Week Happiness: Boy Saves His Friend from Choking at School: ‘I just did my thing, which was a Heimlich’ Four-Year-old is Ecstatic ...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 176
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Mama T We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no ...
Mar 16, 2025•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 175
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, andåå listen!” — Pheonix Health: Can You All of a Sudden Be Allergic to Nuts? Coffee leads US caffeine intake as tea declines The Dark Truth About Diet Coke Here's Why You Keep Waking Up With a Headache Happiness: Pierced by Cupid’s Sedan, Woman Forgives and Marries Motorist Who Accidentally Ran Her Over Colorado Woman Donates Kidney to Save Pennsylvania Man 35 Years After They Went to Prom Together Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Kratom to...
Mar 02, 2025•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 174
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, andåå listen!” — Pheonix Health: Scientists Find Popular Diet Harms Gut, Boosts Inflammation 18 Foods That Have More Protein Than an Egg Common Artificial Sweetener In Diet Sodas May Raise Risk Of Heart Attacks, Strokes The FDA Set This Recalled Pancake And Waffle Mix To Its Highest Risk Level. Here's What To Know Happiness: Woman in Her 90s Reunites with Toddler She Saved from Drowning 64 Years Ago, ‘Goose Bumps Under Duress from Bird Flu, California Farm Donates 3...
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 173
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, andåå listen!” — Pheonix Health: Fat Or Carbs? Identical Twins Followed Different Diets For 12 Weeks Beef Tallow vs. Grass-Fed Butter: Which Fat Packs More Nutrients? Here’s what having regular sex does to your brain and what happens during a long dry spell, according to a neurologist I'm A Surgeon – Here's What Happened When I Tried Magnesium To Fall Asleep Faster Happiness: The Emotional Moment Dog was Returned to Owners 7 Years After Being Stolen Many birds-of-pa...
Feb 16, 2025•2 hr•Ep. 172
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, andåå listen!” — Pheonix Health: Finding the best route to beat Alzheimer’s Scientists discover toxic ingredients linked to autism in 100% of Girl Scout Cookies Lilly expands GLP-1 research to hypertension, neuro conditions Happiness: Pub Owner Adopts Dog After it Dashed into Bar When Owner Died in Car Crash–Now He’s a Local Favorite California Fire Chief Saves Altadena Homes from Blaze with Nothing but Milk and ‘a Couple Beers’ Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: A...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 171
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: ‘It’s a death sentence’: US health insurance system is failing, say doctors Got a Desk Job? Skip The Hours In Gym—Doctor Recommends Doing This Every 45 Minutes Influential podcasts fuel 'harmful' health misinformation More Than Half of People with Diabetes Are Deficient in This Vitamin, New Study Suggests- Happiness: Pub Owner Adopts Dog After it Dashed into Bar When Owner Died in Car Crash–Now He’s a Local Favorite California Fire Chi...
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 170
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Are seed oils actually bad for you? Experts say we're missing the big picture Why More Americans Are Turning To Holistic Health Care The age of oat milk is over – we should all be drinking more cow’s milk Woman pays for semaglutide by working two jobs after regaining weight Happiness: Runner Completes 268 Mile Race–18 Months After Being Unable to Walk Due to Brain Condition Dad Gives Kidney to Little Girl After Daughter Dies Following ...
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 169
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans Special gut bacterium could help cut sugar cravings Can Green Tea Protect the Brain? Here's How Much To Drink Daily For Beneficial Effects Yes, the Color of Your Egg Yolk Matters — Here’s What It Means Happiness: 30-Year-old Letterman Jacket Is Found By Brother in Serendipitous Twist of Fate Truck Driver Intervenes in Highway Shootout, Wins Goodyear ...
Jan 18, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 168
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Intro: TLE 121 - What's Her Cunt Bowl After Bowl Episode 362 Health: Scientists Find Popular Drink Linked to Over 330,000 Deaths a Year Tobacco-Related Mortality WHY IS THE AMERICAN DIET SO DEADLY? Is bone broth really a ‘liquid miracle’? Here’s what science says Morning Coffee May Help You Live Longer, Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Happiness: Old Retired Police Dog Snaps Back into Service and Rescues Lost Hiker Man Finds Decades-Old Chri...
Jan 12, 2025•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 167
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Beer before liquor? Busting 6 popular myths about hangovers Cancer warning labels on alcohol? It's not that simple. Gavin Newsom takes aim at ultraprocessed foods in executive order Study Finds First Evidence That Heart Muscles Can Regenerate Boy Is Handed Football by NFL Star Pat Surtain, Security Guard Made Sure He Got it Despite Rules Happiness: Boy Given 1% Chance of Survival Walks 5k for Hospital That Saved Him–After Air Rifle Sho...
Jan 05, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 166
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Wait—Ozempic Is Linked to ED? ELON MUSK SHOWS OFF WEIGHT LOSS IN SANTA PIC ... 'Like Cocaine Bear,' But With Mounjaro! Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics, entering human intestinal cells 6 Foods (and 3 Drinks) That Put a Strain on Your Metabolism—and Why It Matters Impressive Health Benefits of Mint Happiness: A dad asked a server for the check, he got something unexpected instead How Texas 'miracle baby' might have ...
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 165
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: The USDA Say It’s Time to Replace Meat With Beans On Ozempic? Big Food Makers Have a New Label for You Dietitians Say These Processed Foods Are Actually Good for You This is what really happens to your body when you don’t eat enough fibre Happiness: After Searching for Random Hero Who Restarted His Heart in McDonald’s He Finds a ‘Lifelong Friend’ Hero truck driver in Ohio saves 4-year-old found wandering on busy road in the cold Tales ...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 164
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: 8 Foods That Can Help Relieve Headaches, According to a RD Stress Belly: How Cortisol Harms Your Health FDA recalls more than 233,000 bottles of antidepressant over possible cancerous chemical OZEMPIC KILLED DIET AND EXERCISE Happiness: 400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So Far Lego Replay Program Bakery Owner Discovers Her Longtime Customer Is Her Biological Son Tales from...
Dec 15, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 163
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Topics Rose Oil Benefits Death Tarot Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Mama T Lavish We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting...
Dec 08, 2024•3 hr•Ep. 162
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Raw milk recalled for containing bird flu virus, California reports Flu vaccine estimated to be 21% effective against flu spread to household members Lizzo Says These 3 Healthy Habits Helped Her Lose 60 Pounds Common Food Additive May Affect Intestine, Raise Risk Of Diabetes: Study Finds Happiness: Mom Credits Stranger’s Comment with Helping to Save Her Son’s Life Massachusetts Cafe Offers Free Coffee if You Come in Dancing Tales from ...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 161
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: Federal Judge Orders Kraft Heinz to Face Lawsuit Over Mac & Cheese Labeling Eating more than 45% of calorie intake after 5 p.m. alters glucose levels, with serious consequences for health 'A Significant Health Risk': How Everyday Items Fill Our Bodies With Microplastics Giving up sugar can change your body for the better—within days Happiness: Man Turns Old Mobile Home into a Log Cabin with Just $13k–and DIY Charm Officials Applaud...
Nov 23, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 160
