Welcome everybody to Midday magazine for this Wednesday, December 11th, 2024.
Have your host James J. Mailoff here.
In part two at 430 today, we're going to talk with Kayla from the Wood County Health
Department looking forward to hanging out with her.
And as always, we look forward to hanging out with our good friends from family, natural
foods.
We've got Steven Hittner in with us today.
Steven, thanks so much for being here.
Yeah, thank you.
Always good to have you with us and you brought in a new friend.
We have Tom Heck with us of Terry Naturally.
Tom, thanks for being here.
Oh, you're welcome.
Thanks a lot.
Appreciate the time, guys.
And let the audience in on something really quick.
We're going to kick off with.
I just took a couple drinks of this energy drink that we're going to talk about.
I'm just going to be focused on that while you're talking.
Yes, if you're talking speeds up, that might be the reason.
Yes, yeah.
Let's start right there because I did sample this.
And as I'm going to drink it as you're talking, this is really, really good.
You guys told me to, you know, sample it, try it.
I appreciate that.
Thanks for making it for me.
You didn't warn me how darn good it is.
How am I supposed to focus on this interview?
Would all I could think about as a screen drink now?
Yeah.
So what's amazing about this is, you know, right on the front, it says, energy revitalization.
So who doesn't want some energy going into the holidays in the dark time of the winter?
But the kind of energy we want to avoid is the caffeinated energy, the stimulants, that
kind of thing.
What we got here is actually just a really good quality multivitamin.
I would say the best multivitamin because it's very complete.
They went for optimal wellness.
So a lot of times people think of multivitamins are like, oh, I want to fill in some gaps
or whatever.
That's nice.
But really, the question is, how much do we need for optimal wellness?
And this is actually a question I've had.
I've sold multivitamins for, I don't know, most of my life at this point.
And I've always said, well, how much vitamin C am I really supposed to get?
How much of this or that?
And you know, there's the RDAs, the amount of government says you should get, which
is usually just enough to avoid scurvy in the case of vitamin C.
And obviously it's great to avoid scurvy, but that doesn't get us, that's getting us above
deficiency.
And we don't, we don't want to be above deficiency, we want to be to optimal wellness.
And that's, that's where this multi-started.
So you have Terry Lameron of Terry naturally, working with Dr. Tidalal.
And these two gentlemen have worked together for years.
Terry's been in the industry time.
How long has Terry been in the industry?
Oh, 50 plus years, long time.
Very long time.
That's why I brought Tommy here today, because he's getting asked these hard questions for me.
So, you know, 50 years, plus you got Dr. Tidalal, he's, he's got to be in his 70s.
He's a young guy compared to Terry, but you know, he's been doing this a long time.
He's a, he's a medical doctor, and especially he's always been on energy and fatigue, chronic
fatigue, fibromyalgia, some of these hard topics, you know, he does a lot of stuff, but this
is kind of his, this is his thing.
So these two guys teamed up to kind of figure out this answer that I was, it was bringing
up in the beginning is, how much of these different vitamins do we need to get optimal
wellness, to be at our peak?
And so they did the research, Dr. Tidalal, I'm glad the way I'm sure, but Terry was right
there with him, and they put together this formula that, that we mixed up for you today,
and it delivers energy in about 20 to 30 minutes.
So that's why we wanted to start with this actually, just to see if you can notice a difference
will circle back towards the end.
When it comes to, I'm glad we were talking about this actually, for a couple of reasons,
one, the multivitamin thing, like you mentioned there, Steve, and this has been popular for
a very long time, and a lot of people like these, and it's certainly with the, I would
say that this really started in the 80s with the rise of personal care in the beginning
of where we are today, where supplements and so many of these things are just in our
lingo, and just, it feels like almost every other person does, if not every person,
has some kind of thing, and along those lines, you also had the minute meals and a lot
of those things, and people wanting instant satisfaction, or more bang for their buck,
or any of these phrases we used a lot then, and then comes the multivitamin, and there's
so many multivitamins out there, and I like a lot of people, especially because I worked
in radio, went with what was convenient, and what might have been a little bit more affordable
in everything, and I found the hard way that that isn't necessarily the route to go with something
like this, that there are things that I think you find bargains for in life and everything.
