Dr. Tabatha Barber uses worn socks as a metaphor for nutrient deficiencies: diet tweaks patch holes, but severe depletion requires supplements to fully restore energy and comfort, like buying new socks instead of mending old ones.
At some point you have to replace the fabric that has worn away. And to me, that's where supplements come in. I was thinking about this analogy last night because my family all came over for like Thanksgiving and half of these people, like my sisters, my brother in law, their kids, my parents, they had holes in the bottom of their socks. And I was just making fun of them and laughing like, why, why don't you get new socks? And then I started thinking about the fact that we keep wearing these socks because most of the sock is, is okay and it's keeping us warm overall. But there's these areas that are worn out to the point where there's holes in them. And so they're not really doing their job. They're, they're making us cold. And I'm thinking, okay, can I just like sew that hole closed? Not, no, that'll have a big bunch of fabric sitting there that you're stepping on that's uncomfortable. And then I started to realize that is a lot of what happens in our diet and lifestyle changes is like we're covering up, we're protecting ourselves enough that it's tolerable, but we still have a hole there that has to be repaired and has to be dealt with. And so at some point, some point you gotta get new socks. Like at some point you have to replace the fabric that has worn away. And to me, that's where supplements come in is like you have depleted yourself so much that there's no fabric to sew together. And if you try to just piecemeal it together, it's not going to go well. You know, I mean, it's a far fetched analogy, but that's like what was going through my head all during the holiday break was we just learned to put up with being cold and having like holes in our socks. And we don't realize, like we could be living so much better. We could actually have warm feet.
And I think, I think that's a great analogy. I mean, I personally love putting on a brand new pair of socks. So imagine waking up every day having energy and what that would feel like.
