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It it. And today is episode 150 with the title From Toxins to Transformation. And I have the absolute honour and privilege to welcome Christian Elliot. Christian is a certified personal trainer, nutritionist, life coach and founder of Healing United, who are dedicated to empowering people to reclaim their health through personalised holistic detox programmes. When I asked Christian to describe his superpower, he said it is simplifying complex health concepts into actionable, transformative solutions. Hello, Christian. Welcome to the show.

Well, hello to you and thank you for having me.

My pleasure. Am I right thinking you're based in Florida?

That is correct, yes. I live in the Sunshine State and love it here.

Wow. You've got the weather, we've got the rain, we've got the cold, so, yeah, quite envious.

Yeah. This time of year a lot of people are.

Yes. I remember holidaying there with my family back in the early 2000s. Yeah, we had a great time. Did the Orlando experience. I did a bit of work out there in the Miami area back in the 90s. So, yeah, I've been to Florida, but it's been a long while. 20 odd years since I've been there.

No, it's a great place and fewer of us are deficient in vitamin D here. And there's some upside to that. We have some of the nicest beaches in the world.

Yeah, the Keys and. Yeah, it's. And you got. Was it crocodiles or alligators?

We get alligators. We don't get crocodiles, thankfully. Yeah.

I mean, I remember going to Gator World and seeing the. Yeah, I suppose that's a clue. Gator World. Yeah.

Yeah. They're less intrusive or threatening than maybe the stereotype, but they are Here.

Yeah. I remember driving around the suburbs and there was signs saying, beware of the crocodiles because they're obviously the streams on the side of the road. And things like, you think, oh, wow.

Don'T go wandering off into natural water elements without your eyes wide open.

Yeah, yeah. We did one of those skimmers, the boats with a big fan on the back. We skimmer, boat, water and airboat. That's it. Yeah. And that was quite good fun.

Yeah.