When it comes to your body and supplements, that is not one of the categories you want to do this
with. No. Because there's a gigantic difference of the way you feel from a multivitamin that is
from Terry naturally, or some of the other nice ones you guys have over there, and the difference
of just a random acme, you know, multivitamin that really does not hit do the job that you're asking
it to do. So Kelly who works for us, she's a registered nurse, and I think she says it well,
she's like, do you want to buy a multivitamin that's made by a pharmaceutical company,
probably made in China, certainly with a lot of Chinese ingredients in it, and put this into your
body to try to improve your health, like, I think we're going the wrong direction. Exactly,
yeah. And here's a product, you know, out of a company in Green Bay, Wisconsin,
you know, if the packers can come out of Green Bay, we know there's good things coming out of
there, right? And yeah, we got to get the packers on this multivitamin. It's really going to be
winning. It's a great point that you bring up there, Steven, not only about where these products
come from, because as you've taught me and a lot of our audience, I would say, the different
regulations, they have a different countries and different areas when it comes to what's available,
but also something that's so important to our audience about buying local, supporting local.
You're able to do that. You're hitting on both things here with this, where you're getting
something that's local, and also something you can count on. Yeah. Yeah, so I think with that,
I just wanted to let people know this is a great multi. It's on sale right now, and all of
Terry Natural's products are on sale. And that's part of the reason I invited Tom Hack here today.
And I'll give him a quick introduction, because Tom has worked for Terry Naturally for how many
years now, Tom? 17. 17, nice. And I've been in the industry long enough to see a lot of people come
and go, a lot of companies come and go, and that's not the case with Terry Naturally. And also,
more importantly, today, anyways, is with Tom Hack. He's been a real solid rock in this company,
and he's always been there for us and showing us, you know, he's come through with new products,
like this one today. He'll be there at a lot of our events. He was there for an anniversary event
this year. And Tom's always, he's been, he's been here so long that a lot of the customers kind of,
they look for him when we have these events, and they say, they say, oh, Stephen, nice to see,
I'm going to go talk to Tom, because they want to see what he's talking about, because you know,
he stays up on all this research. He's doing a lot of trainings with Terry multiple times a year.
You know, you're going different parts of the country even sometimes for some of these trainings.
Yeah, I mean, that's a beautiful thing about Terry. He's number one all about education.
He wants everyone, not only me, myself, but the customers and everyone. He wants them to be educated,
and that's what I love about Terry and the company Euro for Emma. What got you into this industry, Tom?
Oh, short answer. I knew when I was little, my mom would give me vitamins, and I knew even then,
when I was real young, that I felt better when I took them. So as I gravitated through life,
an opportunity came along right out of college in the newspaper, saw an ad, you know, back then,
when they ran ads in the newspaper, and jumped on it, and I've been doing it ever since.
So we actually have very similar origin stories. My mom saw an article in the newspaper that they were
looking for help at WFHR, a radio station here, and she's like, oh, Jimmy, you should try that. I was like,
I don't know, that's a good idea. Then here I am. Yeah. It's funny how those things happen. That's
interesting. It also, it speaks to a passion that you had from a young age of not only caring about
your health, but health in general of others. Yeah. And you know, honestly, I say this almost
every day, I'm blessed. I'm truly, I'm blessed to be with Terry. Terry is a remarkable human being.
He's in the Hall of Fame in the natural products industry. He's been doing this over 50 years,
and he really honestly wants to take care one person at a time. That's his model, one customer at a
time. And it shows he could have sold this company many, many years ago, and he didn't. He sold it
to the employees, so their employee owned. That's a great point. I don't think we get the touch on
that very often. That's a really good point. Thanks for bringing that up. I remember hearing that,
I think from you, Steve, and it's just being blown away by that. We are staying in an age. Actually,
we're the only employee owned company in the industry. I'm in. So it speaks volumes to Terry's
and it talks. No passion. It speaks for the future and what they want in the future, because
a lot of these companies get sold out to pharmaceutical companies, the general mills,
like companies make dog food. I don't know if I want to get a supplement for my house,
for the company that makes dog food. So these are the things that you got to look for and
something that my dad, my grandfather, Katrina and I have always been focused on is how do we find
these companies that are so great and are going to continue to be great. Foundational companies.
