Scott Levin talks with Hans Parge, an MD/PhD researcher and Nu Skin distributor, about LifePak nutritional products and antioxidant scanning technology. Levin shares personal health improvements he's seen, while Parge explains the science behind the products sold in roughly 50 countries.
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Hi everybody, this is Scott Levin, Chief Peacekeeper. How are you? And I'm here with my very good friend Hans Parge. How are you, Hans?
How are you doing, Scott? Nice to be here. Thank you for the invite.
Well, it's great to see you. Uh, Hans and I have known each other for quite some time, and I am inviting him onto our, uh, recording session here because I depend on Hans for health. And well-being. Hans and I started working on my health and well-being about 5 months ago, and I just have to tell you that things have dramatically changed for me. I was, you know, not in a great place, still not in a great place, but improving daily. And for all of my lawyer friends and all of my friends out there that are stuck at desks. for a lot of their days. I wanted to introduce you to Hans and his company Nu Skin because they are just truly an incredible— it gives you an incredible opportunity, in my humble opinion, to improve your health and well-being. So Hans, can you tell us a little bit about what you do?
Okay, so just as a clarification, so Nu Skin Enterprises is a publicly traded company. that works in the space of direct sales. So I, it's not my company.
No.
But, but, but I have an authorized, I'm an authorized independent distributor for their services. And both, they're uniquely positioned in the world of anti-aging because they've got solutions and technologies for, for the outside and the inside. Um, my, my philosophy is beauty and health are an inside job. So I focus more on the inside. And, and, uh, and they have a proprietary technology that sort of very quickly measures how fast you're rusting on the inside. Some people call it the ultimate nutritional lie detector, but it's a very quick and non-invasive way to, to measure, are you providing the nutritional support and the antioxidant support that your body needs? Does that make sense? So, so, um, yeah, I mean, that, that's, that's the core of, the core of my business is to connect people to that data and then have the data drive the decision because behavioral changes, as you know, and we are creatures of habit, are very difficult things to change without, without having some kind of, um, aha moment. And hopefully the aha moment comes before there is a lot of pain attached to the aha moment. So that, 'cause pain is a great motivator. And yeah, so that's my passion post a career in drug discovery and biomedical research.
Great. So tell us, how did you, so when you were, when you exited your biomedical research, how did you find Nu Skin? Were you looking for Nu Skin? Were you looking for a company in that space to work with?
So I would— so I had an MD-PhD friend that worked with me that introduced me when I was— I euphemistically say I was released into the world of unemployment and became unemployable ever since. So she introduced me to the world of direct sales, which, which, you know, people like it, people hate it, you know, like everything, there's good and bad. But for me, it is a— it is really the business for the common man. So if you don't have half a million dollars to open up a restaurant and you want to do something, open up something that just requires your sweat equity, it's one of those options that we have. And I fell in love with it for that reason. It gave me the freedom. And then it took me 2 years to find the partner in Nu Skin Pharmanex that sort of aligned with my passion. to do to improve people's lives, but also aligned with what I require. I mean, I'm a scientist. I trust God. Everyone else bring me data. So if you're going to make a claim and you don't have the scientific or the facts to substantiate the claim, keep your mouth shut because you're just adding to the white noise and the disaffection and the confusion that the consumer has. And that's what I like about that partnership with Nu Skin. Their business strategy is to innovate. And their motto is the difference demonstrated.
Interesting. So how do you help, you know, people that are stagnant in it? Like how you found me, although we've known each other for years. You know, I've been taking Remind me what it's called. Sorry, Hans.
You're on LifePak, the top-of-the-line LifePak product, LifePak Nano.
And so I take it twice a day, and then Hans meets me once a month and measures my score. So it's all like scientifically based. And you can see the improvement, and I can feel— honestly, I feel better. And it inspired me to make other changes in my life. And that's really where Hans comes in because he's also, you know, encouraging you, coaching you, and, you know, there for you essentially to give you motivation to make those improvements. And I'm not someone that was really looking to improve. I needed to improve. I needed to make changes. I didn't have like a health scare or anything like that to propel me to make those changes, but Because of Hans, I just have to tell everyone out there, I'm doing better with my health and for my family. And his product and his service is why that's happening.
Well, thank you for those kind words, Scott, but the credit goes to you. I mean, really, because Everything happens at the right time, and and and and and when we are ready to change, then we we we have or the universe gathers around us the things that help us change. Now clearly, I I work under the principle which is of which is the the the principle that it is amazing what the human body and its immune system can do when you provide it with all the raw materials it needs to function. So the question is, are you providing? And how do you quickly know, painlessly know that you're providing? Because if you're working on a solid nutritional foundation, micronutrient nutritional foundation, your body gets what it needs. It doesn't have to rob Peter to pay Paul. And to be able to measure that objectively is incredibly powerful and is also very motivating. You know, if you, if you see your score go up, you think, okay, hell, I'm gonna, I'm gonna keep on doing it, whatever that small change or big change was that you committed to. So, and, and, and I love it, you know, and I, I have clients all over the world, which is even better.
So do you distribute? So does Nu Skin, uh, distribute worldwide?
So worldwide to the extent that they're in 50 countries. And of course they've got to, they, when they move into countries, they've got to abide by all of the regulations within that country. And some countries have stronger regulations and others are, I would say, more owner— not more, but hard to understand because the product portfolio that you have here in Canada and the US is just brilliant. But if I have customers in the UK or in Ireland or in Germany, it becomes much, much, much more, much reduced as to what they have access to, which is a shame. And sort of, we can wax lyrical or we can wax philosophical about what that means about that country. So let's leave that aside.
Yeah. So, and so how, how can people, uh, that see this that don't necessarily see the changes for me yet, but how can they connect with you and inquire about your services and, and, and learn more about, you know?
So they, they can always connect with me, you know, via— if you want to put my, my, my, um, contact information in there, uh, they can always contact me. Um, and wherever they are, I can connect them to a person that can do their scan for them, and then they would connect back to me for the consultation. So this is— so that, that's, that's the way I work. Um, but yeah, I mean, I'm happy, um, as long as the bandwidth allows, you know, they can, they can email, you can email me, or they can, they can, uh, make a calendar, a Calendly link Sure.
And what is your email? I'll put it up there, but what is it?
So it's hans.parge@yahoo.com. Okay, cool. Yeah. Great.
Well, like I said, I just wanted to introduce Hans to everybody that, that watches these videos because they are, I mean, he is just really an extraordinary person, a good friend, and someone that really does know what he's talking about. And when he says that science backs it up, I mean, this, this is a person that really believes in science and can talk to you about how science backs everything that he and Nu Skin are, are up to. So appreciate you, Hans, and looking forward to talking with you soon in the future.
Thank you very much for having me on and giving you the opportunity to speak. Thank you, Scott.