I'm very fortunate. I have a brokerage company, so I can pick and choose what companies I want to
work with. That to me is a really good thing. Bottom line, I knew right away that Terry also
has a store in Green Bay. It's called Terry naturally. That's ideally how I found Terry and the
brand. At time, I know we just met, but right away, I got the impression and the feeling right
away that this is an industry you care about, but you want to do work that actually does help people.
Everybody wants to keep the lights on and that's important. It's a business where all adults,
but it's more important to you. Just as important to you. You're giving me goosebumps.
Honestly, that's it. I wake up every day. I got to do a lot of driving. I had to drive
here over two and a half hours and this lovely weather. It's part of my passion, part of my
daily routine. I want to help people just like Terry. Do you guys catch also traveling?
Is that going to go to point at least a couple of times a week? I find that's the only time I get
to listen to music anymore. As an adult, I don't have a lot of chance to listen to music anymore.
It's one of the old times. Tom, we appreciate you making those miles and those trips and everything.
Not just here in Rapids, but I'm sure in other areas around the state, we were able to go
and really bring some of these products and some of these hidden gems even too.
We know some of these more things that we don't get a chance to touch on very often.
We're going to kind of put our focus to with some of the show here.
Yeah, definitely. One that Tom and I talked about, which is a good seller for us,
but it's actually a product next to the multivitamin. You're just tasting earlier here that
gives you energy. You're in tea too. Yes, it is. Sorry to interrupt, but I got to jump into
the multi because I'm a huge fan of it because a lot of people are tired of swallowing tablets
and capsules and this finally is a powder. It took them seven months to get the flavor down,
but the flavor in here is remarkable. I'm going to all date myself, but it's a lot like tang.
Yeah, it tastes like tang, but more beneficial. All the B vitamins, everything is in its active
form. So you're going to have a lot of people that when they take a multi, sometimes they get
an upset stomach. And I'm not 100 percent guaranteeing this, but this isn't a converted form.
A lot of people are going to feel this right away, but they're going to avoid that upset stomach
feeling. Bottom line, it tastes good. And the other thing that I love, absolutely love about
Terry's, he guarantees all his products. So they have 100% money-back guarantee on them.
Yeah, with this product in particular, not only have I been kind of feeling a good surge,
a good, I don't know the right words to use necessarily because it doesn't feel like a rush.
A lift? Yeah, a gentle lift. And assist in some ways is what it feels like. It feels very,
like natural to be, and I'm sorry if that sounds like just a little heavier, but it really does.
It feels like a very net, like, there's stuff that just kind of, like, it feels almost foreign to
you. And then there's things that feel like they're assisting your body and helping it find the
energy that they naturally has already in there. That's what feels like's happening for me right
now as I'm speaking. Like, I actually feel that. And I gotta say real quickly, the first person I
thought of with this, when you guys were describing this to me is my dad. My dad, like, a lot of,
you know, people getting up there in age and everything. He struggles with energy at times and
struggles with his stomach and what he takes in and everything. It's shoveling season.
And my father has a good hip, a new good hip that he wants to use and get out there and do things.
But he doesn't always have that bit of energy. This is the, I'm getting him this.
Yeah, he's definitely getting that. I mean, that's the category that Terry and Dr.
Tuttlebaum, they're going after the people that are chronically fatigued all the time. And, you
know, one wonderful thing is we have free literature and free books. So common is coming to family
and at your foods. We have a brand new book called Tire to Be Entire. We're gonna give this to you
today. So when you, when you, when you get that rush of energy that's coming about, you're
gonna be like, why, how is this working? And in a way, it's quite simple. You know, it's just
providing your body with the basic nutrients that we're probably missing, but it provides them at
the optimal levels, not just the minimal levels. But yeah, Tom said, hey, can I give them a book?
And I said, let's do it. That's really cool. Thank you very much. My mother and father will be
reading this as well. I could tell you, you're telling right now the big fans. I'm not only family
natural foods, but of Terry and the work being done there. So don't call me, but I think we're going
on eight years in a row being the number one educational company. So we, you know, that's one
wonderful thing about Terry. He provides free books and free literature for people. And it's not cheap.
Yeah, it spends a ton of money on this. But bottom line, he wants people to be educated. You need
to educate yourself on what you're taking, what you're consuming. And that way, you know,
Steven and everyone at family and actual foods, they got a customer for life. Yeah, yeah.
And there's a lot of companies trying to sell you stuff. There's not a lot of companies trying
to engage with you and to educate you and everything. That's pretty darn cool that they do that.
It's another added bonus of what we appreciate about Terry, Terry and Andrew.
One another thing I always try to find time to mention this when we're on the air because
listeners to this radio station probably know this already, but we air Terry's radio program.
So Terry himself, again, very focused on education. He reaches out to the community and he does a
alive, well, I guess it's recorded in our case, but he does a recorded radio program once a week.
It's on Saturday mornings on WFHR. And well, this is the first time the Tom Hack here has ever
been on the radio. And I think he's doing great so far. Yeah, absolutely killing it. Yeah,
doing great. But he's getting, he's getting, he's following in good footsteps with Terry,
Terry Lameron, Terry Naturally, having done radio for years and years. And we're really grateful to
have that on our local station here in WFHR and Saturday mornings. It's a great show. Be sure to
check it out to everybody, especially if you haven't been able to hear it in a while or hear it
before. It's one of my favorite hours we put on the air every week. It's a great hour. It's one
of the ones where we get to have, it's a great conversation. Terry has always a lot of fun with
these things that he does while also educating you. Yeah, he's, you know, you can tell you can
feel his passion when you hear his voice. For sure. As we're wrapping up, I know we wanted to
talk a little bit about some of those hidden gems, Stephen. Yeah. You've got some of these in front
of us right now. I think, I think Vecto Omega is one that's kind of like, it's like the Batman and
Robin. You get, you get the multivitamin. The next thing you need for foundational nutrition is a
good Omega. And Tom can talk to this one better than I can. Yeah, you know, it's very unique because
it's not a fish oil number one. So it's, it's finally in Omega three, we're able to put in what
I call almost like a food form. So it's a tablet or a capsule. Customers will not burp it up.
That's a great, great, like selling point of got to Omega. Yeah. But it's the form that it's in.
I don't want to get too technical, but it's in a fossil lipid form, which is a fat form.
And your brain and your heart, your cardiovascular system really likes when omega three is
or in that form. But bottom line, you don't burp it up. Yeah. And you feel it. You know, a lot of
cognitive benefits with it. So a lot of short-term memory, long-term memory. We have done quite a
bit of studies on it. We get it from Europe. It's very unique, but we have the rights, the exclusive
rights for the United States. Our conversation before about multivitamins, we could have inserted
the name fish oil in that same conversation, a very similar thing with that.
Yeah. And I'd say if we're going to go to the next foundational thing, debate, I believe,
and more foundational is cura mad. Tom, what do you got? I mean, you know, this is what put Terry
on the map. You know, it is once there's not a product that it has one more wards than cura mad
and cura mad. So right now it's on eight years in a row being the number one product in the
health food industry. And we're local. And I love that point because, you know, people want to
get educated. They want to learn what they're ingesting, what they're taking. And there's a lot
of marketing, a lot of information that's tough to get through. And cura mad is pretty straightforward.
You know, we have a lot of literature on it. We have books on it, but it's an incredible anti-inflammatory.
Yeah. And to that point, piggybacking off of that time, Steven, we haven't talked about cura mad
in quite some time. It's been a while. Yes. It has taken for granted. I got to jump into
this. You know, Terry's asked all the time, all the time at lectures. If you had to choose,
if you're on an island and you had to choose one product to take, Terry doesn't even blink. He
doesn't even hesitate. It's cura mad because it really addresses every major issue and pathway in
the body. Yeah. Nothing has more research. You know, if you look at pub mad actual research,
nothing has more research than curcumin and turmeric. And then as far as Terry's product,
nothing absorbs like this. So you're going to get those results without taking a handful of pills,
you know, cap, souls tablets. And you're going to get results. People take one a day of these.
If you want, you can do two a day to start with. But they, you know, a lot of folks come in and they
say, oh, I've got some kind of pain. And they feel a difference in sometimes hours, sometimes
a couple of days. But again, money back guarantee. And like I think I mentioned earlier, all these
products are 20% off this month. But, but please come in to Steven's store and get the free curcumin
book. Because that to me, that's what really put us on the map. Absolutely. That third party book is
remarkable. It'll take your knowledge from a point of zero up to around 90%. It's that informative.
And it's a great resource and only going to help you in making these decisions about your
body going forward and everything and understanding it more. And that's such a gift that Terry does
with his work and this company of not only selling amazing products you can back, but and with a
money back guarantee, which is so such a compliment to the, to the people buying these things. But the
education that comes along with this, that's just above and beyond, I think. Yeah, I'd rather talk
less. I really would. I'd rather educate people, give them the power to have that knowledge. Yeah.
And you know, you got a customer for life, which is a win win. As we're wrapping up, Steven, I know
that you got some upcoming talks. We wanted to touch on. Let me just get this out there for
people's calendars. So our next talk is on January 7th. And that's going to be on Ayurvedic medicine.
I'm actually going to be doing that one. I've done it a number of times. It's been a couple of years.
But it kind of gets into all the stuff I learned while I was studying in India. So Ayurvedic medicine
is a traditional medicine system out of India, much like Chinese medicine. It has a lot of wisdom.
I mean, we're just talking about tuberic curcumin. These are the guys who discovered that it was
medicine. And Terry's just taken it beyond that. So if you're interested in it, it's going to be very
interactive. You can learn about yourself really through this, through this talk. And yeah, we'll
have some fun like experiential things. It's a free talk is always going to be at 515 on January 7th.
And I guess the last thing I want to ask you, James, is how's your energy?
Excellent. It really is. I cannot thank you guys enough.
Actually, I should thank Pam as well for scheduling you guys at the perfect time.
I got like four interviews to do today. And I am ready to go for it. I am ready to go.
That's great. It's great. And in all honesty, it does. I did. I've been up since about 430
and done two morning shows. I am getting ready to do all these others. And I feel more in control.
Like I know I think a lot of times with these things that we take for energy and stuff.
It almost feels like an energy that you can't control necessarily. I feel completely in control.
That is a great way to put it, James. And when you get B-vitam is at a therapeutic level,
like they are in this formula, not only your energy, but your mood.
Yeah. And who doesn't need help in mood right now.
Absolutely. Yeah. That's great. In a great conversation today, you guys.
Stephen, thanks so much for bringing Tom in. I appreciate that. I'm glad you're being
excellent. Nice work, Tom, too. Nice job, yeah. Well, well done.
Almost felt like you were a ringer for a second. They're like, wait a minute. He's been doing great.
No, no. He must have been doing great. I mentioned in the beginning, I'd rather be at the dentist
at times. But glad you're here, though. But I'm here for Stephen.
Yeah, I really appreciate it. Yeah, that is great to have you. Hopefully we'll get him again
one of these days. We are looking forward to hanging out again real soon. Before we let you go,
though, a happy set of holidays to you and yours, guys, everybody, and to everybody
over our family. Yeah, very Christmas. Yeah. Have a great one, you guys. And we'll
and we encourage you to head on over to family natural foods. They are waiting for you
over at 910 West Grand Avenue right here in Wisconsin Rapids. Give them a call at 423-3120.
That's 423-3120. Be sure to follow them on social media. It's a great follow.
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